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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
365 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
5 April 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
5 April 2020
Description
IT firm, Version 1, plans to hire 365 people over the next three years in Dublin. The consultant roles, 100 of which are expected to be filled in 2017, range from graduate level to senior management positions. The expansion is enabled through a recent €90 million investment from Volpi Capital. The new jobs will mainly be technical roles related to enterprise resource planning, systems integration and cloud and data analytics.
Version 1 was established in Dublin in 1996 and currently employs 900 people in Ireland. The IT company has other offices in Cork, Belfast, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and London. Version 1's clients include Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle.
Sources
5 April 2017: RTE
5 April 2017: Silicon Republic.com
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Version 1, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 90646, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90646.
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