Community: June 2004 Archives
The Shannon Development Technology centre building in Thurles will have a new resident, this is great news for the town and Tipperary Institute.
The availability of a highly skilled, technology-focused workforce, especially from the nearby Tipperary Institute was a deciding factor for its location
THURLES, CO. TIPPERARY, IRELAND – 9 June, 2004 – Digital cinema technology and services leader, Avica Technology Corporation, formally announced the opening of its European operations headquarters today in Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
From this new location and via its Avica Europe subsidiary, Avica will conduct additional software development efforts to support the Avica FilmStore™ family of products for the preparation, distribution and screening of Digital Cinema content. Avica’s industry-leading suite of software complies with requirements set forth by the major Hollywood studios and has been used for over
90,000 digital cinema screenings worldwide including recent international blockbusters Shrek II and The Day after Tomorrow.
Thurles - After the debacle in Ireland about elecxtronic voting and the lack of and Audit trail etc. It comes as no surprise for me to read that in the USA
DeForest Soaries, chairman of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), said disclosing the source code--the line-by-line instructions that comprise an electronic voting machine's software--would help to restore public trust in the elections process. Vendors should not "have the right to keep this source code a secret," Soaries told a dinner gathering of Maryland election officials.
