The Irish Tech News Podcast

Kevin Kline is at the MoJoCon Conference for Irish Tech News and he talks to one of the speakers Robert Hernandez. Robert talks to Kevin about jovornalism and how he is training the next generation of VR Journalists, and how technology is playing a part. Robert also mentions what makes a great 360 story, and 2 cameras that can be used with Apple and Android based smartphones and the jovornalism app to live stream or take photos in 360, and how 360 filming makes us feel like we are there as it gives us another level of experience.

Mick Brennan talks to Ronan about maximum media tv studio’s for joe.ie and joe.co.uk which are also the most up to date online tv studios in Europe, and how they can be taken out on the road. Mick mentions how technology has progressed in the live 20 years, Mobile Journalism, and the current shows and new shows that joe.ie and joe.co.uk are doing. Mick also talks about moderating online comments and viral videos, their new business podcast with Nick Webb, augmented reality and filming 360.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News Podcast Ronan talks to Richard Neale the EMEA Director of Marketing at Birst, one of the world's top cloud analytics companies. Richard talks about the background of Birst, including what they do and what products they offer, and what problems they solve in business intelligence. Richard also mentions how they are handling Brexit, Trump and the new GDPR, plus how secure they are and how Birst is Mobile First i.e. designed to work on mobile phones and tablets. Richard describes how Birst is a great front end for Hadoop, and why Machine Learning and Bots will be next on their agenda.

At the recent Gamercon event in Dublin, Ronan got to meet David McCahill from HP. David showed him the HP Omen which is totally customisable, mentioned what it can do and what games he recommends to play on it. As this was recorded at a live event you will hear some background noise.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News podcast Ronan talks to Donal Byrne the CEO of Corvil. Donal talks about how Corvil started, how they work with big data especially in the financial markets, how they handle security, and about the different countries that they have clients in. Donal also offers his insights on Bitcoin, Blockchain, and machine learning, and he mentions what's next on the agenda for Corvil. Lastly, Donal mentions that they monitor a trillion dollars a day on behalf of their clients.

John Ryan the CEO And Co-founder Of Zinopy talks to Ronan about his background and how Zinopy started, the recent deal they have done with Sungard Availability Services, uncertainties in the market such as Brexit. John also mentions that they are hiring and what they are looking for, the upcoming GDPR, and the upsides and downsides of using the cloud.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News podcast, Ronan talks to Jessica McCabe from Ookla better know for speedtest.net. Jessica talks to Ronan about how speedtest started, how it works, how Irish broadband speeds compare to other countries in Western Europe and the U.S, why Ireland's broadband speed makes it easier for companies to move to Ireland, and what effect IoT will have on broadband.

In this episode of the Irish Tech News podcast Ronan talks to Eric Horgan the Irish Country Manager and Gareth Soye the EPOS sales manager of Elavon Ireland. Eric and Gareth tell me about their new iPad epos system and Talech app, and they show me a demo of it, explaining how it works. They also talk about their secure pro service, and what their future plans are.

On today's Irish Tech News Podcast, we are doing a St Patricks Day episode as Ronan talks to Cameron Worth from SharpEnd an innovation partner of Jameson’s involved in the development of Jameson’s 2017 Limited Edition St Patrick’s Day Bottle. The IoT-enabled bottles, developed in partnership with SharpEnd and piloted exclusively for the Irish market, will mark the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day through a range of services and digital experiences. Cameron talks about his agency SharpEnd who are the UK’s first Internet of Things agency, the IoT bottle developed for Jameson, how NFC can work for brands and consumers, and why NFC lessens the needs for companies and brands to build an app.

In today's Irish Tech News podcast coming from SXSW, Paul Burfield from the Enterprise Ireland California Office and Adrian Farrell the Consul General of Ireland in Austin talk to Kevin Kline about SXSW, some of the Irish companies they admire at SXSW, and how the Irish have taken to SXSW.