Tech Ireland initiative RestartBizMap

Supported by Technology Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Skillnet Ireland, TechIreland has launched a new initiative called the RestartBizMap. It’s an interactive map featuring innovative technology solutions to enable businesses to operate in these disruptive Covid times. The project aims to encourage technology adoption by the industry, promote homegrown tech innovation and connect technology providers to industry sectors: retail, manufacturing and services.

A hundred tech companies on the island have already added their ‘restart solutions’ to the Map. To encourage technology adoption, a directory of restart solutions will be promoted widely. TechIreland is also reaching out to the industry to identify their ‘restart requirements’, these requirements will be shared with relevant tech providers.

RestartBizMap listing is a free service to bring tech providers and tech seekers closer. The map focuses on 10 categories including remote working, new supply chains, reskilling/training, employee engagement, selling online etc.

John O’Dea, CEO of TechIreland explains: We are aiming to connect Irish technology providers to adopters.  Irish tech companies have a range of innovations to help industry adapt to the new post-covid requirements.

At the same time, many companies are looking for new solutions, whether they are in construction or healthcare or the hospitality sector.  Until now there hasn’t been an easy way for the two sides to connect.  We hope this new directory will go some way towards helping them create new opportunities for the economy.

Irish industry is keenly aware that innovation will be key to thrive in the new economy. Una Fitzpatrick, Director of Technology Ireland the technology trade association within Ibec notes that Ireland’s technology sector is the engine that will drive Ireland’s recovery.

Industry in Ireland must continue to adapt to the ever-changing business environment. There are new innovative solutions being created every day to help companies shift their operations online while remaining productive and working remotely.

Irish business is changing, and the Covid crisis has accelerated the change dramatically. While this is painful for many, it has the potential to raise the productivity of SMEs here and incentivise them to modernise and prepare for challenges such as the digital revolution and entry into export markets”. This is something that was needed anyway, as recommended in the recent DBEI / OECD report on entrepreneurship policy in Ireland.

The #RestartBizMap is an all-island initiative that aims to foster cross-border collaboration. “These are challenging times for businesses in both Ireland and Northern Ireland,” said Aidan Gough, Chief Executive of InterTradeIreland.  “Every sector is having to adapt to new realities and adopt different ways of working.

But this is also a time of great opportunity for new technologies and solutions that can enable more sustainable and efficient ways of working. InterTradeIreland supports the RestartBizMap project and its potential to facilitate businesses on both sides of the border to connect and collaborate, through homegrown innovation-driven solutions.”

In these times of dramatic change, employers recognise that they need to equip their staff with the tools and education needed to remain productive and optimistic when facing the new challenges. Mark Jordan, Chief Technologist of Skillnet Ireland, emphasises the importance of ongoing training of staff during these unprecedented times and notes that as business continues to evolve in this digital age, it is imperative for companies to prioritise talent and skills development more than ever, and ensure they are firmly aligned to transformational change strategies.

At Skillnet Ireland, and in conjunction with our industry partners, we respond to the national skills needs by developing technology focussed learning programmes which will ensure the efficient integration of these innovative solutions.

This new initiative aims to help businesses remain open and functioning. It will focus on real solutions to help businesses restart and reimagine how they operate. It will highlight funding and tender opportunities and hopefully foster new partnerships.

The RestartBizMap will include innovative tech companies on the TechIreland database and others. If you are looking to find a suitable solution to problems you may be facing as a result of these Covid times, or would like to list your offering on the free directory, add it here.

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