US health software firm Cerner has announced it is to create up to 40 new technology support jobs in Ireland.
The jobs will be created as part of a new multi-lingual software support operation, focused on the European market.
The new service could create up to 40 jobs by the end of 2009, with the potential for further growth as the operation develops.
Cerner first opened a dedicated office in Dublin in February 2008 to support its work with St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, with whom the software firm has been working since 2004. The Dublin office currently employs 14 staff.
The announcement comes less than a month after redundancies were announced in Cerner’s UK operation, focused on support of the NHS National Programme for IT.
“This Cerner investment is a further significant endorsement of this reputation and of Ireland as an emerging European innovation leader in multi-lingual, technical and customer support activities for client-focused international companies.” said the Irish minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan.
According to online news service SiliconRepublic, the expansion of Cerner in Ireland is due to the centralisation of activities at the Dublin operation and Cerner’s need to provide centralised capacity for its technical Cerner Millennium support services from a location within the European marketplace.
Amanda Green, managing director, Cerner Ireland, said Cerner chose Ireland for the expansion “due to the availability of a highly skilled workforce with multi-lingual capabilities, a competitive cost regime relative to a number of other European locations”.
Link