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A cloud computing solution, which tracks the work activity of remote workers, is set to revolutionise how and where people work.

RWorks, explains its CEO Tony Redmond, is for companies who want to understand that their dispersed team are productive and also see that their tasks are getting done. The solution can be especially useful to companies that bill on an hourly basis.
Managers can set up a project with tasks dedicated to different people. Users can view a pie chart showing how they are spending their time. They are also kept in the loop with feedback from their manager on tasks completed.
Organisations can see the billable hours completed on the project: “They have a very clear view how the tasks in the project are progressing, they don’t have to ask for time sheets it’s all automatic.”
RWorks, explains Redmond, is not a Big Brother-type solution. “It’s not a little hidden piece of software.” There’s a “beautiful button” that says ‘personal time‘ which means a person can take a break, check whatever they want online and that does not get recorded.

The Irish Times Training in conjunction with Prosperity and The IIA is running their next part-time FETAC accredited (level 5 minor award) digital marketing diploma course, commencing February 21.

Students of the course will benefit from the knowledge and experience of such speakers as Conor Pope; head of Cybercom, Rob Reid; Darragh Doyle from boards.ie and Krishna De, experienced Digital Marketing and Social Media trainer.
Topics covered include website structure, SEO, online advertising, email marketing, online pr, writing for the web, mobile web, semantic web/web 3.

Detailed outline of course modules and profiles of instructors -http://www.prosperity.ie/digital_marketing_information.html

The temperatures may have been cold in Ireland but the beginning of December has brought warm jobs news for the digital media industry.
There will be thousands of new jobs next year, with 100 of those from Facebook.

On Monday morning, during an interview on Newstalk’s Breakfast show, Barry O’Leary, chief executive of the IDA – the organisation responsible for attracting foreign direct investment – spoke of the creation of thousands of jobs next year, many in the digital media and digital content sector.
When asked how many jobs are coming, he said: “There’s a good pipeline over the next three, four, five months. There are a number of sectors in particular. I think the digital media, the digital content [sector] – there’s a lot of business there, people like Facebook, Google, eBay, Paypal, Electronic Arts, etc.”
On Tuesday rumours were abound of 100 new jobs to be announced by Facebook in Dublin in 2011, an increase of 50% on its current workforce. These were revealed on the Guardian Technology blog series on technology in Ireland. According to Colm Long, Facebook’s director of online operations in Dublin, the 100 new positions will be in ad sales, account management and platform operations.

A ‘content on demand’ provider with offices in Dublin has announced it will be hiring staff in content management, search engine marketing and administration roles.
The announcement was made by the company along with its name change from GoAdv to Populis as part of a rebrand and also the opening of its new European headquarters in Dublin.

Populis which has been operating in Ireland since November 2006 employs over 45 people here. It delivers up to the minute ‘content on demand’ to web users in the form of news and guides. This content is crowdsourced from a team of expert collaborators and published through its network of wholly owned and operated websites including Excite Europe, Better Deals, Blogsfere and Nanopublishing.
The organisation has over 18 million unique monthly users across 500 wholly owned and operated websites in eight languages.
Populis takes a scientific approach to content generation with a database of over 16 million key words and a proprietary algorithm to define the hottest content topics of web users. Once identified, matching news, features, guides and comment content is then crowdsourced from a network of professional writers, video producers, expert contributors and editors.
This content is then published across a network of wholly owned media brands and optimized for search traffic via search marketing, social tools and community engagement. This content is then monetised through partnerships with tier one search/contextual providers (e.g. Google, Yahoo) and direct deals (e.g. Expedia, Lastminute and eBay).
John Slyne, Managing Director Ireland and Group CFO, Populis commented: “Content on Demand has experienced phenomenal growth and we needed a strategic base to help us achieve our expansion goals. This further commitment to Ireland reflects the country’s growing leadership position in pan European digital communications.”
Welcoming the expansion and opening of the new headquarters Barry O’Leary, CEO IDA Ireland said “As the only major player in the sector to produce content in eight languages, Populis is a welcome addition to Ireland’s vibrant digital media portfolio and its rapid growth here is testament to the local management and highly skilled and talented staff working in the Dublin HQ.”

Prosperity, The Irish Times Training and the Irish Internet Association have joined forces to offer a new Diploma in Digital Marketing.

Students of the course will benefit from Prosperity’s knowledge of the digital media recruitment industry and skills required for digital media roles. Course speakers include journalist Conor Pope, head of Cybercom Rob Reid, Darragh Doyle from boards.ie and Krishna De, experienced digital marketing trainer.
According to Prosperity co-founder Gary Mullan, the recruitment company will be feeding into the course design by identifying areas where there are skills shortages.
The course, according to Mullan is best suited to people who have had “some exposure to digital media and would have some knowledge of the disciplines such as SEO, online advertising, etc.”
Topics covered include website structure, SEO, online advertising, email marketing, online pr, writing for the web, mobile web, semantic web/web 3.
“It would benefit people who have some digital experience but if people are doing it as a hobby, for example, building a music website, they can benefit from it if they have some interest.”
The Irish Internet Association will play an important role in identifying the most suitable trainers in the market. The Irish Times Training section has considerable experience in course delivery.
The course, which is Dublin city centre based, runs over 13 weeks and begins in September. This part-time diploma is FETAC accredited (level 5 minor award).

Detailed outline of course modules and profiles of instructors