[ILUG] Non Dublin based I.T. hub

[Robert Sweetnam]

James McCarthy wrote:
> I was wondering what the opinion of the list members would be on I.T. 
> hubs
> outside Dublin, such as Cork or Galway?
>
> Taking into account the area graduates (how good are the courses, and how
> many students for Cork I.T. & UCC?).
>
> Dublin's at the heart of things here but it's not cheap, is there 
> sufficient
> talent outside the capital to make the lower costs worth it?
>
> Opinions, recommendations all welcomed.
Hi James,

What do you mean by I.T. hub exactly?
U.C.C. have a pretty well populated CS department with quite a lot of 
students, as to does C.I.T, Waterford I.T. Tralee, Galway and notably U.L.

Industry wise, Cork has EMC, VMware, McAfee (Network Associates) and 
more that I can't think of off the top of my head but one I can think of 
is mainly on topic is RedHat.

Again off the top of my head I can only think of Dell for Limerick, but 
Waterford has AOL and NTL.

But as a hub, again Cork has the National Software Campus in Mahon. In 
which are quite a few I.T. based industries.

Sure, Dublin and environs has the likes of Google, eBay, Paypal, HP and 
Intel, to name but a few. But I think it is clear that Dublin is far 
from being a "Hub", but is just one of many in this isle. Those other 
big names outside of Dublin would hardly locate elsewhere in Ireland if 
there was a lack of significant skills or talent now would they?

Cheers
Robert