Irish Govt Invests €1.2 Million in Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre

The Government of Ireland, as part of its Action Plan for Jobs, today revealed a €1.2m programme to make Ireland a world leader in cloud computing. The new Cloud Computing Technology Research Centre will exist as a consortium of third-level institutions.The cloud computing revolution is a €48bn opportunity, according to Gartner. Ireland is already a global destination for cloud when you consider the massive investments by Google, Microsoft, IBM, EMC and many others.