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By Ray O’Hanlon As Loretta told the Irish Times in an interview a few [email protected] years ago, she was already in her 40s when she met the two great loves of her life. oretta is the seventh in the fifth. That is to say that Loretta The first was magnate Lewis Glucksman, Brennan Glucksman is the seventh person to hold the title who was then head of investment LofIrishEchoIrishAmericanoftheYear,andshewillbeduly bank. honored at the fifth New York/New Belfast conference this And it was Lewis who introduced her to the second week. great love: . But Loretta is oh-so-much more than the numbers, Loretta Brennan was the Irish American. Lewis more than even the tens of millions of dollars raised for Glucksman’s family roots were in . But he had www.irishecho.com / Irish EchoIrish / MAY 28 - JUNE 3, 2014 causes / during her tenure as chair of the American served on a U.S. Navy submarine during World War II Ireland Fund. and had spent his shore leave in Ireland. She is a woman for all seasons, an Irish American of “He knew Ireland like the back of his hand,” Brennan the Year in any year, a friend of Ireland and the Irish of Glucksman told the Times in that interview. America in innumerable ways. “He loved the writers, visited all their homes. He Brennan Glucksman is the second woman to win the called these journeys his pilgrimages.” Person of the Year accolade since it was revived in 2007. Opined the Times: “Twenty-six years after she first set She will succeed Brian O’Dwyer, the 2013 Irish American foot on Irish soil, Loretta Brennan Glucksman is a grande of the Year. dame of Irish-American relations, philanthropist A third generation Irish American with family ties to extraordinaire and friend to a generation of Irish Donegal, Leitrim and Carlow, Loretta grew up in politicians, writers, musicians and artists.” Allentown, Pennsylvania. One of those friends was the late Seamus Heaney. She has long been a noted philanthropist and, At what would be his last major public appearance in together with her late husband, Lewis, has supported an the United States, the occasion of the NYU Glucksman array of good causes and projects in Ireland. Ireland House annual dinner in early 2013, Heaney Until she recently stepped down from the presented Loretta with the greatest tribute he could chairmanship of the AIF, Loretta had spearheaded the Loretta Brennan Glucksman. bestow, his words, a poetic tribute to that grande dame organization’s work going back to 1995. of Irish American relations. During her extraordinary tenure, she led the fund’s Loretta is co-chair of Glucksman Ireland House, the It was an original work of course, though it could successful “Hope & History” campaign to its target goal center for Irish Studies at , which fairly be said that Heaney might have taken the words of $100 million. she and her late husband established in 1993. from the hearts of everyone in the room. American investment is key to stable future

By Máirtín Ó Muilleoir economy in Europe include AllState of rub shoulders with some of Irish [email protected] Chicago with 1400 employees, America's most dynamic ambassadors, Concentrix of Mountain View, California, including John Fitzpatrick and Loretta 'm long familiar with the famous which just made the largest ever invest- Brennan Glucksman, current and last Irish American tome by Thomas ment announcement in Belfast with chair of the American Ireland Fund. ICahill, “How Ireland Saved 1,000 jobs promised. During a busy tenure as mayor this Civilization.” Intel has a hub of global excellence in past year, I also made official visits to But as I come to the end of a one-year Belfast — built on the foundation of a Washington, D.C., New Brunswick (at adventure as mayor of Belfast, I am local company it bought over — while the invitation of restaurateur Francis more convinced than ever that we need Cybersource, the financial transaction Schott), San Francisco, Chicago (to a scribe to write a new volume on “How company set up by New Yorker Bill address the 1200-strong Irish Fellowship Irish America Saved Ireland.” McKiernan, and Liberty Mutual of luncheon), Portland, Oregon, New York For in every key area of civic resur- Boston, are substantial tech employers. and San José. gence in Belfast, the U.S. is playing a Not to be outdone, just I was particularly privileged to meet two key part. announced plans to grow its Belfast great governors, Jerry Brown of Whether it is tourist visitor numbers, workforce from 1400 to 1700 highly- California (a proud Irish American, our which are off the charts thanks to rock- skilled staff. No surprise then that Invest meeting ended with a song from the eting numbers from North America, or NI just announced its best year ever in time of the Great Hunger) and Andrew new job creation projects which are terms of job creation. Cuomo of New York. being spearheaded by American compa- The lesson for me is that while Irish In every meeting I attended, my mes- nies, the fact remains that the U.S. is America has been a bulwark of the sage was that Belfast is a city on the Belfast's greatest ally. peace process, there is a real desire to rise. When the IRA and loyalist ceasefires do more to ensure the peace thrives on But undoubtedly the icing on the cake were called 20 years ago, many thought a foundation of prosperity and justice. for the people of Belfast was to twin with the involvement of Irish America and the That's why I initiated a series of new Boston. U.S. had reached its high water mark. links with the U.S. over the past twelve The capital of Irish America, the hub However, the fact is that the tide of sup- months. These included: of university education in the U.S., the port from Irish America for the peace A business mission from New