Sponsors

Satellite Broadband Ireland was created by Kevin Ryan and Sean Og Brennan, in a response to the serious lack of availability for a reliable, consistent and cost effective rural broadband solution. Having studied the historical trends and statistical results for rural broadband, Satellite Broadband Ireland looked at the emerging technologies that could service these remote & rural areas with a viable broadband service and found that satellite was one of a few contenders for meeting this problem head on. After spending a considerable amount of time looking at satellite service providers and their product offering across Europe and how our fellow EU partners were dealing with similar rural broadband issues Satellite Broadband Ireland partnered with Europe’s leading satellite communications company, Eutelsat.

In April 2009 Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan TD officially launched the partnership of Satellite Broadband Ireland with Eutelsat, the number 1 provider in Europe with 29 satellites in geo-stationary orbit. Satellite Broadband Ireland is now able to deliver a 3.6MB broadband service from €29 a month via Eutelsat’s Tooway service anywhere in Ireland. Satellite Broadband Ireland have to date successfully installed the Tooway service in 24 counties across Ireland covering the most rural locations from west cork to the most northerly points of Donegal and are the leading provider of satellite broadband in Ireland. They offer affordable satellite broadband anywhere, guaranteed.

Blueface is an Irish VoIP company, which provides quality, low cost, telephone services to residential and business customers.

Blueface pioneered IP technology in Ireland, providing the first IP telephony service to residential users, along with a number of other industry firsts, including the first to offer all you can use / unlimited call packages.

Established in 2004, Blueface has since developed open-standards based VoIP technologies, including a white label platform. This has been deployed to major ISP's in Ireland, Southern and Eastern Europe and in the Caribbean. The company also provide a wholesale service to other telecoms companies; including Digicel in the Caribbean, Irish Broadband/Imagine ICE Broadband in Ireland, Kebu IT in Italy and many others.

Blueface's growing business customer portfolio includes; Carlow County Council, Champion Sports, Mick's Garage - Newsweaver/Dan Dooley Car Hire, Midlands Radio, Daft.ie and Batchelors amongst many others. This is also in addition to over 20,000 residential customers who enjoy low cost telephony avoiding line rental.

Blueface is a fully Irish-owned company, with major shareholders including Digicel, one of the world's leading mobile operators and Enterprise Ireland, the Irish state export board.

www.blueface.ie

The Regus Group is the world leading provider of pioneering workplace solutions, with a large range of products and services from fully equipped offices to professional meeting rooms, business lounges and the largest network of videoconference studios. Through its 1000 business centres in 450 cities and 75 countries, Regus delivers a new way to work whether it is from home, on the road or from an office.

Thought to support any companies in their growth, no matter their size, activities or stage of development, the Regus concept and business centres offer companies services that are based on three essential points: simplicity, flexibility and efficiency.

These advantages not only give companies the opportunity to test or grow in new markets, but it also enables them to work in a mobile and flexible way. Moreover, they can maximize their expenses associated with leasing, equipping and staffing their workplaces that represent 5 to 10% of their turnover so that they remain productive wherever they are to manage well their development.

www.regus.ie

Enterprise Ireland is the Irish government agency responsible for the development and promotion of Irish enterprise. Our mission is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets, resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.

Innovation, leadership and growth are the core themes of the Enterprise Ireland strategy Transforming Irish Industry 2008-2010. The strategy is driven by the overarching principle that growth in global markets through the internationalisation of Irish companies is the key to wealth and employment creation in Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland’s priorities include driving innovation, stimulating the emergence and development of companies of scale, consolidating existing growth in key sectors and markets, capitalising on emerging opportunities, and helping to realise sustained and balanced regional growth.

With 13 offices in Ireland and a network of over 30 international offices providing access to more than 60 countries around the world, Enterprise Ireland supports the internationalisation of Irish enterprises and helps international buyers connect with and maintain profitable partnerships with businesses in Ireland.

ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. We pioneered and continue to lead the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32® Antivirus, our flagship product, consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing and is the foundational product that builds out the ESET product line to include ESET Smart Security.

ESET Smart Security is an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution that combines accuracy, speed and an extremely small system footprint to create the most effective security solution in the industry.

Sold in more than 160 countries, ESET has worldwide production headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia and worldwide distribution headquarters in San Diego, US. ESET also has offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Prague, Czech Republic; and is globally represented by an extensive partner network.

Newsaccess was formed in 2007 following the merger of Newspress Clippings and News Monitoring Services. We are Ireland’s leading indigenous Media Monitoring and Evaluation solution provider – covering Press, Broadcast and Internet media (local, national and international coverage) for hundreds of Ireland’s most respected SME, multinational, public sector and public Relations agency clients.

We provide competitive advantage by helping organisations plan, monitor and evaluate their marketing and public relations campaigns, and track competitor activities. Our digital solutions combine best-of-breed technologies, best practice methodologies and superior client service to provide cost effective and ROI driven results.

