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Digital Hub signs €118m B2B property deal

The highest bids in a tender for the development of two sites of 5.6 acres located in the Liberties have been announced, as part of a deal that two property development firms will provide to the Department of Communications, with a combination of cash and offices to accommodate the Digital Hub. Manor Park Homebuilders emerged as the successful tenderer for the Crane Street site while P Elliot & Co was the successful tenderer for the Windmill (Thomas Street) site. The tenders were be required to make a planning application within six months and on receipt of planning construct the office space offered. The acceptance of the tenders was approved by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Noel Dempsey TD. The Minister said: "This is an enormous opportunity for the surrounding Liberties area. The Digital Hub will act as a driver for the on-going social and economic regeneration of the entire area and the development of a digital content industry cluster in th

On demand now a powerful moniker in B2B

In the B2B segment, the moniker "On Demand" has now become a strong buzzword to accurately describe B2B, eCommerce and modern eBusiness applications. From technologies such as Internet-based "on demand storage" and computing utilities to hosted CRM (customer relationship management) applications, business people have become really familiar with the "on demand" concept. Additionally, On Demand technology represents a low-cost and high-flexibility way of delivering software and various online services to the B2B community. Notwithstanding all of that, there are many areas in which on demand has not been as popular. One of these is the telco industry. As a whole, telephone companies still charge per phone call (except when it comes to fixed, limited rate plans). This is changing, though. For example, there is a company called AwakeTel that offers unlimited local and international dialing for a fixed charge of $29.95 a month. AwakeTel is a new service -- indee