Jersey, Silicon Valley of life-sciences and a city process has continued to surge in the headed by New Brunswick Mayor Jim tied to Ireland though centuries of histo- years since. Cahill; the first-ever business mission ry and heritage, Boston will be a great Indeed, long after Senator George endorsed by the American Ireland Fund partner for the resurgent Belfast. Mitchell sealed the Good Friday deal, Lord Mayor Ó Muilleoir. which saw thirty prominent business The message from Belfast is that U.S. envoy Dr. Richard Haass was back and political leaders visit Belfast. there is a real thirst for more relation- in Belfast before Christmas to propose a A start-up Tech Mission from Belfast ships of mutual benefit with Irish bold way to break the political stalemate in America. to Silicon Valley which saw twenty of our America. over the past. New York Stock Exchange and brightest young entrepreneurs join me Far from having seen the best days of But the wave of investment from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are just on the west coast. transatlantic partnership, it's my convic- U.S. since the peace process was born is two major U.S. companies who have This week, I will bring ten of our Belfast's tion that the greatest days of Irish an even more phenomenal story. made Belfast their European beachhead. most successful business leaders with American co-operation with those who Belfast has more American blue-chip Their neighbors in the city which now me to the Big Apple to take part in a wish to build the peace in the North of companies than any city of similar size boasts the fastest-growing knowledge business mission which will see them Ireland are still ahead of us. 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hectare Tyrone Project in Google Inc. was born in 1998, when Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim Networks is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC) and counties Tyrone and wrote a check for $100,000 to that entity - which until then didn’t exist. owned by both CVC and Constellation Ventures Partners. Derry/Londonderry. The It’s really the people that make Google the kind of company it is. company website We hire people who are smart and determined, and we favor ability IBM described itself thus: "We over experience. Although Googlers share common goals and visions IBM's headquarters complex is located are a TSX-listed, Canadian based gold and silver exploration and for the company, we hail from all walks of life and speak dozens of in Armonk, Town of North Castle, New development company. With a European focus, our most advanced languages, reflecting the global audience that we serve. And when not York. The company has twelve property is in Northern Ireland and focuses on and around the high- at work, Googlers pursue interests ranging from cycling to beekeeping, research labs worldwide—Almaden, grade lode gold deposit, Curraghinalt. In Norway, Dalradian holds from frisbee to foxtrot. Austin, Australia, Brazil, China, Dublin, mineral rights for approximately 1.3 million hectares over three We strive to maintain the open culture often associated with Israel, India, Tokyo, (New York), Zurich and Nairobi—with greenstone belts, as well as an area hosting an historical silver mining startups, in which everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels Watson (dedicated in 1961) serving as headquarters for the research district. comfortable sharing ideas and opinions. In our weekly all-hands division and the site of its annual meeting. Other campus installations Patrick Anderson, Dalradian Resources chairman and chief (“TGIF”) meetings—not to mention over email or in the cafe—Googlers include towers in Montreal, , and Atlanta; software labs in Raleigh- executive, says he was attracted to Northern Ireland partly by the ask questions directly to Larry, Sergey and other execs about any Durham, Rome, Cracow and Toronto; buildings in Chicago, political climate and credited the "very forward-looking" government for number of company issues. Our offices and cafes are designed to Johannesburg, and Seattle; and facilities in Hakozaki and Yamato. The conducting a geological survey that showed the North's mining encourage interactions between Googlers within and across teams, and company also operates the IBM Scientific Center, House, the promise. "That would have cost a company like ours hundreds of to spark conversation about work as well as play. www.google.com. Canada Head Office Building, IBM Rochester, and the Somers, NY Office millions of dollars," Anderson said. Complex. Before coming to Northern Ireland in 2011, Dalradian was exploring H&K International The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an in Ecuador, but Anderson said, "A change in government and policy Selling to 20,000 restaurants in 20 American multinational technology and consulting corporation, made it impossible for us to work." In the North, the company's countries worldwide, Dublin-based H&K is manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers www.irishecho.com / www.irishecho.com Irish Echo / 28 - MAY JUNE 3, 2014 / flagship Curraghinalt exploration project is what is designated as a a leading global supplier of stainless infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from "mesothermal gold deposit." www.dalradian.com. steel kitchen equipment to the Food mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company was founded in Service Industry. With a long-established 1911 as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR) through a First Derivatives reputation for quality products, precision merger of three companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the First Derivatives is a leading provider of manufacturing and exceptional customer International Time