New jobs at Dublin 15 firm

A FINGAL based IT company set up just three years ago following a management buy-out has announced it’s to double its workforce with the addition of 16 new jobs.

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte visited Blanchardstown based Agile Networks earlier this month to make the announcement and congratulate the company on its continued growth.

The minister confirmed that over the next 18 months the company will create 16 new full-time jobs in the technology sector bringing the number of employees up to 32.

Since it was established in 2011, Agile Networks has recorded remarkable growth figures, achieving e2.3 million in turnover in its first year, growing to an estimated e7 million in 2014.

The company started out with just six employees after a successful management buy-out of Telindus’ Irish operations. The new jobs represent a fivefold increase in staff numbers since then and as a result, Agile Networks is moving into bigger offices to accommodate its rapid expansion.

Providing a full lifecycle of integration services for organisations such as HEAnet, Analog Devices, the ESB and 14 of the top 25 internet service providers in Ireland, the company has grown its client base from just seven customers in 2011 to 53 this year.

It currently supports over one million end users, across 1,200 sites.

Managing Director, Darragh Richardson, said impressive growth in his company’s sector is being driven by increasing demand for customised support and services.

“Since the very beginning, we have set out to become a specialised network integrator, offering a unique

‘focal engineer’ model,

? he said.

“We have seen a significant move away from the traditional

‘break/fix’ model of support, to a much more proactive managed service.

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Recruitment is already underway for the new positions, which will be based at Agile Networks’ new Blanchardstown headquarters in Ballycoolin.

Of the new roles announced, 11 will be for engineering and technical positions with five jobs across sales and administration.

Richardson added:

“As Agile Networks expands over the next 18 months, we will continue to focus on what we do best; to design, build and support complex IT networks for some of the country’s best known companies, serving over one million end users.

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There was further good news for Agile Networks recently, when it won the 2014

‘Emerging New Business’ award from the Small Firms Association.

It was also named one of the

‘Top 100’ Businesses in Europe at the European Business Awards; the company is nominated in the

‘Award for Customer Focus’ category and the overall winners will be announced at the European Business Awards ceremony in Athens on May 27.

Minister Rabbitte said Agile Networks and other emerging start-ups were

“great examples

? of how Irish companies are quickly becoming world-class providers of specialist IT services.

“As envisaged in the Government’s National Digital Strategy, Agile Networks, together with other providers, are helping more Irish businesses and consumers to get on-line and to stay connected more securely,

? he said.