Friday, March 13, 2009

Irish tech firms pair up to change how world uses the web

It can pay to live on the edge, particularly if you’re a leading provider of network performance management tools. Bray-based Data Edge has just signed a deal worth €500,000 with Dublin-based Intune Networks, as the latter sets out to take on the world.

Intune has invested €30m in developing its technology to target the €8bn global metro telecommunications market. It is promising to change the way the world experiences the internet, and is hoping its latest deal with Data Edge will help it to fulfil this promise.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

€1/2m Deal Keeps DataEdge in Tune

Tim Fritzley, CEO, Intune Networks, said, "We believe that our technology has the potential to transform the global telecommunications market. There's been enormous interest in our company over the last few years, reaching a crescendo in recent months as we prepare for our launch. In partnership with Data Edge, we've been able to prove the quality of our service, accelerate our market readiness, and reduce the capital and operational costs of development."

Paul Phelan, CTO, Data Edge, said, "This has been one of the most challenging and rewarding projects in our twenty year history. Intune has made one of the most important communications technology advancements in a decade. It will help in the repositioning of Ireland as a hotbed of innovation and investment for global IT research and development."

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