products and consulting services to the support, the company has spread its Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company. It became capital markets industry. Focused on financial footprint to North America. H&K delivers flexible, value-driven International Business Machines in 1924, using a name previously institutions that work cross-asset, often with restaurant equipment solutions to major customers in the Americas, designated to CTR's subsidiary in Canada and later South America. multi-system and/or high volume trading Europe, Australia and Asia. A key feature of the H&K business is its Securities analysts nicknamed IBM Big Blue in recognition of IBM's activities, the Company scopes, designs, ability to deliver complete kitchen packages to new or existing common use of blue in products, packaging, and logo. In 2012, Fortune develops, implements and supports a broad restaurant sites anywhere in the world. ranked IBM the No. 2 largest U.S. firm in terms of number of employees range of mission critical data and trading systems across front, middle Originally American-owned, H&K was bought out by an Irish (435,000 worldwide). and back-office operations. management team in 2002 led by CEO David Bobbett from the Globally, the company was ranked the No. 31 largest in terms of Incorporated in 1996 and now headquartered in Newry, County company's Dublin office. The company employs 970 worldwide and has revenue by Forbes for 2011. Notable inventions by IBM include the Down with Brian Conlon as CEO, First Derivatives has served the capital annual sales of around $350 million. Its biggest client is McDonald's. (ATM), the , the , markets industry since its incorporation. The company holds a niche www.hkionline.com. the , the relational database, the Universal Product market position in terms of domain knowledge of capital market asset Code (UPC), the financial swap, the RDBMS and SQL, airline classes (equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.), HBO reservation system, DRAM, and Watson artificial intelligence. as well as expertise in leading financial services systems (such as HBO (Home Box Office) is an American www..com. Calypso, Murex, Opics, Summit, Principia, Opus, Wall Street, kdb+, etc). premium cable and satellite television The Company continues to work closely with leading global financial network that is owned by Home Box Office ICON institutions to enable client proprietary and 3rd Party systems cope Inc., an operating subsidiary of Time The recipient of the 2009 Irish with the demands of high volume, complex trading in an increasingly Warner. HBO's programming consists primarily of theatrically released American Business Chamber and regulated market. This combination of domain knowledge and technical motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for- Network's Ambassador Award, ICON expertise in leading financial services technologies has motivated the cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches and occasional Plc was founded in Dublin in 1990. A Company to invest in developing its own product suite. stand-up comedy and concert specials. HBO is the oldest and longest global provider of outsourced development services to pharmaceutical, First Derivatives is a publicly held company, trading on the London continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the biotechnology and medical device industries and a specialist in clinical Stock Exchange (LSE FDP.L) and Irish Stock Exchange (IEX:GYQ.I). In United States, having been in operation since November 8, 1972. research, ICON's headquarters are in Philadelphia. Newry, the company has established its research and development HBO is home to “Game of Thrones which is filmed in part in Belfast and Two of the co-founders, Dr. John Climax and Dr. Ronan Lambe, center, its Capital Markets Competency Center and its near-shore other location in Northern Ireland. www.hbo.com. remain at the helm of the company which now employs 7,300 people support facilities. The company has continued to expand its service across 69 locations in 39 countries. offering and now has operational bases in Europe, North America, Asia Hewlett Packard Said CEO Peter Gray: "While external factors are challenging, and and Australia to service its global client base. It is recognized as one of The Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an many governments are endeavoring to reduce healthcare costs, the fastest growing capital markets service providers in the world. First American multinational information technology including pharmaceutical prices, we remain positive, though cautious." Derivatives now employs over 700 employees worldwide. corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, In May of 2010, ICON bought over Timaq Medical Imaging, a leading According to its website, First Derivatives' distinct competitive California. For a number of years the company European provider of advanced imaging services to pharmaceutical and advantage derives from its unique combination of knowledge of has also had a significant presence in Ireland. biotech firms. www.iconplc.com. financial markets and expertise in financial services technologies. The HP provides products, technologies, software, Company believes that its consultants need to fully understand the solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized Intel client's business requirements in order to produce the right technical businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the Back in 1968, two scientists, Robert Noyce solution. This saves our clients development time, and ultimately government, health and education sectors. and Gordon Moore, founded Intel with a money. