IBM Ireland news: The latest announcements, events, and research breakthroughs from IBM and our subsidiaries worldwide. en-ie © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2009. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/ie/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com Kristina O'Regan/Ireland/IBM Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/ http://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gif http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/ DUBLIN, IRELAND - IBM announced new investments for its Ireland Development Lab to produce intelligent software, which help lower cost of operations; generate intelligence for quick growth; and build closer business relationships with customers, partners and colleagues. New jobs will be created for high value software engineering work at the lab, which addresses real-world issues such as environment protection projects and maritime affairs. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/25/v737769u05303p26.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/25/v737769u05303p26.html Enterprise 2.0 Conference - IBM announced that a new service, Virtual Collaboration for Lotus Sametime, is now available. The service allows Lotus Sametime users to set up and use virtual meeting spaces securely behind-the-firewall with avatars. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/24/d037354b13119s06.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/24/d037354b13119s06.html At the SmarterCities forum today in Berlin, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that it is offering a new Smarter City Assessment Tool to help cities better understand and meet the new demands of an increasingly urbanized world. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/24/j251081z82696c34.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/24/j251081z82696c34.html For a record-setting tenth consecutive time, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) system holds the number one position in the ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/23/l937349z82750k70.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/23/l937349z82750k70.html Enterprise 2.0 Conference -- IBM announced its newest cloud service -- LotusLive Connections -- which combines business social networking with collaboration tools. Part of IBM's cloud service portfolio, LotusLive (www.lotuslive.com), LotusLive Connections extends IBM's reach further into new markets. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/23/u037517m30045e35.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/23/u037517m30045e35.html Ireland moves up into 18th position in the Economist Intelligence Unit's e-readiness rankings for 2009. Moving 3 ranks up compared to 2008, Ireland now joins the e-readiness 'Established Leaders' with a score of 7.84 out of 10. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/17/f012111v27498p43.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/06/17/f012111v27498p43.html Dublin, Ireland – May. 29, 2009 – Ireland's wireless sensor network developer EpiSensor, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) are working together to develop real-time, environmental monitoring solutions for energy, water and carbon management. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/05/29/t362638m95829s54.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/05/29/t362638m95829s54.html IBM and the Marine Institute today launched a specially designed web portal to provide the public with the latest information on weather, sea and tidal conditions for the Galway Bay area. http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/05/29/w641698c76061l71.html http://www.ibm.com/news/ie/en/2009/05/29/w641698c76061l71.html http://www.ibm.com/legal/ie/en/ http://www.ibm.com/legal/ie/en/