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Chief Fire Officers Conference 2012

By Andrew Bennett | Mon 28th May 2012

Chief Fire Officers Conference 2012 At the beginning of May (9th and 10th) Anthony and Declan took to the road again, this time heading for the Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Dundalk where this year’s Chief Fire Officer’s conference was taking place. The theme was ‘New Horizons for the Fire and Rescue Service of the Future’. This was the perfect theme for showcasing our state of the art range of fire service products including D
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GeoScience 2012 Conference

By Andrew Bennett | Mon 21st May 2012

Dublin has been declared the City of Science 2012. The Dublin City of Science 2012 festival is a year long celebration of science with over 160 events (see www.dublinscience2012.ie). As part of this, The Geological Survey of Ireland, The Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and the Royal Irish Academy hosted the GeoScience 2012 Conference on 18th and 19th April 2012. The general themes of the conference were water (both surface and groun
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GeoData 2012 - Dublin

By Andrew Bennett | Fri 11th May 2012

The annual GeoDATA 2012 event was held on 1st May in Croke Park. Attended by Mallon Technology’s Marion Murphy and Niamh O’Keeffe, the event brings together leading geospatial professionals to share invaluable advice on how to think smarter and do more with geographic information. The seminar explored innovative, new ideas to increase business efficiencies and allowed for networking with counterparts in other organisations. Prese
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Annual GeoDirectory User Conference

By Andrew Bennett | Mon 2nd Apr 2012

Last week Justin Kidd and Niamh O'Keeffe were lucky enough to get to the Annual GeoDirectory User's Conference. This is Niamh's account of the day: I attended the Annual GeoDirectory user’s conference in The Gresham Hotel in Dublin on Thursday March 29th along with Justin Kidd. I had been expecting a very technical set of talks regarding the GeoDirectory products but while I gained some insight into forthcoming releases there was
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AGINI Soapbox event

By Andrew Bennett | Mon 26th Mar 2012

Last Thursday (22nd March) we attended AGINI’s latest event ‘Soapbox’ in South Eastern Regional College (SERC), Lisburn. Our expectations were high after the success of their last event, GeoBeers back in February- and it didn’t disappoint! The composition of the event was informal five-minute open presentations by people involved or interested in GIS to share their knowledge. Some topics of interest were Jennifer McKinley of QUB
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Mallon Technology Attends Survey Ireland Conference

By Andrew Bennett | Wed 21st Mar 2012

The Survey Ireland conference returned to DIT this year after a brief hiatus and was attended by Mallon Technology staff from the Dublin and Portlaoise offices. Speakers at the conference came from a number of academic and industrial backgrounds including: DIT, OSI, Tullow Oil, DPS Engineering, and Coastway. The conference was kicked off with an engaging talk about the importance of Geomatics in the modern world, while the proceeding spea
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Mallon Achieves ISO 9001:2008

By Micky Mallon | Mon 13th Feb 2012

Mallon Technology have once again achieved the ISO 9001:2008 quality standard. The standard which is regarded as one of the foremost in the business sector specifies requirements for a quality management system in an organisation. Quality is of utmost importance to Mallon Technology as we continuously strive to improve processes and customer satisfaction within the organisation. By achieving certificati
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Inland Fisheries Framework Agreement

By Andrew Bennett | Wed 8th Feb 2012

Mallon Technology have been selected for inclusion in the framework agreement for future work with Inland Fisheries Ireland. IFI wished to establish a multi-operator framework agreement for the development of this enhanced mobile GIS and database storage proposal over a period of three years and following the tender process Mallon Technology was identified as one of the top 3 tenderers. Over the next 3 years the project intends to ful
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Mallon Implements Staff Training Program

By Andrew Bennett | Tue 31st Jan 2012

As part of our ongoing commitment staff development, Mallon Technology has recently implemented a comprehensive training program for staff in all departments of the company. Personnel are an integral part of our company and we know the importance of providing our team with the opportunity to refresh or learn new skills. Ongoing staff development increases productivity and morale within the team and gives us the competitive advantage that
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