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by vision for semiconductor memory "We are widely renowned for the quality of our service and our William "Bill" Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard. HP is the world's products. By 1971, they had introduced the product portfolio and for our pragmatic and commercial approach. Our leading PC manufacturer and has been since 2007. It specializes in world’s first microprocessor. Since then, growth is the direct result of the importance we attach to our clients, developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and Intel has established a heritage of understanding their businesses and building and maintaining strong networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. innovation that continues to expand the reach and promise of relationships. Key to our market position is continuing our strong track Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise, computing while advancing the ways people work and live worldwide. record of profit growth and our international reputation for the quality and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Intel today has more than of our services in our target sectors. We know that ensuring our people products, software and a diverse range of printers, and other imaging 100,000 employees in 63 countries and serves customers in more than are well motivated, well rewarded and have the opportunity to develop products. HP markets its products to households, small to medium- 120 countries. Intel today designs and manufactures a variety of their true potential is critical to meeting our varied client needs and our sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online essential technologies, including microprocessors and chipsets and the continued commercial success." distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software additional hardware, software, and related services that together serve As well as the head office in Newry, the company has offices in Belfast, partners and major technology vendors. HP also has strong services as the foundation for many of the world’s computing devices. Dublin, London, New York, New Kersey, Philadelphia, Toronto, Sydney and consulting business around its products and partner products. In Over the last decade, Intel has evolved from a company that largely and Adelaide. In recent times First Derivatives bought US-based 2012 it was the world's largest PC vendor by unit sales. serves the PC industry, to a company that increasingly provides the Reference Data Factory to add to its previous acquisition of Market With its Irish operation centered in Dublin and also Galway, HP is vital intelligence inside all things computing. In fact, one-third of Intel's Resource Partners of Philadelphia, named Irish constructing a new state of the art facility at its existing site at revenue is associated with products beyond the PC. Hardware and American company of the Year by the Irish Echo in 2009. The 450- Ballybrit, County Galway. software products by Intel and subsidiaries such as McAfee, power the employee First Derivatives also picked up a further 25 per cent interest The 87,000 square foot facility will have a capacity for up to 700 majority of the world’s data centers, connect hundreds of millions of in California analytical database vendor Kx Systems. staff and will be dedicated to software research and development, cellular handsets and help secure and protect computers, mobile www.firstderivatives.com. cloud technology and business services and will lead to the creation of devices and corporate and government IT systems. Intel technologies 150 construction jobs during its development. are also inside intelligent systems, such as in automobiles, automated Glencore Xstrata The managing director of HP Ireland, Martin Murphy, said that the factories and medical devices. www.intel.com. Our presence at each stage of the new development was "an exciting and very important development for commodities chain provides us HP in Ireland." KEMP Technologies with superior market insight and access to opportunities. We are one of "This investment in Ballybrit is an endorsement of Galway as a KEMP Technologies, Inc. was the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a strategic location of choice for HP and affirms the company's ongoing founded in 2000 in Yaphank, New major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. Our commitment to its operations in this country," he said. York and operates in the application operations comprise of over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil Taoiseach Enda Kenny praised the company, saying that the delivery industry. The company production assets and agricultural facilities. announcement was "a testament to their Galway staff and operations in creates load balancing products With a strong footprint in both established and emerging regions Ireland." The project will create 150 construction jobs during its which balance user traffic between multiple servers in an organization, for natural resources, our industrial and marketing activities are development and will provide a much-needed boost for this sector. HP business or managed service provider's infrastructure. In 2010, KEMP supported by a global network of more than 90 offices located in over has been a valued business partner in Ireland throughout the years and opened a European headquarters in Limerick. 50 countries. Our customers are industrial consumers, such as those in this new investment will see HP and Ireland remain at the forefront of KEMP's load balancers are primarily used by small-to-medium the automotive, steel, power generation, oil and food processing. We software research and cloud computing technology. www.hp.com. businesses including law firms and banks. also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and Commenting at the time of the announcement of the Limerick consumers of commodities. We employ around 200,000 people. Hibernia Express move, Kevin Mahon, President of KEMP Technologies said: "Ireland www.glencorexstrata.com. Hibernian Express is a branch of provides KEMP with all the necessary requirements for the Hibernia Networks, a privately held, establishment of its EMEA Headquarters including a highly skilled Google U.S.