Three Irish startups run by a new breed of web entrepreneurs, will be showing off their tecnhologies at the "Le Web" conference in Paris next week, Damien Mulley writes. These new Irish startups are some of the first to to develop new products that will address the emerging needs of a new generation of web user.
Walter Higgins from Sxoop Technologies, Joe Drumgoole from Putplace.com and Conor O'Neill from LouderVoice.com will be showing off their new products to a global audience in Paris on December 10th and 11th.
Walter Higgins from Cork-based Sxoop and Joe Drumgoole were each granted coveted presenter slots to show their individual products in front of 1000 other web entrepreneurs. "Demoing at LeWeb is going to be very exciting because the cream of European entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will be there." said Higgins. Drumgoole added "Presenting is a perfect opportunity for PutPlace.com to get some initial feedback on the first version of the product and see what our competitors are doing in this space.
Higgin's Sxoop is a software development company, specializing in Web application development. Its flag-ship product - Pixenate - is an online photo editor that lets you edit photos from any PC anywhere - No software install required.
Said Drumgoole of his product: "PutPlace.com exists to help home users manage their photos, videos and music. We will find all your content on your phone, PC or laptop and back it up outside the home away from coffee spills and computer viruses. We then offer you the ability to publish your content on any accessible location on the web. Finally give you a complete map of all your digital content where ever it resides so you can find it in the future."
Putplace is accepting pre-registrations for its service at www.putplace.com.
As it is not yet released to the public, Conor O'Neill will be giving "hallway demos" of his LouderVoice site to interested parties. Hallway demos are informal and fast-paced talks out in the corridors during the breaks at the main event.
Describing the genesis of his LouderVoice, O'Neill stated "We are all frustrated with being unable to find specific types of high quality structured information on the web since it is buried in between spam, misinformation and dross. At the same time, many of the millions of bloggers who write valuable opinions based on their knowledge and experience are shouting to themselves in the garden shed with no audience and no reputation.
Our community moderated web-site builds readership and reputation for those high quality bloggers by enabling readers to find, use and rate
the information they need."
In regard to getting to show his application to such an experienced group of developers and business people, O'Neill stated "Le Web is the premier event in Europe for Internet businesses and provides us with an unmissable opportunity to meet and share with our peers and the wider investment community."
Le Web is an international conference in Paris where the rising stars of the web gather together with already very successful web entrepreneurs and talk about technologies and products that excite them. This year over 1000 people from 36 countries will attend the conference. The Le Web website is at http://www.leweb3.com/
Contact details:
Walter Higgins, Sxoop, 086 8511 600
Joe Drumgoole, PutPlace, 087 299 5547
Conor O'Neill, LouderVoice, 087 979 0297
When I read the piece in the Tribune, I was reminded that traditional press releases seem to tweak broadsheet media reaction more directly than a well-stoked meme in Irish social media.
Posted by: Bernie Goldbach | December 11, 2006 at 06:15 AM
Good point Bernie - I wonder why that is? Is it out of sheer laziness?
Posted by: James Corbett | December 11, 2006 at 08:41 AM