PFH

The establishment of the Experience centre, which was launched today by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, will result in the creation of up to 20 jobs over the next three years.

The Technology Experience Centre, which is based in Sandyford, Co Dublin, is designed to enable large Corporate, Government, Health and Education organisations to experience and to trial a complete portfolio of next generation technologies from the world’s leading providers. These new technologies have the ability to drive massive cost savings in these businesses and organisations by giving them more control over their data resources. It is the first centre of its kind in Ireland which assembles these new technologies and solutions in a way that allows executives to see, touch and use them directly themselves.

PFH is Ireland’s largest independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) group and leading provider of Private Cloud and Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, Managed Services, Professional Services and Outsourced Services. PFH Chief Executive Paul Hourican has been shortlisted for the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Commenting, PFH Chief Executive Paul Hourican, said:“Cloud Computing is more than just the latest buzzword – it is a real and proven way of significantly reducing your cost base by managing your technology needs in a more effective manner. The Experience centre provides experiential learning for the current generation of business leaders to see for themselves the practical benefits and applications of a range of new technologies which can help transform how their organisations are run and help them plan their journey into the Cloud.”

“Over the last number of years, cost competitiveness has become one of the single most important survival tools for Irish businesses and public organisations. This facility enables leading executives to come and experience for themselves real world scenarios applicable to their businesses and the attendant cost and efficiency benefits that flow from a unified approach to technology.”

Launching the Technology Experience Centre, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, TD, commented: “Last week I announced the establishment by Government of a €5 million applied research centre in cloud computing to ensure that Ireland can become a world leader in this sector, which according to Microsoft could create 8,500 jobs and be worth €9.5bn per annum to the Irish economy by 2014. Today I am delighted to launch this cutting edge technology experience centre which represents another step towards ensuring that we realise that ambition.” 

The Experience Centre includes leading and proven technologies such as:

• Private Cloud Technologies including Utility Storage Platform supporting highly virtualised enterprise environments
• Siemens Openscape, the only truly enterprise ready server based telephony and enterprise communications platform
• Collaboration technologies from Siemens, Microsoft and Polycom to reduce costs
• Server & desktop virtualisation from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix
• Enterprise core networking from HP and Enterasys providing security
• Systems automation and management from HP, Microsoft and VMware
• Custodian™ managed services & remote infrastructure solutions from PFH.