The Irish Tech News Podcast

Sylvain Giuliani the COO of Pusher talks to Ronan ahead of their visit to SaaStock. Sylvain explains to Ronan what Pusher does, how easy it is to use. Pusher’s VP Sam Stagg will be talking at SaaStock and Sylvain gives us a brief overview of what Sam will be talking about, he also mentions how SaaS will change over the next 5 years, and how secure Pusher is.

Darya Yegorina the Co-Founder of Clever Books talks to Ronan and she explains how Clever Books started, what Clever Books does, and why AR is important to them. Dara also talks about Clever Books future plans including entering foreign markets.

Ronan talks to Kieran Desmond the Founder And CEO Of Referral Works. Kieran tells Ronan how Referral Works started, what they do and the areas they are finding it easiest and hardest to recruit in. Kieran also talks about the I.T. sector in Cork, how vibrant it is and the Teamworks Catalyst tech hub where they are based. Kieran mentions their Beta launch which is happening on the 7th of September in Cork talks about the Microsoft Bizspark program they are on, and gives some tips to companies looking to hire staff and job seekers.

On this episode of the Irish Tech News Podcast Ronan talks to Kieron Branagan CEO OpenJaw Technologies. Kieran tells Ronan how Open Jaw started, what they do, and how they got bought by a company owned by the Chinese government. Open Jaw is also looking to recruit more employees and Kieran explains what areas theses jobs are in. Kieran also talks about Open Jaws plans for the next five years, how travel tech will change over the next few years, how IBM’s Watson is becoming a great tool to use, and why mobile devices are becoming more prevalent.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News Podcast Ronan talks to

Ronan talks to Julian Douglas from Home Care Direct and Brian Kenny from MiniCorp. Julian talks about How Home Care Direct got started, what it does, how it works, how his experience of online business consultancy, corporate management strategy, technology, online development and digital marketing has helped him with Home Care Direct. Brian explains how MiniCorp got involved as the developer of the Home Care Direct platform, and Julian talks about why MiniCorp is the perfect match for Home Care Direct. Brian talks about the Home Care Direct apps and how they work. Brain and Julian talk about the future plan’s and innovations for the Home Care Direct apps, how Irish Tech Companies Intercom, and Stripe are very important to them, and including going to markets overseas.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News podcast Ronan talks to Frank Reeves the CEO of Avvio and Samira Raj Avvio’s AI expert. Frank tells Ronan about the background of Avvio and how it started. Samira talks about AI and Allora, Avvio’s new AI platform which is launching later this. Frank also talks about how Online Travel Agents are costing hotels money and how Allora can save hotels money and give them more power.

Jamie Foale the Co-founder of MyLocalPitch by Infused Media

Ronan talks to Tony Corrigan the founder of TenderScout. Tony talks about how TendersSout started, what mistakes businesses make when they tender, risk mitigation strategies, tips when applying for tenders, 90% of SME's and startups don't compete for tenders worth 9 billion euro in Ireland and 3.1 trillion dollars globally. Tony also mentions why 80% of tenders are won by smaller companies, Irish companies win more tenders abroad than their European counterparts, and why machine learning will be a very important to the next Tenderscout update.

Ronan recently spoke to George Szlosarek the CEO at Epsilon after the Imagine Group Joined Epsilon’s SIP Trunk Federation to connect Its European customers around the World. George talks about how Epsilon started, what they do, and what their SIP Trunk Federation is. George also mentions the benefits for enterprises, why they chose Imagine as their Irish Partners, Epsilons plans for the next five years, why the cloud is so important and is the new foundation of digital, and he talks about his time spent in Ireland.