PFH opens Technology Experience Centre

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Cloud services provider PFH Technology Group has announced the launch of the €1.2 million Technology Experience Centre. The investment is Ireland’s first dedicated cloud, virtualisation and enterprise systems management centre of excellence. The establishment of the Experience centre, which was launched by Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton will result in the creation of up to 20 jobs over the next three years.

The Technology Experience Centre, based in Sandyford, Co Dublin, is designed to enable large corporate, government, health and education organisations to experience and to trial technologies from the world’s leading providers.

These new technologies have the ability to drive massive cost savings in these businesses and organisations by giving them more control over their data resources. It is the first centre of its kind in Ireland which assembles these new technologies and solutions in a way that allows executives to see, touch and use them directly themselves.

Chief executive Paul Hourican, said: “Cloud Computing is more than just the latest buzzword – it is a real and proven way of significantly reducing your cost base by managing your technology needs in a more effective manner. The Experience centre provides experiential learning for the current generation of business leaders to see for themselves the practical benefits and applications of a range of new technologies which can help transform how their organisations are run and help them plan their journey into the Cloud.”

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton said: “Last week I announced the establishment by Government of a €5 million applied research centre in cloud computing to ensure that Ireland can become a world leader in this sector, which according to Microsoft could create 8,500 jobs and be worth €9.5bn per annum to the Irish economy by 2014. Today I am delighted to launch this cutting edge technology experience centre which represents another step towards ensuring that we realise that ambition.”

Niall Kitson

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