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IN BRIEF
IBM OPENS FIRST EU-BASED R&D LAB IN DUBLIN
IBMhas officially opened its Smarter CitiesTechnology Centre and has also announced the establishment of the first IBM Research & Development Laboratory intheEuropeanUnion. TheSmarterCitiesTechnologyCentre
has been operational since March 2010 and has establishedworld-class research programmes in transportation, sustain- able energy, water management, and urban informationmanagement. It represents anIDAIreland-supported
David Toohey, president of business operations atAlere
investment ofupto €66mandaims to cre- ate asmany as 200 newroles. The new IBMResearch and Develop-
ALERE TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL CENTRE IN GALWAY
Global healthcare company Alere is to establish an in- ternational business serv- ice centre inGalwaywith the creation of 100 jobs over the next four years. The jobs are being created
with the support of Govern- ment through IDA Ireland. Massachusetts-headquar-
ted Alere develops and manu- factures products that provide diagnostics and health management solutions for cardiovascular disease, in- fectious disease, toxicology, oncology and women's
health.The new centre willoversee the company’s commercial operations out- side of the US. The jobs will include cus-
tomer and technical support, finance, legal, vendor and lo- gistics management, contract manufacturing management, quality assurance and regulatory affairs.
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ment – Ireland laboratory will combine the Smarter Cities Technology Centre with additional researchmissions in risk management, exascale computing, and hybridsystems. Itsprimary focus is to re- search, develop and commercialise intel- ligent urban and environmental systems, specifically addressing challenges within and across a range of domains. "These research facilities strengthen
the innovation ecosystem in Ireland and addgreatly to Ireland's reputationas a lo- cation for research and development in the ICT/technology sector,” said IDA Ireland CEO, BarryO'Leary.
LisaAmini, director, IBMSmarter Cities Technology Centre; JohnKelly III, direc- tor – IBMResearch;Minister Richard Bruton TD; Peter O'Neill, IBMIreland CGM; and BarryO'Leary, IDAIreland
IRELAND’S PRODUCTIVITY WELL AHEAD OF EU AVERAGE
Irelandisoneof thebestperformers in Europe,accordingtotherecentannual EU report on competitiveness per- formance andpolicy. The EuropeanCompetitivenessReport
2011 analyses industrial competitiveness across the EUand presents policymeas- ures adopted by member states to im- prove their competitiveness and the competitiveness of Europe as awhole. It found that themain short-termchal-
lenge for Irelandis to returnto abalanced growth path in line with the European Council recommendations,while theneed to consolidate public finances necessi- tates a careful review of spending and taxation priorities. Ireland’s efforts to shift growth from
foreign direct investment (FDI) based on labour cost and construction tomore in- novative sectors andserviceshadalready borne some fruit before the onset of the recession, it noted, and long-termefforts toprovide incentives formore sustainable growth are going in the right direction. The report saidthat Irelandalso scores
significantly above the EU average on many aspects of its business environment andworkforce.While challenges remain, the country is relatively well-placed to overcome the crisis. The capacity of indigenous firms to in-
novate could be increased, capitalising as much as possible on the increased invest- ment inpublicR&Dandthedevelopment of a green tech sector, it added.
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