Dell Technologies has opened the redeveloped €2m customer solution centre at its Co Cork campus with Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath in attendance.
The centre will provide proof-of-concept testing for businesses and organisations to evaluate new technologies to ensure they are viable and allow Dell clients to test-drive solutions with their datasets and workloads prior to development.
The state-of-the-art centre will also house deep-domain experts as well as business and IT leaders to showcase the latest in enterprise technology and explore business critical topics such as cybersecurity, hybrid work and digital transformation.
Dell said it is one of 15 such centres globally and would strengthen Ireland's position as a strategic location for the company.
Dell has three Irish campuses in Cherrywood, south Dublin, Cork and Limerick covering sales, services, centres of excellence solutions development, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, engineering, IT and finance.
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“Dell Technologies has developed a strong presence here in Ireland over the past three decades, and over that time, it has consistently evolved its operations in Cork, Dublin and Limerick,” said McGrath at the opening of the facility.
“This new investment by Dell in Cork is very welcome news and strengthens the city’s location as a global digital hub. I wish all the team at Dell Ireland continued success as they help businesses and organisations to transform.”
Aongus Hegarty, president of international markets Dell Technologies, said: "We’re delighted to open the newly redeveloped customer solution centre at our Cork campus.
“In today’s data-driven world, there is a growing demand amongst businesses and organisations to explore new technologies and make sure they meet their business needs.
"Our customer solution centre in Cork has been designed to address these needs and provide access to Dell’s expertise in areas ranging from cybersecurity to hybrid working.”
Mary Buckley, interim CEO of IDA Ireland, said: "Today’s announcement by Dell Technologies Ireland of a €2m investment in its newly redeveloped Customer Solution Centre in Cork is a terrific development.
"Dell has had operations in Ireland since 1990 and the plans announced today to grow operations so significantly is excellent news for the South-West region and indeed for the entire country."
Photo: (l-r) Des O'Sullivan; Anne-Marie Tierney-Le Roux, head of technology and emerging business at IDA Ireland; Michael McGrath; Aongus Hegarty; and Bob Savage, vice president regional CIO for EMEA and Cork site leader at Dell Technologies.. (Pic: Diane Cusack)
