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WIN €100,000 WORTH OF EBUSINESS SOLUTIONS FROM ESAT BT!
You are invited to enter the Esat BT eBusiness competition in association with the Irish Independent. The Competition is based on creating the most innovative eBusiness solution that will improve your business, increase your return on investment, cut your costs and increase business efficiencies. Show them how your company would benefit from an innovative eBusiness solution and how you would see it growing your company. This competition is open to public and private sector companies operating in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with more than 45 employees and/or revenues in excess of €4m for 2002. The panel of judges is looking for the most innovative use of current Internet technology to improve your business. www.esatbt.com/ie/competition/labyrinth/index.html
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MANY IRISH LOCAL AUTHORITY WEBSITES DISCOURAGE USERS SAYS STUDY
A new survey finds that most Irish County Council web sites are not sufficiently user friendly and can discourage users. The study was conducted by a research team at Ennis Information Age Services (EIAS), which was established in January 2003 to help private and public sector organisations get more from technology investment. The research finds that most Irish County Councils have mirrored the physical structure of their organisation on to their web sites rather than create a virtual office structure that focuses on the needs of the user. For example, one site held driving licence options within the motor taxation section rather than simply providing a direct link to the driving licence application form. The study also found that many County Council sites are too heavy in copy. A different writing style is needed for the web, the study says. However, County Councils performed extremely well in responding to emails to their sites. 22 out of 34 County and City Councils responded to test email enquiries in less than two hours. Six responded within one working day. Another five, however, did not respond at all. The survey showed that most of the web sites were developed without a clear understanding of the users needs, how users interact with software, and the relevant standards and guidelines that should be used as a guide in their design. http://www.eias.ie
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WORKING GROUPS MEETING
The IIA will hold a meeting on Tuesday the 29th of April in the IIA offices in Temple Bar for anyone wishing to sit on Working Groups. The meeting will start at 12.30 – 2pm Lunch will be provided. Anyone interested in attending should email irene@iia.ie You must be a paid up member if you wish to sit on working groups.
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MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE
Any member that has outstanding balances on their account for membership for 2003 must be fully paid up by the 30th of April or they will not feature in the Members directory services magazine. Over 5000 copies of this magazine will be made available at all IIA events or to order free online. This is a valuable member benefit. If you are unsure about your account balance please contact the office or email accounts@iia.ie immediately.
If membership is not paid other member benefits will be suspended until payment is received. Company profiles on the IIA web site will be suspended and you will not be able to avail of IIA discounts at upcoming events. Only fully paid up members can go forward for the AGM to join the board, can have voting rights for the AGM, receive IIA conference discounts or be shortlisted for Net Visionary Awards.
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BECOMING AN IIA MEMBER
Become a member of the IIA – If you apply for membership of the IIA you pay the following rates for the rest of 2003:
- Individual – EUR165,
- SME – EUR262,
- Corporate – EUR371;
to become a part of the IIA association. To see full member benefits – Link to: www.iia.ie/content.asp?id=19
Or to join link to www.iia.ie/member_join.asp?id=27
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SURVEY TO DETERMINE USER QOS CRITERIA FOR ISPS
ETSI have sent the IIA a survey for all members. We will be sending out a copy to all members shortly and we advise you to respond. Results of the survey will feed into a EU Commission document which may be used to encourage the National Regulatory Authorities in member countries to ask the national ISP to report delivered quality of their services. The scope of this project is to arrive at a set of Quality of Service (QoS) criteria, which are of concern to users of service offered by the ISPs in Europe, particularly among the EU member countries. For further information please contact info@iia.ie
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NEW TELECITY IP MULTIHOME OFFERS HIGH LEVELS OF REDUNDANCY ON MULTIPLE INTERNET BACKBONES
TeleCity, the pan-European colocation and data centre services company has launched TeleCity IP Multihome, a new service which offers data centre customers high levels of network redundancy on multiple internet backbones. TeleCity IP Multihome has been developed in response to market demand for resilient network provisioning in the wake of turbulent fortunes of some major telecommunications companies. The service allows users of the public Internet such as ISPs, portals, ASPs, and other enterprises to host their content on multiple Tier 1 ISP backbones simultaneously, providing superior performance and resilience to hosting on a single ISPs network. TeleCity has signed up leading Irish web hoster Hosting365 as the first customer for IP Multihome in Ireland. www.telecity.ie
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KILROSS SIGN DEAL TO SUPPLY INTERNET SECURITY APPLIANCE TO CORK CITY AND COUNCIL.
IT security distributor Kilross recently signed an exclusivity deal with Qualtron Solutions for the supply of eSoft’s InstaGate Internet security appliance to Cork city and County. Clonakilty based Qualtron Solutions see the InstaGate as an ideal solution for users who want to remotely access the office network when on the road. www.kilross.com
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CISCO TO ACQUIRE LINKSYS REPRESENTING ENTRY INTO CONSUMER/SOHO NETWORKING MARKET
Cisco Systems has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the business of privately held The Linksys Group. Linksys is the leading provider of home networking products with a broad line of wired and wireless products for consumers and SOHO (small office/home office) users. This acquisition represents Cisco’s entry into the high-growth consumer/SOHO networking market, which is expected to grow from $3.7 billion in 2002 to $7.5 billion in 2006 worldwide (sources: compiled from Dell’Oro Group, Synergy). Home networks allow consumers to share broadband Internet connections, files, printers, digital music, photos, and gaming, all over a wired or wireless LAN (local area network). www.cisco.com
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ROLLING STONE`S ROCK WITH 3COM & CLEAR CHANNEL ENTERTAINMENT ON WORLD TOUR
For the Rolling Stone’s Forty Licks World Tour, Clear Channel Entertainment, a producer and marketer for live events, is using the 3Com Access Point 8000 and 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Building-to-Building Bridge along with a Hughes satellite uplink and downlink antenna system. This Wi-Fi wireless system is completely mobile and can be set up at each concert venue within an hour of arrival. With a selection of 3Com antennas, Clear Channel can tailor the wireless system, based on each unique concert site around the world, to enable complete coverage despite concrete, steel or other traditional barriers. In total, about 140 laptops, each equipped with a Wi-Fi certified PC card, are used by the production office, tour promotion office, band members, and crew to connect. One benefit of the wireless system is that the worldwide Stones fan community is able to stay current with the tour via the www.rollingstones.com Web site.
While on the road, tour management and the band are always connected to the home office and looking ahead to the next concert venues. This allows for rapid re-working of extra performance bookings, changes to seating plans, last-minute promotions, business negotiations with venue operators and ticket pricing decisions. Plus, the band and crew are able to keep in touch with friends and family while they are on the road. The majority of the data includes e-mail and word processing document exchanges, as well as transfers of larger files such as CAD drawings of the stage set or the concert seating. Looking ahead the band is interested in doing regular live webcasts of the tour and has, in fact, successfully tested the system several times.
www.3com.ie