Sectoral Strengths - Information & Communication Technology

SECTORAL STRENGTHS

ICT & Software

Ireland

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Ireland Sectoral Strengths Information & Communication Technology

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he ICT sector in Ireland attracts global talent as well as innovative, homegrown researchers, developers, and entrepreneurs. High quality technical talent is readily available across the nation, due in large part to the strong partnerships forged between government, industry and third-level institutions.

Eight of the top 10 ICT companies in the world choose to locate themselves in Ireland, with Dublin for example, drawing many leading organisations.

There are however, over 900 players across other regions in Ireland. These clusters are located in the Midwest (Limerick and surrounding areas) and the southeast (Waterford/ Kilkenny), while Cork plays a key role as the home of Apple Inc EMEA HQ.

€35billion in exports annually

1st Google establishes 1st European Digital Innovation Centre in Dublin, The Foundry, this is Google’s largest office outside of the US

Dublin’s has a reputation as an elite tech city, ranking 12th place on a list of the top 22 cities for tech around the world

Top 5 global software companies have headquarters here – Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, Oracle and Adobe

Ireland has Europe’s fastest-growing tech worker population already employing over 37,000 people

Our key ICT and software activities include Artificial intelligence

Gaming

Cloud computing

IP management

Connected and autonomous vehicles

Machine learning

Cybersecurity

Sports tech

E-learning and development

Tele and wireless communications

Did you know?

The ICT sector has been growing in Ireland ever since IBM opened here in 1956; it now employs over 3,200 people across a broad range of businesses including R&D, software development, supply chain management and technical support

Ireland is the second largest exporter of computer and IT services in the world, just behind China*

Dublin is Europe’s leading hub of innovative games companies with Big Fish, EA, Havok, DemonWare, PopCap, Zynga, Riot Games and Jolt all having a significant presence here*

Google Ireland employ over 8000 people from over 75 different countries speaking 70 different languages

The top ten ‘born on the internet’ companies have a presence here, including Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Airbnb. They are all located in Dublin in the area known locally as ‘The Silicon Docks’ *Enterprise Ireland

Ireland Sectoral Strengths Information & Communication Technology

Key Players 1. Adobe

7. Microsoft

2. Airbnb

8. Oracle

3. Apple

9. Salesforce

4. Facebook

10. SAP

5. Google

11. Twitter

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Company Spotlight 3. Apple

Apple Inc employs over 6,000 people at its European headquarters, based in Cork. Among other priorities, Apple HQ focuses on customer care, iTunes, finance, localisation, logistics and organises the supply of products to more than 147 countries from its Irish base.

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5. Google

Google Ireland employs over 8,000 people from over 75 different countries, speaking 70 different languages. The sales team plays a critical role in supporting over 100 markets, while the engineering team is responsible for a fleet of data centres across Europe (among the most energy efficient in the world).

7. Microsoft

With a campus situated in Leopardstown in Dublin, Microsoft employs 2,000 people from over 71 different nationalities. Microsoft services include everything from software development, testing and localisation to operations, finance, HR and sales and marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Key Contacts State Bodies

12. I DA Ireland Information and Communications Technology 13. Enterprise Ireland (EI)

Research/Innovation Centres

18. INSIGHT – a Science Foundation Ireland research centre for data analytics 19. ADAPT – a global centre of excellence for digital content funded by Science Foundation Ireland 20. Tyndall National Institute – excellence in ICT research 1 25 2 4 5 6 12 13 7 8 11 14 15 9 10 16 21 24 17 22 18 23 19

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Professional Associations

14. Technology Ireland – an association within IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation) that represents the ICT, Digital and Software Technology sector

21. LERO – Irish Software Research Centre – SFI funded research centre 22. CeADAR – Centre for Applied Data Analytics & Machine Intelligence 23. Learnovate – digital learning and innovation centre Academia

24. University College Dublin (UCD) 25. Trinity College Dublin (TCD) 26. University College Cork (UCC) 27. University of Limerick (UL)

15. Irish Computer Society (ICS)

28. National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)

16. Cyber Ireland

29. Institute of Technology Sligo (IT Sligo)

17. Artificial Intelligence Ireland (AI Ireland)

30. Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

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