IDA Ireland Technology Presentation

2

Government: Department of Enterprise, Jobs &

Innovation

IDA Board

260+ Staff

21 Overseas Offices

6 Sector Divisions

Irish Government Agency with a

mandate to secure Foreign Direct

Investment

&

To create valuable and

sustainable employment in

Ireland

IDA Ireland

IDA Ireland Strategy

Targets: 2015-2019

3

900

Investments

80,000

New Jobs

209,000

FDI

Employment

by 2019

• Pharmaceuticals & Food

• Medical Devices

• Technology

• Business Services

• Consumer Products

• Financial Services

• Advanced Manufacturing

• Internet of Things

• AI / Big Data

• Security & Biometrics

• Connected Health

• Portable Services

• Sharing Economy

• Data and Business

Platforms

Core Sectors

Con

vergen

ce A

reas

IDA Industry Strategic Focus Technology/Business Areas

Ireland’s Software Evolution

6

Ireland’s Software Evolution

8

Ireland’s Software Evolution

9

Ireland’s Software Evolution

Ireland’s Software Evolution

IoT Transmission

Options

Internet of Things (IoT) and Ireland

60 Jobs

26 Jobs

143 Jobs

15 Jobs 250 Jobs

50 Jobs

100 Jobs

200 Jobs

103 Jobs

100 Jobs

*800 Jobs

25 Jobs

100 Jobs

IoT job announcements 2015/2016

35 Jobs

Talent: Academic Collaborations

16

MSc in Applied Software

Engineering at Athlone IT and

DIT

Undergrad & degree

programmes in Cloud

Computing at Cork IT

Three-year programme at

Limerick IT to produce 1,000

additional graduates in various

SW functions (engineering,

cloud, apps development,

middleware)

MSc in Computer Science in DCU

with focus on Big Data,

Analytics, Smarter Cities (urban

analysis, consumer behavior,

social networks, sentiment

analysis, healthcare, and cyber

and network security)

Ireland’s Tech Ecosystem

Rich Environment for Research

€41m in funding; research focus

includes:

Methods and standards for high

integrity systems

Autonomous and adaptive

systems

Software performance

Adaptive security and privacy

Telecommunications Software & Systems Group

(TSSG) is an internationally recognised centre of

excellence for ICT research and innovation,

particularly technologies enabling communications

and information services. Research areas include:

Contract R&D, Spinouts

Mobile Services

Data Mining and Social Computing

Programmable and Autonomous Systems

With €88 million in funding, Insight is

one of the biggest data analytics

centres in Europe. Research areas

include:

The Semantic Web

Sensors and the Sensor Web

Social network analysis

Decision Support and

Optimisation, and

Connected Health

CONNECT is a flagship research centre for

communications networking, services,

applications and technologies. Research areas

include:

Wireless and optical technologies

Wireless and optical architectures

Networking services and security

Responsive things (internet of things)

Testbeds and experimentation

Research

Grant Funding

Available

Description Partnerships

Required?

Funded By

Feasibility

Study

Up to50%

of up to

€500,000

The aim of the Technical Feasibility Grant is to

support the cost of a company to undertake a

detailed technical pre-study for future R&D

No IDA

Innovation

Partnership

Up to 65%

of up to

€300,000

Grant for applied innovation work

commissioned with an academic centre.

Company 35% contribution can be 20% cash and

15% in kind.

Academic

Partner

Enterprise

Ireland &

IDA

Science

Foundation

Partnerships

Various Industry partnership grants, Centre

collaboration (varies), Fellowships

Academic

Partner

SFI

R&D Tax

Credits

25% Credit against fully loaded costs for qualifying

R&D – technological advancement and risk

required.

No Revenue

R&D Grants

Typically

10-15%

Can be cumulated with the 25% tax break above

No IDA

Summary

To learn more log on to idaireland.com

+353 1 603 4000

idaireland@ida.ie

Appendix

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Tax, IP & Data

Talent

Research Irish Firms,

VCs & Startups

English Speaking & Europe

Track Record

59,036

57,487

56,560

54,807

52,551

35,597

34,401

33,739

31,220

28,503

23,439

23,086

22,821

23,587

24,048

2014/15

2013/14

2012/13

2011/12

2010/11

Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction

Science, Mathematics & Computing

Grand Total

Student Enrolments

Ireland’s Tech Ecosystem

Rich Environment for Innovation

Selected Clients

Software & Services

– 1400 employees in Ireland

– Software campus focused on OSS product

development

– Services campus providing EMEA

professional services

Nokia Bell Labs Research Centre

– Partnership with 8 universities: 50 high-

end researchers

– Small Cell Development: Algorithms, RF

Hardware, system design.

– Data analytics, network systems, cloud

computing

– Largest patent output in Ireland

IoT and Data Centre / Networks Research

– Three R&D groups in Ireland – Dublin,

Cork (McAfee) and Limerick / Shannon

– Dublin is responsible for the

development of IoT Galileo platform

– Limerick research group is focused on

networking technologies for the Data

Centre Group – SDN / NFV

500 new research roles announced in May

2016 including:

– Software Engineers, Network Engineers,

Data Centre Engineering, Support

Engineers, Systems Engineers, Optical

Deployment Engineers, Security

Specialists, Big Data Specialists, DevOps

Engineers

Irish Firm M&A with Global Companies

Cúram

The Now Factory

Fleetmatics

Cape Clear

FeedHenry

Orbiscom

Movidius

Social Program Software

Network Analytics

Telematics

Enterprise Service Bus Software

Mobile Applications

Payments

AI & Computer Vision

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Venture Capital, Incubators & Accelerators

• Leading cloud software provider acquired Irish

company Cape Clear in 2010 – with just 22

employees

• Over 450 employees in European HQ today –

over half of staff involved in core product

development – the company’s only dev site

outside Silicon Valley

• New 160,000 sq ft. offices opened in 2015