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Game-changer AI tool will save mothers and babies

A new prototype AI diagnostic test for pre-eclampsia developed by a multi-disciplinary Irish team will hopefully save thousands of lives around the world. Preeclampsia affects 1 in 10 pregnancies and causes the deaths of at least 50,000 mothers and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. It is a serious pregnancy complication and diagnosis remains a significant […]

Unlock The Tech: Secure Your Business From Anywhere

Today I’m going to breakdown the second track in the Unlock The Tech series, Secure Your Business From Anywhere and try to pick out all the MUST KNOWS! from each session. So let’s get into everything Microsoft Security.. Day 1: Identity and Access Did you know in the past year we’ve seen a 300% increase in identity attacks? making […]

Unlock The Tech: Why Microsoft Cloud?

Today I’m going to breakdown the first track in the series Why Microsoft Cloud? and try to pick out all the MUST KNOWS! from each session. So grab a cuppa and let’s get into everything Microsoft Cloud. Day 1: Teams Meetings On day 1 Customer Program Manager, Jonathan Eustace makes the very valid point that we need to RETHINK […]

Digital Ireland – Inclusive Recovery

Microsoft Ireland’s latest report, Digital Ireland – Inclusive Recovery, shows the significant untapped potential of Ireland’s Digital Economy as organisations need to accelerate digitalisation.  Kieran McCorry, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Ireland  As we know, Ireland is well regarded for its entrepreneurial spirit, its determination in the face of adversity and its innovative mindset. The last 18 […]

Fingal County Council providing critical services to almost 300,000 residents through Microsoft Teams Calling

Fingal County Council, like most public service organisations, was forced to find new solutions to maintain connection between its team of hundreds of employees, its community network, and the general public when the Covid-19 emergency shut down its offices in March 2020. Fingal County Council is the third largest local authority in Ireland and serves […]

Creating a ‘treasure trove’ of trusted data for AI developers in Ireland

Every day, developers and researchers across Ireland are finding creative ways to leverage AI to solve tough societal challenges and unlock business innovation. Whether they’re training a computer vision model to identify washed up waste  on our beaches or developing a machine learning algorithm to process business expenses through scanned pictures of receipts, they need […]

Hybrid Work – Return to the workplace

The era of an organisation existing in a single shared physical location is over. Going forward, hybrid spaces will dictate how we collaborate, connect and build social capital. Ensuring that everyone has the right tools, software and equipment whether they are in the office or not will be key to success in a hybrid working […]

Hybrid Work – Empowering people to thrive 

For people in your organisation, hybrid working represents a seismic shift – and flexibility for employees will only become more and more vital as we start to emerge from the pandemic era. This means flexibility both in working schedules and locations. Achieving this requires putting the policies and systems in place that will allow you […]

Hybrid Work – Transforming Productivity

The shift to hybrid is an opportunity to change and optimise the day-to-day processes that keep your organisation running. It’s a shift that offers exciting advancements for the way your organisation runs, from managing meetings, devices and productivity, to digitizing your business processes for maximum efficiency and security.      Top 3 take outs:  Move everything […]

Building a pathway to the Cloud through our new Skill Forward programme

The past year has demonstrated in a very real way the power of Cloud technologies. Put simply, without the Cloud, we would not have been able to work or learn from home over the past 18 months nor would we be witnessing the pace of digital transformation that is underpinning our economic recovery. Cloud technologies […]

Ireland’s Future is MINE (and Yours!): The next stage of the Dream Space journey

This week marks an exciting juncture in Microsoft Ireland’s Dream Space journey with the launch of the second series of Dream Space TV being made available on RTE.ie/Learn. The inaugural series was developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which not only meant that pupils and teachers were suddenly and unexpectedly restricted from visiting the […]

Building AI Skills for an Inclusive Future

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a technology of the future. In transforming how we live our daily lives – from receiving medical treatment and consuming news, to how we approach learning – AI is more powerful, prevalent and impactful than ever before. That was one of the key takeaways from the second annual John […]