Enterprise Week Launch Event

Theme: How technology can help SMEs develop and grow more economically and efficiently

Bank of Ireland’s Enterprise Week took place from the 18^th – 25^th May, and kicked off with the launch event hosted at Microsoft’s Head Quarters in Sandyford.

The venue was fitting to the occasion as Bank of Ireland partnered with Microsoft’s  Work Wherever Wednesday initiative offering free IT Solutions Clinics in many of their branches during enterprise Week .

http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/workwherever/.

The main speakers at the opening event where the Director of Business Banking, Bank of Ireland, Mark Cunningham, Paul Rellis, CEO of Microsoft Ireland and Sean O’ Sullivan, Managing Director of Avego and RTE Dragon, all of which  (should this be whom?) touched on the theme of “Business and Technology”

Sean O’Sullivan spoke about how Ireland needs to concentrate on international experts, encourage Ireland to become an open economy, especially with the tech sector and to focus on long term strategies rather than short term gains.

See his exclusive interview with us here:  http://www.allaboutbusiness.ie/exclusive_videos/1521

Mark Cunningham, Director of Business Banking  Bank ofIrelandalso sat down with us after the event to explain some of the key messages coming from Bank of Ireland, technology, the partnership with Microsoft and some of the challenges for the bank, economy and businesses

See his exclusive video interview here: http://www.allaboutbusiness.ie/exclusive_videos/1523

We also got a chance to sit down with some of Bank of Ireland’s customers who were invited to the opening event who talk about their business, plans for the future, involvement with Enterprise Week and some advice for fellow entrepreneurs

You can watch their videos here: http://www.allaboutbusiness.ie/exclusive_videos/view/BOI+Customer