Minister
Martin Announces DeCare Systems to Expand in Cork
100 new software development positions in technology services
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál
Martin TD today (Monday 16 April 2007) announced that DeCare
Systems Ireland Limited is to undertake a strategic expansion
of its business at the University Technology Centre, Cork.
With the support of IDA
Ireland , the expansion will create 100 new high level
positions over five years.
DeCare Systems Ireland Ltd. is a subsidiary of DeCare
International (Minnesota), one of the largest dental insurance
management companies in the US. In 1998 DeCare International
established a software development center in Cork to provide
software and web solutions for its parent company. DeCare
Systems Ireland has fulfilled its mandate and in addition
has developed substantial new business in supplying custom
software and web solutions to global clients in the US
and Europe .
The current expansion will increase capacity to take account
of growing demand and will offer additional value added services
in consultancy
and software
development . DeCare Systems Ireland will expand its management
group to improve identification and implementation of development
opportunities.
Minister Martin said “this is excellent news for Cork
as it offers new opportunities for highly qualified and experienced
software people in management, development, IT services and
sales and marketing. DeCare Systems Ireland’s Cork operation
has a very successful track record to date. This strategic
expansion will further enhance the Irish company’s role
within the overall DeCare group. DeCare’s Irish management
and workforce are to be congratulated for securing these knowledge
based activities. In co-operation with IDA Ireland, the company
has been very proactive in developing new activities, such
as Internet and e-commerce solutions. The expansion of its
activities in Cork is a major strategic development, in terms
of its scale and depth” Minister Martin added.
John Murphy, DeCare Systems Ireland’s General Manager
said “We are very pleased with the performance of our
operation in Cork and are implementing this strategic investment
there because of our success to date. DeCare Systems has a
world class software development team in Cork and has a proven
track record in developing high quality Java
and .Net systems. This expansion plans to take advantage
of the new opportunities arising from the growing demand for
our services and our ability to offer further value-added
services in consultancy and systems integration and in addition,
boost the operation’s marketing function to increase
our customer base.”
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