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Ireland is experiencing a partial solar eclipse this morning, which will reach its peak at about 09:30 am. Here at Blacknight our amateur astronomers have set up a webcam, together with a telescope and filters and we’re anxiously peering at a cloudy sky … As ever in Ireland, it could all change in an instant, and we […]
The big day has arrived. No – not that one, although obviously we care about Valentines Day too! Smooch! 😉 It’s D-Day for entries in The Blacknight SME Awards! SME and loving it? We know the feeling. And so does Shawna Scott, founder of Ireland’s first Health & Design focused sex shop: SexSiopa.ie! A recent winner […]
Here’s the second in our series of videos celebrating SMEs this Valentines Day – reminding you to get your nominations in by tomorrow for The SME Awards! The word SME describes more than just businesses of course. Some are not-for-profit professional organisations like The Sales Institute. Bob Hoffman is the CEO of The Sales […]
Don’t forget: nominations close tomorrow (Valentine’s Day) for the inaugural SME Awards! As headline sponsors we’ve been talking to our friends in the SME world and encouraging them to enter. (It’s free!) And it’s given us an opportunity to have a conversation about SMEs. This is the first of a series of videos we’re making on the subject: […]
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… and we make no apology for that! We’ve published a lot of media this week relating to the launch of Blacknight’s new data centre, but one item has attracted a good deal of attention from the hard core technologists. Originally posted on Technology.ie, this video stars CTO Paul Kelly as he takes us on […]
Blacknight’s new data centre was officially opened on Monday by the Minister of State for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, before an audience of friends and colleagues. Afterwards, our CEO Michele Neylon spoke about the company’s 10-year journey, from a bedroom in Paul Kelly‘s sister’s house, to a 12,000 sq ft facility employing […]
Here’s the video of Minister Sean Sherlock’s speech at the official opening of our new data centre on Monday. We have more on the way! The Minister drew a comparison between Carlow and his native Mallow. The towns share a similar history as the sites of Ireland’s last two sugar factories; “traditional towns that sustained […]