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A business I know in Belfast is looking to acquire a small web development business. Do you know anyone? http://ping.fm/3F9aA
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September 29, 2009
Business looking to Acquire
A business in Belfast that I have been doing some work with is in “acquisition mode”. They are looking to expand their multi-media portfolio and client base.
They are a mature company well established in print, product design, and branding. They already have a track record in multi-media and have an excellent studio with some multi-media specialists.
The business is looking for an existing two or three person operation “who know databases inside out” to acquire. The ideal business that they would like to engage with would have
- 2 to 3 years experience,
- have a client base which they are able to expand,
- a demonstrable track record.
The sort of skills this business they are keen to acquire would be proficient in
- Sever side development,
- Client side development,
- proficiency in online marketing.
This is about more than just web design. The way it was put to me was “on screen deliverables”.
I have done some work with the studio and they are a very talented and motivated crew. I’ve worked with their management and they are positive, active and have a long back-story in interactive and multi-media.
So if you think your businesses fits the bill (or if you know of one that does), if you are a business ready to expand and develop new business, then please drop me a note. ds@davysims.co.uk Confidentiality for both parties is promised.
You can be anywhere in Northern Ireland, working from home (or a bunch of homes), or established with your own brand.
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Warners to return to YouTube http://ping.fm/D13ka
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Clever Guardian (again). River of News http://ping.fm/Yry7J (via http://ping.fm/KgBUH)
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September 24, 2009
ITLG shortlists dozen Irish startups for “Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland” Belfast event
Just got this from the Irish Technology Leadership Group who are visiting Belfast next month. Three NI Tech companies on the short list. Congratulations to them.
Campbell, California, September 24, 2009 - Twelve high-potential technology companies from across Ireland, north and south, have been shortlisted to attend a series of workshops in Belfast on October 20-21 designed to help them realize their potential in the global marketplace. The California-based Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) will bring the dozen Irish companies face to face with a delegation of technology CEOs and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley for an intensive review of each company and its business plan. The event will be held at Belfast City Hall and at two of Ireland’s leading universities, Queen’s University and University of Ulster.
The visiting Californian delegation will also meet with Northern Ireland’s First Minister, Peter Robinson MP MLA, and deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness MP MLA, at a reception in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast, on the evening of October 21.
More than 80 companies submitted initial summary applications, followed by comprehensive business plans, to the ITLG selection team over the summer months. In making the selection of the final 12, the ITLG looked for companies that have developed products or services with a compelling value proposition and global market potential.
This is the second year the ITLG has organized “Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland” workshops for Irish companies. In November 2008, the Group arranged a similar series of workshops at Trinity College, Dublin which culminated in the selection of seven finalists to attend the ITLG/Irish Times Innovation Awards at Stanford University in Silicon Valley in April 2009. The overall award winner, Limerick-based Powervation, went on to raise an additional $10 million in venture capital.
“The ITLG team and the delegation of CEOs and VCs are looking forward to meeting Ireland’s best and brightest innovators in Belfast next month.” said John Gilmore, CEO of Sling Media and Executive Director of the ITLG. “This is a great opportunity for startup companies in Ireland to get exposure on the international stage, and we are delighted to be able to facilitate that,” he added.
The twelve companies short listed for the workshops are:
decaWave (Dublin) is a a fabless semiconductor company which produces a family of standards-compliant, low cost, low power wireless transceivers based on ultrawideband techniques that support highly accurate ranging and high speed communications.
B-Secur (Belfast) is pioneering a wrist-worn tracking device that uses an individual’s unique biometric signals and GPS technology to make it possible to identify not only where a person is but also who the person is.
NTERA (Blackrock, Co. Dublin & Philadelphia, USA) is a developer and supplier of advanced printable electrochromic nanomaterials and systems, enabling low power display and color change features on flexible substrates.
MUZU.TV (Dublin) is an online music video destination site and distribution platform, with the largest legal music video catalogue in the UK and Ireland that is generating a new source of income for the music industry through its global advertising network.
Vertical Wind Energy (Belfast) has developed a vertical axis wind turbine rated at 3kW which is currently being sold into the UK and Irish markets both to commercial customers and consumers.
Dial2Do (Dublin) lets phone users get things done while driving. Drivers can send emails, text messages, reminders and more, hands-free by just dialing a number and speaking.
Locle (Blackrock, Dublin) has developed a range of mobile and web applications that let people find their friends on a map using their mobile phone. The service is integrated with a number of social networks and lets users receive notifications about people and places that are within proximity.
Redmere (Balbriggan, Co. Dublin) is developing chip and cable technologies that enable a new product class of compact active cables for consumer, computing and enterprise applications.
