Ireland is becoming a leading hub for innovative ICT and telecoms technologies

Wednesday 16th April, 2013, Dubai

Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Government Trade Development Agency supporting Irish companies, is hosting an Irish Technology Pavilion at GITEX Technology Week 20-24th October 2013. Ireland Pavilion is GITEX stand number is Z-K27 in Zabeel Hall Gulfcomms. Enterprise Ireland will be hosting a networking reception on Tuesday 22nd October to mark the Irish Pavilion in GITEX with the Irish Ambassador to the UAE, H.E. Mr. Patrick Hennessy in attendance.

12 Irish companies will be present at GITEX Technology Week; six of the companies are exhibiting directly on the Irish Pavilion, and six other companies are visiting the show to assess business opportunities in the region and to meet with potential customers and partners. A range of innovative telecoms and ICT technology solutions from Ireland will be showcased during the event including:  Policy and Charging Control (Openet), Customer Experience Management (The Now Factory), WiFi Offloading and roaming (Accuris Networks), Internet of Everything Platform (Davra Networks), Cloud based enterprise mobility (FeedHenry), Thermal Cooling Management Systems (Klondike Innovations).

Abdull Ali, Senior Market Adviser with Enterprise Ireland in Dubai commented: "Ireland is becoming a leading hub for innovative ICT and Telecoms technologies, and Enterprise Ireland is very excited to bring some of the leading Irish technology companies to the Middle East through important events like GITEX. Our plan is to bring more and more innovative technologies from Ireland, and to double the number of Irish ICT companies exporting to the Middle East markets by the year 2015"

Davra Networks CEO, Paul Glynn said "attending GITEX and launching our new office in the Middle East region will allow us to continue our strong global growth and to meet the increasing demand for locally provided management services in one of the world's fastest growing markets in the Middle East which is seen as a world leading region in the area of 'The Internet of Everything"

Cathal McGloin, CEO FeedHenry said "At GITEX 2013 we are proud to be showcasing our next generation application platform for enterprise mobility. We are very interested to meet with MESA companies to discuss trends in enterprise mobility and specific industry solutions, for utilities, construction, travel, transport logistics, government, Telecoms, and finance.  

 Aidan Dillon, CTO of Accuris Networks said "we are delighted to be attending Gitex, to meet with telecoms providers in the region and discuss our work in standardising and productising leading edge solutions for Wi-Fi Offload and International Wi-Fi roaming."

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For more information
Abdull Ali        
Senior Market Adviser - ICT                                                  
Enterprise Ireland                                                      
+971 4 3760 408 or +971 56 174 8182                                  
abdull.ali@enterprise-ireland.com
www.enterprise-ireland.com                        

Davra Networks
Paul Glynn - CE
paul.glynn@davranetworks.com
+353
1 449 872
www.davranetworks.com

Openet
Edwin Minihan - MEA Sales Directo
Edwin.minihan@openet.com
+971
55 294430
www.openet.com

FeedHenry
Clare Grant -VP Marketin
clare.grant@feedhenry.com
+44
7985 80360
www.feedhenry.com

The Now Factory
Tom Opaczyk
Business Development Manage
tom.opaczyk@thenowfactory.com
www.thenowfactory.com

Accuris Networks
Liam Cooney- Channel & Partner Manage
liam.cooney@accuris-networks.com
+353
86 812601
www.accuris-networks.com

Klondike Innovations Ltd
Robert O'Malley - Directo
enqs@klondikeinnovations.com
+353
1 485 395
www.klondikeinnovations.com

© Press Release 2013