-owned, provider of global capacity workforce, access to an excellent research base at the University of Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin telecommunication services. It operates Limerick, and the availability of competitively priced technology met at Stanford University in 1995. By global network routes on self-healing equipped office space. KEMP in Limerick will focus on the development 1996, they had built a search engine rings in North America, Europe and Asia including submarine of the EMEA market. The successful establishment of the operation will (initially called BackRub) that used communications cable systems in the North Atlantic Ocean which increase the capability of KEMP to carry out advanced sales, marketing links to determine the importance of individual webpages. Larry and connect Canada, the United States, , the United and customer support s from a European base." Sergey named the search engine they built “Google,” a play on the Kingdom and Europe. Hibernia manages cable landing stations in www.kemptechnologies.com. word “googol,” the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Dublin and in Coleraine, Co. Antrim as well as other locations. Hibernia Page 41 / Irish Echo / MAY 28 - JUNE 3, 2014 / www.irishecho.com

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In 2010, KEMP opened a European headquarters in Limerick. businesses including law firms and banks. move, Kevin Mahon, President said: of "Ireland KEMP Technologies provides KEMP with all the necessary requirements for the establishment of its EMEA Headquarters including a highly skilled access workforce, to an excellent research base at the University of Limerick, and the availability of competitively priced technology equipped office space. KEMP in Limerick will focus on the development of the EMEA market. The successful establishment of the operation will increase the capability of KEMP to carry out advanced sales, marketing and customer support s from a European base." www.kemptechnologies.com. Intel Back in 1968, two scientists, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, founded Intel with a vision for semiconductor memory products. By 1971, they had introduced the Since first then, microprocessor. world’s Intel has established a heritage of that innovation continues to expand the reach and promise of computing while advancing the ways people work and live worldwide. 100,000 employees in 63 countries and serves customers in more than 120 countries. Intel today designs and manufactures a variety of essential technologies, including microprocessors and chipsets and the additional hardware, software, and related services that together serve as the for foundation many of the computing world’s devices. Over the last decade, Intel has evolved from a company that largely serves the PC to industry, a company that increasingly provides the vital intelligence inside all things computing. In fact, one-third of Intel's revenue is associated with products beyond the PC. Hardware and software products by Intel and subsidiaries such as McAfee, power the majority of the data centers, world’s connect hundreds of millions of cellular handsets and help secure and protect computers, mobile devices and corporate and government IT systems. Intel technologies are also inside intelligent systems, such as in automobiles, automated factories and medical devices. www.intel.com. ICON The recipient of the 2009 Irish American Business Chamber and Network's Ambassador Award, ICON Plc was founded in Dublin in 1990. A global provider of outsourced development services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries and a specialist in clinical research, ICON's headquarters are in Philadelphia. remain at the helm of the company which now employs 7,300 people across 69 locations in 39 countries. many governments are endeavoring to reduce healthcare costs, including pharmaceutical prices, we remain positive, though cautious." In May of 2010, ICON bought over Timaq Medical Imaging, a leading European provider of advanced imaging services to pharmaceutical and biotech firms. www.iconplc.com. IBM IBM's headquarters complex is located of in North Armonk, Castle, Town New The company has York. twelve research labs worldwide—Almaden, Austin, Australia, Brazil, China, Dublin, Zurich and (New Watson Israel, Nairobi—with York), India, Tokyo, (dedicated Watson in 1961) serving as headquarters for the research division and the site of its annual meeting. Other campus installations include towers in Montreal, Paris, and Atlanta; software labs in Raleigh- Durham, Rome, buildings Cracow in and Chicago, Toronto; Johannesburg, and Seattle; and facilities in The Hakozaki and Yamato. company also operates the IBM Hursley Scientific House, Center, the Canada Head Office and Building, the IBM Somers, Rochester, NY Office Complex. American multinational technology and consulting corporation, manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers The to company nanotechnology. was founded in 1911 as Recording the Company Computing (CTR) Tabulating through a merger of three the Machine companies: Company, the Tabulating International Time International Business Machines in 1924, using a name previously designated to CTR's subsidiary in Canada and later South America. Securities analysts nicknamed IBM Big Blue in recognition of IBM's common use of blue in