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Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

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The ICT business sector includes the manufacture of hardware and software, as well as ICT related services.

ICT Hardware

  • Computer HardwareThe region is closely linked into the global ICT market with the Galway and Shannon areas strongest in terms of ICT hardware production.
  • Galway and Shannon host some of the largest sectoral multinationals including Hewlett Packard, IBM and Cisco Systems.
  • Over 3,500 people in the West are employed in the manufacture of ICT hardware including office machinery, computers, radio, TV and communications equipment.

Networking is an important element of the sector and the Information Technology Association of Galway (ITAG) promotes connections between businesses involved in the IT sector, both hardware and software, in Galway and surrounding areas.

A welcome spin off is the large number of smaller Irish owned companies, many of which have been established by former employees of multinationals in the area.

Some companies here already

Hewlett Packard, IBM, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, American Power Conversion Corp., Celestica, FotoNation Ireland Ltd., General Monitors Inc., Microsemi Ireland, Monster Cable Products, NetIQ Europe Ltd., Pulse Engineering Ireland, RSA Security, Buffalo Technology

ICT Software

  • SoftwareThe region’s software industry is made up of leading global software companies.
  • Alongside these are a significant number of relatively small Irish companies involved in providing specialised software solutions or standardised software products.

Leading edge examples include Cora Systems (project management software), Nooked (internet Web 2.0 based business) and Instinct Technology (middleware for the gaming industry). Small software companies are scattered across all seven counties of the West, with their locations often determined by the owner’s lifestyle choice.

Some companies here already

SAP SSC Ltd., Pramerica Systems Ireland Ltd., SITA PTS, Infacta Ltd., Avocent, Attachmate, Mentor Graphics, Bustec, eflexes, Cora Systems, Eointec, Instinct Technology, Nooked