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€5m Government-Funded Cloud Computing Technology Centre Launched

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton todaylaunched the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce - a new government-funded technology centre in Dublin City University to drive cloud computing innovation in Ireland.

The centre's aim is to accelerate the development and adoption of cloud technology in Ireland, develop and showcase Ireland's capabilities in this field and ultimately benefit the Irish economy through job creation and increased revenues in the ICT sector. The industry-led centre has a strong industry panel that includes Microsoft, Fujitsu, Intel and IBM. It will build on Ireland's substantial research base in this area and focus on partnering researchers with industry in order to turn good research ideas into good jobs in the Irish economy.

Launching the centre, Minister Bruton said:

A major part of supporting job creation in this sector is ensuring that we derive the greatest possible benefit from the major state investment in scientific research over the past decade. We must ensure not only that we continue to support cutting-edge scientific research, but also that we put in place measures to ensure that we can turn the good ideas emerging from that research into good jobs. That is why we hacve developed this industry-led technology research centre, to bring industry and researchers together so that they can focus on creating viable businesses and ultimately create the jobs we need.

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