SiSaf (Belfast) is a drug delivery company committed to growth through application of its innovative proprietary technology, Si-SafeT, to a wide range of dermatological products.
Kinometrics (Co. Wicklow) has developed SureWash to reduce the spread of infections, such as MRSA, in hospitals using patented camera technology. SureWash allows healthcare workers to check the quality of their hand wash and records their compliance against the WHO hand hygiene standards.
Sentry Wireless (Dublin) is developing a firewall for SIM cards that can be applied to SMS spam control, child safety, corporate expenditure control and controlling and classifying mobile payments by NFC- (near field communication) enabled credit/debit cards.
Kainos (Belfast) is the largest indigenous high-tech company in Northern Ireland that is developing a nearshore ICT campaign to attract innovative FDI business.
September 22, 2009
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My BelTel article on Norn Iron users of Linkedin. http://ping.fm/l6G3H
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Digital Circle Steering Group Meeting with Arts Council
Marty, Matt and I had a good meeting with the Arts Council yesterday.
Digital Circle will be in the consortium providing advice and comment on the next CIIF round. As we are not a funding organisation, we will not be making decisions on the applications, which is entirely fair, but submissions on our sector/section/area of expertise will be forwarded to an individual in DC for comment.
We’ll be deciding who later in the month.
Digital Circle was not involved with the current CIIF round – the results are about to be announced. We are very pleased that we will be involved in future consultations. More discussion about CIIG here on the DC Ning site
September 15, 2009
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Microsoft’s vision for a “next-gen newspaper” looks like TweetDeck http://ping.fm/5QCQC
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September 12, 2009
September 9, 2009
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Blogpost: The Writers’ Shebeen on Tweetworks http://ping.fm/6ld8P
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The Tweeting Shebeen
“There was a time a few months ago I dismissed Twitter as being a total waste of time, a place where sad geeks tweeted about anything and everything they did. Now I realise that people from all walks of life are connecting via Twitter in meaningful ways. I thought why not see if writers and poets and those with an interest in writing can connect on Twitter too?”
Poet and blogger David Todd < www.google.com/profiles/davetodd7> puts his finger on it. Social Media is useful if you have a reason to use it. Some who first look at Twitter see a long list of often short, unconnected and inconsequential messages amounting to no more than:
- The cat just sneezed
- The cat just sneezed again
- The cat hasn’t sneezed for 10 minutes, now.
Others see an apparent lack of structure which puts them off, particularly when on their first few visits they don’t know any or many of the people who are posting. David started a group for writers through Tweetworks < www.tweetworks.com > a system which can help put a structure in place by arranging the posts.
“With the creation of the group Writers' Shebeen
< www.tweetworks.com/groups/view/WritersShebeen > it means there's a place where writers on Twitter can connect and they don't waste valuable writing time.” He told me. “Also, there are so many talented writers and poets in Northern Ireland that don't have the time or desire to join established creative writing groups and could join or just read tweets at Writers' Shebeen group and hopefully read a tweet that might encourage or inspire them to write.”
Northern Irish authors and publishers have realised that the Internet is a very important marketing tool; this group can be one of the tools used to help sell books. “I've seen tweets by authors read by thousands of people re-tweeted and the message they've sent reaches millions of people in a few minutes.”
Writers' Shebeen started with a few people but is growing. David is hoping real life connections will be made between writers. “Maybe these connections could result in workshops, poetry slams, readings and book launches being arranged or people just meeting [a tweet up] over a coffee or a pint for a chat about writing.”
September 6, 2009
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4 John D’Arcy and 2 Morgan McIntyre videos from Good Vibes party http://ping.fm/U0Bit
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John D’arcy’s Pop Tart
yesterday evening I went to Good Vibrations in Winetavern Street for Terri Hoolies birthday party. There were some performances lined up.
I'll be putting some video on YouTube. Here's John D'arcy for now
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At Good Vibes last night for Terri’s birthday party. Putting up some of the videos. Here’s John Darcy’s first http://ping.fm/j136V
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September 5, 2009
Podcast: Steve Orr discusses NISP Connect & 25k Awards
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Steve Orr talks about the NISPConnect on NITechblog Podcast http://ping.fm/xaxtl
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This Blog Has Moved
This blog has moved to http://davysims.posterous.com/
The archive has been imported and all further updates will appear there.
They will be automatically be sent to http://davysims.wordpress.com/
You can also find me in a bunch of other places such as http://www.davysims.co.uk
I knkow there are at least two people who take the feed frm this blog and are linked. Could you change your settings, please?
Davy
