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Getting Irish Business Online (www.gettingbusinessonline.ie) is a partnership between Google, Blacknight Internet Solutions, An Post and the County and City Enterprise Boards and is targeting the 40 per cent of Irish SMEs including sole traders that do not have a website or an online presence. The campaign is calling on all businesses that do not have a website to log on to www.gettingbusinessonline.ie where they can create their business website for free.

Ericsson, the 35-year stalwart of Athlone technology, has announced a further expansion of its workforce with plans to employ a further 100 software engineers at its Blyry campus over the next two years, leading to a 12.5 per cent increase in its present workforce of 800.

Science is alive and well in primary education in the Westmeath with two local schools making it to the finals of the Midlands Science competition. The Midlands Science Competition was open to primary schools in Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, and Laois. The competition was organised by Tullamore-based development agency Atlantic Corridor and it is sponsored by Ericsson, the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators.

A highly skilled workforce and research carried out by top-calibre Irish universities were key factors in the decicion by US multinational Fidelity Investments to expand its operations here with the view of creating some 75 new jobs at its Galway base.

The 2010 Mayo Science and Technology Festival runs from November 15 to 21 and promises a number of exciting events across the length and breadth of the county. Science Week aims promote the relevance of science and technology in our everyday lives and to demonstrate the importance of these disciplines to the future development of Mayo and the economy of Ireland.

Galway based technology company Wiccle have become the first Irish company to fully develop an open source Content Management System (CMS).

Galway-based technology company Wiccle have become the first Irish company to fully develop an open source Content Management System (CMS).

Medtronic global head William Hawkins will be in Galway next week as guest of honour at the launch of this year’s Galway Science and Technology Festival. The festival, which showcases Galway’s many science and technology companies and institutes to young people and families, will take place from November 8 to 21.

Bus Éireann customers using its Galway-Dublin route can now avail of free wi-fi after the company introduced a three-month trial of the service.

DETAILS OF this year’s Baboró International Arts Festival for Children were revealed at a reception in Galway’s Harbour Hotel on Monday evening.