products, packaging, and logo. In 2012, Fortune ranked IBM the No. 2 largest U.S. firm in terms of number of employees (435,000 worldwide). revenue by Forbes for 2011. Notable inventions by IBM include the automated teller the machine floppy (ATM), disk, the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database, the (UPC), the financial swap, the RDBMS and SQL, SABRE airline reservation system, DRAM, and artificialWatson intelligence. www.ibm.com. Networks is a subsidiary of Columbia Corporation Ventures (CVC) and owned by both CVC and Partners. Constellation Ventures The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by The 87,000 square facilityfoot will have a capacity for up to 700 The managing director of HP Ireland, Martin said that Murphy, the "This investment in Ballybrit is an endorsement of Galway as a Originally Originally American-owned, H&K was bought out by an Irish It’s really It’s the people that make Google the kind of company it is. strive We to maintain the open culture often associated with Hibernia Express Hibernian Express is a branch of Hibernia Networks, a privately held, U.S.-owned, provider of global capacity telecommunication services. It operates global network routes on self-healing rings in North America, Europe and Asia including submarine communications cable systems in the North Atlantic Ocean which connect Canada, the United States, Republic of Ireland, the and Europe. Hibernia manages cable landing stations in Dublin and in Coleraine, Co. Antrim as well as other locations. Hibernia HBO HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Home Box Office Inc., an operating subsidiary of Time HBO's programming consists Warner. primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with made-for- cable movies and documentaries, boxing matches and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials. HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States, having been in operation since November 8, 1972. HBO is home to “Game of Thrones which is filmed in part in Belfast and other location in Northern Ireland. www.hbo.com. Hewlett Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational technology information corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For a number of years the company has also had a significant presence in Ireland. HP provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. William "Bill" Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard. HP is the world's leading PC manufacturer and has been since 2007. It specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise, and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a diverse range of printers, and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small to medium- sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors. HP also has strong services and consulting business around its products and partner products. In 2012 it was the world's largest PC vendor by unit sales. With its Irish operation centered in Dublin and HP also is Galway, constructing a new state of the art facility at its existing site at Ballybrit, County Galway. staff and will be dedicated to software research and development, cloud technology and business services and will lead to the creation of 150 construction jobs during its development. new development was "an exciting and very important development for HP in Ireland." strategic location of choice for HP and affirms the company's ongoing commitment to its operations in this he country," said. Enda Kenny praised Taoiseach saying the that company, the announcement was "a testament to their Galway staff and operations in Ireland." The project will create 150 construction jobs during its development and will provide a much-needed boost HP for this sector. has been a valued business partner in Ireland throughout the years and this new investment will see HP and Ireland remain at the forefront of software research and cloud www.hp.com. computing technology. H&K H&K International Selling to 20,000 restaurants in 20 countries worldwide, Dublin-based H&K is a leading global supplier of stainless steel kitchen equipment to the Food Service With Industry. a long-established reputation for quality products, precision manufacturing and exceptional customer support, the company has spread its to footprint North America. H&K delivers flexible, value-driven restaurant equipment solutions to major customers in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. A key of feature the H&K business is its ability to deliver complete kitchen packages to new or existing restaurant sites anywhere in the world. management team in 2002 led by CEO David Bobbett from the company's Dublin office. The company employs worldwide 970 and has annual sales of around $350 million. Its biggest client is McDonald's. www.hkionline.com. Google Google Inc. was born in 1998, when Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a check for $100,000 to that entity - which until then didn’t exist. hire We people who are smart and determined, and we abilityfavor over experience. Although Googlers share common goals and visions we for the hail company, from all walks of life and speak dozens of languages, reflecting the global audience that we serve. And when not at work, Googlers pursue interests ranging from cycling to beekeeping, from frisbee to foxtrot. startups, in which everyone is a hands-on contributor and feels comfortable sharing ideas and opinions. In our weekly all-hands (“TGIF”) meetings—not to mention over email or in the cafe—Googlers ask questions directly to Sergey Larry, and other execs about any number of company issues. Our offices and cafes are designed to encourage interactions between Googlers within and across teams, and to spark conversation about work as well www.google.com. as