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Jobs Minister Richard Bruton today announced that innovative technology company, VCE, plans to create up to 150 new R&D positions at its international headquarters in Cork.

The two-year initiative is intended to create new employment opportunities for software engineers and developers, QA engineers and other R&D support roles. Recruitment is already underway for a number of positions. These new R&D roles will significantly expand VCE’s existing operations in Ireland.

Additional recruiting efforts are underway for the open R&D roles and other functions, and VCE expects to employ more than 250 people in Cork by 2015.

Minister Bruton met senior executives from VCE on a number of occasions on recent IDA investment missions to the United States.

Making the announcement the Minister said

Cloud computing is a sector which we have targeted as part of our Action Plan for Jobs, and in recent years we have seen significant progress in this area. I know how dynamic and innovative VCE is from our meetings on recent missions to the United States, and today’s announcement that they are making significant investments and creating 150 jobs is great news for Cork and for Ireland. I wish them every success and look forward to working with them on future projects.