Archive for the 'General Chatter' Category

Enterprise Ireland Looking for Business Partners

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Enterprise Ireland is looking for business partners - people not companies. They want to collaborate with experienced entrepreneurs to convert research in startups into economic benefit…
Enterprise Ireland is currently seeking new Business Partners to help us create start-up companies. We want to hear from successful business people to partner with us to transform State [...]

IE6 Support

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Google is phasing out support for IE6 in it’s Google Doc suite (see below). Hopefully this will help force users to upgrade their browsers, which will be a major benefit to developers. IE6 has long been the bain of QA and testing departments in web design and development houses as it is very quirky (I’m [...]

Happy Christmas

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

We would like to wish everyone a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Best regards from all the team at Aonach. We look forward to talking to you in the new year. Our offices will be closed from 23rd of December until 4th of January 2010

Internet Statistics

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Google have an interesting Internet Statistics resource called Google Internet Stats which they are aggregating from 3rd parties. It looks like a very interesting little widget…

See it in action over here - Google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats/
I noticed it’s not as accurate as one might have imagined…
In January 2009, JP Morgan estimated that 2008 worldwide retail eCommerce spending, [...]

Online Statistics for Irish Market

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Google circulated some interesting statistics on the state on the online market in Ireland. Some of this information is derived from market research by 3rd parties but some is internal, all of it useful if you’re trying to guage the size and opportunity of the Irish online channel.
69% of Irish people are regular internet users
1.25 [...]

Google Caffeine

Friday, August 21st, 2009

What’s new over at Google? Well, they have unveiled a preview of their next update codenamed “Caffeine” - you can trial it over here at http://www2.sandbox.google.com…
What’s all the fuss about? Well, when Google opens up a test environment to their next release it’s alway good to have a look and see how it may effect [...]

Twitterati te salutant

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Those who are about to tweet salute you!
Twitter is an increasingly powerful online tool. It’s not for everyone but increasingly it is making inroads into the business world…
The art of building a network based on 140 character updates is pretty much mainstream now - if you want to start sign up at Twitter.com and for a [...]

Want to be No 1 in Google

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Google are calling companies and promising them a No1 listing in Google - No they are NOT!
If you are contacted by someone alluding that they are from Google and asking whether you want to sign up to their service and guaranteeing you a number 1 position on Google search results - just hang up the [...]

Invitation to Kinsale Conference

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

We are in the midst of a period of rapid global change. This change effects us all. Fear of change is the overriding emotion current expressed in the media, however change can be a force for good – can we turn this change to our advantage? – Yes We Can! I’m delighted to be [...]

How to find Aonach - Map

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Aonach are located just outside the town of Kenmare in Kilmurry business park. Here’s a map to help you find us:
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Here’s a picture of the office to help you identify us when you reach the business park: