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IDA Ireland Technology Presentation
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Government: Department of Enterprise, Jobs &
Innovation
IDA Board
260+ Staff
21 Overseas Offices
6 Sector Divisions
Irish Government Agency with a
mandate to secure Foreign Direct
Investment
&
To create valuable and
sustainable employment in
Ireland
IDA Ireland
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IDA Ireland Strategy
Targets: 2015-2019
3
900
Investments
80,000
New Jobs
209,000
FDI
Employment
by 2019
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• Pharmaceuticals & Food
• Medical Devices
• Technology
• Business Services
• Consumer Products
• Financial Services
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Internet of Things
• AI / Big Data
• Security & Biometrics
• Connected Health
• Portable Services
• Sharing Economy
• Data and Business
Platforms
Core Sectors
Con
vergen
ce A
reas
IDA Industry Strategic Focus Technology/Business Areas
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Ireland’s Software Evolution
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Ireland’s Software Evolution
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Ireland’s Software Evolution
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Ireland’s Software Evolution
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Ireland’s Software Evolution
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IoT Transmission
Options
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Internet of Things (IoT) and Ireland
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60 Jobs
26 Jobs
143 Jobs
15 Jobs 250 Jobs
50 Jobs
100 Jobs
200 Jobs
103 Jobs
100 Jobs
*800 Jobs
25 Jobs
100 Jobs
IoT job announcements 2015/2016
35 Jobs
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Talent: Academic Collaborations
16
MSc in Applied Software
Engineering at Athlone IT and
DIT
Undergrad & degree
programmes in Cloud
Computing at Cork IT
Three-year programme at
Limerick IT to produce 1,000
additional graduates in various
SW functions (engineering,
cloud, apps development,
middleware)
MSc in Computer Science in DCU
with focus on Big Data,
Analytics, Smarter Cities (urban
analysis, consumer behavior,
social networks, sentiment
analysis, healthcare, and cyber
and network security)
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Ireland’s Tech Ecosystem
Rich Environment for Research
€41m in funding; research focus
includes:
Methods and standards for high
integrity systems
Autonomous and adaptive
systems
Software performance
Adaptive security and privacy
Telecommunications Software & Systems Group
(TSSG) is an internationally recognised centre of
excellence for ICT research and innovation,
particularly technologies enabling communications
and information services. Research areas include:
Contract R&D, Spinouts
Mobile Services
Data Mining and Social Computing
Programmable and Autonomous Systems
With €88 million in funding, Insight is
one of the biggest data analytics
centres in Europe. Research areas
include:
The Semantic Web
Sensors and the Sensor Web
Social network analysis
Decision Support and
Optimisation, and
Connected Health
CONNECT is a flagship research centre for
communications networking, services,
applications and technologies. Research areas
include:
Wireless and optical technologies
Wireless and optical architectures
Networking services and security
Responsive things (internet of things)
Testbeds and experimentation
Research
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Grant Funding
Available
Description Partnerships
Required?
Funded By
Feasibility
Study
Up to50%
of up to
€500,000
The aim of the Technical Feasibility Grant is to
support the cost of a company to undertake a
detailed technical pre-study for future R&D
No IDA
Innovation
Partnership
Up to 65%
of up to
€300,000
Grant for applied innovation work
commissioned with an academic centre.
Company 35% contribution can be 20% cash and
15% in kind.
Academic
Partner
Enterprise
Ireland &
IDA
Science
Foundation
Partnerships
Various Industry partnership grants, Centre
collaboration (varies), Fellowships
Academic
Partner
SFI
R&D Tax
Credits
25% Credit against fully loaded costs for qualifying
R&D – technological advancement and risk
required.
No Revenue
R&D Grants
Typically
10-15%
Can be cumulated with the 25% tax break above
No IDA
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Summary
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Appendix
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Tax, IP & Data
Talent
Research Irish Firms,
VCs & Startups
English Speaking & Europe
Track Record
59,036
57,487
56,560
54,807
52,551
35,597
34,401
33,739
31,220
28,503
23,439
23,086
22,821
23,587
24,048
2014/15
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
2010/11
Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction
Science, Mathematics & Computing
Grand Total
Student Enrolments
Ireland’s Tech Ecosystem
Rich Environment for Innovation
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Selected Clients
Software & Services
– 1400 employees in Ireland
– Software campus focused on OSS product
development
– Services campus providing EMEA
professional services
Nokia Bell Labs Research Centre
– Partnership with 8 universities: 50 high-
end researchers
– Small Cell Development: Algorithms, RF
Hardware, system design.
– Data analytics, network systems, cloud
computing
– Largest patent output in Ireland
IoT and Data Centre / Networks Research
– Three R&D groups in Ireland – Dublin,
Cork (McAfee) and Limerick / Shannon
– Dublin is responsible for the
development of IoT Galileo platform
– Limerick research group is focused on
networking technologies for the Data
Centre Group – SDN / NFV
500 new research roles announced in May
2016 including:
– Software Engineers, Network Engineers,
Data Centre Engineering, Support
Engineers, Systems Engineers, Optical
Deployment Engineers, Security
Specialists, Big Data Specialists, DevOps
Engineers
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Irish Firm M&A with Global Companies
Cúram
The Now Factory
Fleetmatics
Cape Clear
FeedHenry
Orbiscom
Movidius
Social Program Software
Network Analytics
Telematics
Enterprise Service Bus Software
Mobile Applications
Payments
AI & Computer Vision
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Venture Capital, Incubators & Accelerators
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• Leading cloud software provider acquired Irish
company Cape Clear in 2010 – with just 22
employees
• Over 450 employees in European HQ today –
over half of staff involved in core product
development – the company’s only dev site
outside Silicon Valley
• New 160,000 sq ft. offices opened in 2015