play. With With a strong in footprint both established and emerging regions Incorporated Incorporated in 1996 and now headquartered in CountyNewry, First is Derivatives a publicly trading held company, on the London are "We widely renowned for the quality of our service and our Patrick Patrick Anderson, Dalradian Resources chairman and chief Before coming to Northern Ireland in 2011, Dalradian was exploring Glencore Glencore Xstrata Our presence at each stage of the commodities chain provides us with superior market insight and access to opportunities. are We one of the largest global world’s diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 90 commodities. Our operations comprise of over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, oil production assets and agricultural facilities. for natural resources, our industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 90 offices located in over 50 countries. Our customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, oil and food processing. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities. employ We around 200,000 people. www.glencorexstrata.com. Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University in 1995. By 1996, they had built a search engine (initially called BackRub) that used links to determine the importance of individual webpages. Larry and Sergey named the search engine they built “Google,” a play on the word “googol,” the mathematical term for a 1 by followed 100 zeros. First First Derivatives First is Derivatives a leading provider of products and consulting services to the capital markets Focused industry. on financial institutions that work cross-asset, often with multi-system and/or high volume trading activities, the Company scopes, designs, develops, implements and supports a broad range of mission critical data and trading systems across front, middle and back-office operations. Down with Brian Conlon as CEO, First has Derivatives served the capital markets industry since its incorporation. The company holds a niche market position in terms of domain knowledge of capital market asset classes (equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.), as well as expertise in leading financial services systems (such as Calypso, Murex, Opics, Summit, Principia, Opus, Wall Street, kdb+, etc). The Company continues to work closely with leading global financial institutions to enable client proprietary and 3rd Party systems cope with the demands of high volume, complex trading in an increasingly regulated market. This combination of domain knowledge and technical expertise in leading financial services technologies has the motivated Company to invest in developing its own product suite. Stock Exchange (LSE FDP.L) and Irish Stock Exchange (IEX:GYQ.I). In the Newry, company has established its research and development its Capital center, Markets Competency Center and its near-shore support facilities. The company has continued to expand its service and offering now has operational bases in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia to service its global client base. It is recognized as one of the growing fastest capital markets service providers in the world. First now Derivatives employs over employees 700 worldwide. According to its website, First distinct Derivatives' competitive advantage derives from its unique combination of knowledge of financial markets and expertise in financial services technologies. The Company believes that its consultants need to fully understand the client's business requirements in order to produce the right technical solution. This saves our clients development time, and ultimately money. product portfolio and for our pragmatic and commercial approach. Our growth is the direct result of the importance we attach to our clients, understanding their businesses and building and maintaining strong relationships. Key to our market position is continuing our strong track record of profit growth and our international reputation for the quality of our services in our target sectors. know We that ensuring our people are well well motivated, rewarded and have the opportunity to develop their true potential is critical to meeting our varied client needs and our continued commercial success." As well as the head office in the Newry, company has offices in Belfast, Sydney Dublin, Philadelphia, New London, Toronto, Kersey, New York, and Adelaide. In recent times First bought Derivatives US-based Reference Data Factory to add to its previous acquisition of Market Resource Partners of Philadelphia, named Irish American company by of the the Irish Year Echo in 2009. The 450- employee First also Derivatives picked up a further 25 per cent interest in California analytical database vendor Kx Systems. www.firstderivatives.com. hectare Tyrone Project hectare in Tyrone and counties Tyrone Derry/Londonderry. The company website described itself thus: "We are a Canadian TSX-listed, based gold and silver exploration and With development a company. European focus, our most advanced property is in Northern Ireland and focuses on and around the high- grade lode gold deposit, Curraghinalt. Dalradian In holds Norway, mineral rights for approximately 1.3 million hectares over three greenstone belts, as well as an area hosting an historical silver mining district. executive, says he was attracted to Northern Ireland partly by the political climate and credited the "very government forward-looking" for conducting a geological survey that showed the North's mining promise. "That would have cost a company like ours hundreds of millions of dollars," Anderson said. but in Anderson Ecuador, said, "A change in government and policy made it impossible for us to work." 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