Waterford Chamber

Waterford based company, Datastore, has just announced 10 new jobs, five now and five in 12 months' time. The company specialises in document storage and data management and the new positions will be in research and development, online backup, warehousing, sales and administration.

The new jobs are in response to increased demand and an innovative service that Datastore is introducing to the market place. An inexpensive solution to document and data storage, the new service is particularly suited to local authorities, large hospitals and other public bodies.

La Boheme Restaurant has just announced its spring calendar of events, including their new jazz nights in March and Seafood events in April. Details below. La Boheme also caters for Private Parties, Weddings and Business Dinners 7 Days a Week. Call 051 875645 or visit www.labohemerestaurant.ie for further details.

HCS Business Solutions have assembled a product & service offering specifically for very small businesses, typically 1-5 computers with no central file storage or backup. As anyone who has experienced data loss will know, it’s very unpleasant. Sometimes you may have your data backed up but it could take some days to be able to use it again.

There are a myriad of offerings out there for backup solutions but they are confusing to most owner/managers. What HCS has put together is a simple, cost effective and easy to understand solution which puts you in control.

Dunhill Education Centre in conjunction with WIT, FAS, Teagasc and Macra are holding an information evening for the rural communities of Waterford on Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 7.30pm.

The purpose of the session is to identify potential upskilling programmes and training products that currently meet the needs of rural areas.   The event will include contributions from Paul McCarthy, Rural Business Specialist with Teagasc and co-host of RTE’s rural business and entrepreneurship exciting series “Higher Ground” and Edmond Connolly, CEO of Macra na Feirme.  The information evening will be of interest to farm households, food producers, providers to farmers markets and individuals who have an idea for their own rural enterprise or diversification and will provide discussions on opportunities for creative developments into areas such as green technologies, bio-energy, artisan food and rural tourism.