• Press
• Broadcast
• Internet
• Evaluation
• Comprehensive Coverage
• Accurate
• Timely
• Value

Our growing client base includes IBI Corporate Finance, Brown Thomas, Clerys, Sony, Disney, Glaxo Smith Klein, O2, Irish Distillers, UCC, Topaz, An Post, BIM, Department of Defence, Department of the Environment, National Lottery, Bord na M óna, Irish Dairy Board, CIF, Barnardos, Weber Shandwick, Burrell Marketing, Ogilvy PR, Durrants, Fleishman Hillard and Financial Dynamics.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of businesses, both large and small, in Ireland's capital. As the premier networking organisation in the city, the Chamber offers significant opportunities to promote your business and network with other members.
The Chamber provides a range of business services, including business training, visa and export documentation, international business opportunities and discounts for members on a range of business services.

Sony Ericsson is a top, global industry player with sales of around 97 million phones in 2008.  Diversity is one of the core strengths of the company, with operations in over 80 countries including manufacturing in China and R&D sites in China, Europe, India, Japan and North America.  Sony Ericsson was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London.  For more information about Sony Ericsson please visit www.sonyericsson.com.

Sony Ericsson has had a presence in Ireland since 2004.  There is a team of seven people employed in marketing, sales, technical and PR roles.  During its four years in the Irish marketplace, Sony Ericsson has grown its market share significantly.  The company is based at Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24.

The Digital Hub is an international centre for digital media enterprise and learning based in Dublin. Today over 100 companies employing over 1000 people deliver products and services to World markets. This creative cluster is connected to local schools and communities. The Digital Hub provides more than just enterprise and learning facilities, it supports collaboration. In areas such as: Animation, e-Commerce, e-Learning, Internet Agencies, Games, Mobile/Wireless applications and supporting technology there have been rapid developments. The Digital Hub is attracting new investment, new jobs and ultimately delivering growth in a key new industry sector for Ireland, digital media.

Truvo Ireland, formerly Golden Pages Ltd., is Ireland’s largest specialised sales and marketing company focusing on local search and advertising.

Truvo Ireland has a multimedia product offering featuring print, online and mobile.  The print products, The Golden Pages directory and eircom Phonebook were joined in 1999 by goldenpages.ie, and in the last 12 months Truvo has added m.goldenpages.ie, Golden Pages on your mobile phone, and Truvo.ie to an ever-growing portfolio. An exciting departure from traditional local search, Truvo.ie is a site where you can discover some of your city's best-kept secrets and exchange your local knowledge with like-minded people - whether they're right around the corner or on the other side of the country.
As part of a further initiative to bring Ireland’s SME’s online, Truvo has also launched MySite, a completely customisable website for Truvo advertisers, which allows them to create and manage their own content and upload pictures and video, meaning clients are free to amend content as often as they like without incurring any third party charges.
The philosophy at Truvo is to be the number 1 choice for local search and advertising by providing an integrated portfolio of cost-effective, and simple-to-use, advertising solutions that connect buyers quickly and efficiently with sellers.

RAIC Productions is a young, dynamic and vibrant production company based in Dublin. We focus on the terrestrial and digital television, radio and corporate market providing our clients with high quality and creative communication solutions using Television, Radio, DVD, CD-Rom, Video and the Web to reach customers and audiences.

We provide the complete solution from conceptual support helping you decide and realise the content of your Television, Radio or Corporate Project into Production. We provide some of Ireland's finest crews including Directors, Producers, Camera Operators, Sound Operators, Script Writers and Voice Over Artists to create high quality and creative visual and audio pieces. This continues into Post Production where we provide leading Off-Line, On-Line Editors, Colourists and Sound Engineers to complete a first class service.

Our mission statement at RAIC Productions is a simple one.
High Quality at Low Cost

UNICEF has saved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organisation in the world. Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF provides children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more. UNICEF Ireland supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in Ireland. 

UNICEF is at the forefront of efforts to reduce child mortality worldwide.  There has been substantial progress-the annual number of under-five deaths dropped from 13 million in 1990 to 8.8 million in 2008.  But still, 24,000 children die each day from preventable causes.
Our mission is to do whatever it takes to make that number zero by giving children the essentials for a safe and healthy childhood. For more information, visit unicef.ie

City Channel launched local television in Dublin in October 2005. The network has been expanded significantly in 2008 with the addition of new local franchises in Galway and in Cork, Limerick and Waterford through Channel South. It reaches now 400,000 households and has a potential audience of 1.2m viewers daily.

Although the channel is available on the digital-only NTL platform in Dublin, it currently reaches 57% of all multi channel TV homes in this region. The City Channel network enjoys strong analogue and digital penetration in Munster (Channel South) and Galway reaching over 47% of all Munster multi channel TV homes across the region.

Since launch, the City Channel audience has grown at an impressive rate with the expansion of the NTL digital network adding new subscribers on a daily basis.