Mr Ward replaces Mark Hopkins who has moved to another role within the group

Zoom founder Eric Yuan has made a personal investment in Douglas-based Workvivo

WeWork’s failed IPO could usher in a new era of more cautious expansion

Deal values the Firewood at €137m and expands S4 Capital’s online ad platform

Emmy Eckert pulled unconscious from water after being found in a lake near Berlin

Revenue from Dell’s servers unit, its second largest business, fell about 8.8% to $4.18 bn

New generation of networks poised to usher in more advanced technologies

Dell founder warns technology can amplify human frailty just as it amplifies genius

Patrick and John Collison, Dómhnal Slattery and David McRedmond won the award

Stripe, Dalata, Glanbia and Amarin shortlisted on back of standout years

Company founded by Limerick-born brothers raises $100m, valuing it at $22.5bn

Investment from Tiger Global comes months after Stripe secured $245m from same firm

Company says 61% of shareholders excluding affiliates voted in favour of move

Dell plans to buy its tracking stock DVMT arguing that the move benefits shareholders

Activist investor looks to block a proposed plan by the computer maker to return to the public market without an IPO

1,000 locals have signed petition opposing council plan to close Waterloo Junction

Dell is trying to convince investors to back a deal that would take the company public

New valuation would be ten times what Dell’s holding was worth five years ago

World’s largest private tech company went private in 2013

Sources claim Rowe is top choice to lead preparation for transport firm’s IPO

Company weighing the biggest shake-up in its history since deal to buy EMC in 2016

I Wish events seek to encourage female students to enter STEM industries

Dell invests $100m per year in high tech start-ups as part of strategy for technology

Social media giant wins out against HubSpot, Salesforce, Google and SAP to take top prize

Several of the world's leading science and technology firms have bases or operations here and acrtively look out for talent. Áine McMahon profiles a selection of some of the top employers located in Ireland

The event will have broad appeal, and 49% of attendees are women, says CEO Noelle O’Reilly

For Your Diary: McDonald’s results; Irish Times tax summit; retail sales; AbbVie results; marketing conference

Austin conference Dell’s first since acquisition of ‘Byzantine federation’ EMC

Older workers are trying lawsuits, classes, makeovers – even surgery – to keep working

Founder of data-storage firm has never worked in Ireland but feels connected to it

Firm will continue operate independently

Disappointing Q1 results for 2016 but firm says Dell takeover deal remains on track

A round up of business events happening this week

Company employs more than 800 people at Ballincollig campus

Irish workforce look set to continue to play a significant role in both companies’ future

A round up of business events happening this week

84% of women in tech industry told they were too agressive, survey finds

A year of technological developments included Apple’s smart watch and a robot app

Dell and EMC’s Irish workforces set to continue to play significant roles in both companies

Silicon-Valley based company is a joint venture of EMC and its subsidary VMWare