Digital Agenda Funding

Project Status: Live Project

Project Leader: Caitriona Strain

EU Programme: Enterprise Ireland: RBR

Project Budget: €435,630

Start Date: Apr, 2021

Finish Date: Mar, 2024

Project Website: https://iaas.live/

The aim of the project is to:

Increase the uptake of disruptive technology solutions by SMEs in the Border region to accelerate their competitiveness and innovation levels.

Specific objectives are to:

Donegal, Ireland
ERNACT Network(Lead Partner)
Overall project manager, communications and administration and reporting to Enterprise Ireland

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Cavan, Ireland
Cavan Digital Hub(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Derry & Strabane, United Kingdom
North West Regional College(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Donegal, Ireland
GTeic Gaoth Dobhair(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Donegal, Ireland
CoLab(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Donegal, Ireland
ii inishowen innovation(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Irish Central Border Region, United Kingdom
Boyne Valley Food Innovation Hub(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Leitrim, Ireland
W8 Centre(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Louth, Ireland
Oriel Hub(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Louth, Ireland
Dundalk Institute of Technology(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Louth, Ireland
Advanced Manufacturing Training Center of Excellence(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Louth, Ireland
Creative Spark(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Midland, Ireland
Technological University of the Shannon(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Monaghan, Ireland
Enterprising Monaghan(Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.


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Northern & Western, Ireland
INSIGHT(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Northern & Western, Ireland
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Ulster University(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Omagh, United Kingdom
South West College(Partner)
Technology provider. Providing smart industry 4.0 solutions to manufacturing SMEs.


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Sligo, Ireland

Innovation Centre ATU Sligo (Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.

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Sligo, Ireland

Strand Campus (Partner)
Innovation hub partner. They will promote the service to their enterprise clients.

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The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

Directory of Services for the Innovation Hub & SME

Donegal - ERNACT Network

This innovative service, the directory of services, will be accessed by innovation hubs and their client manufacturing SME. It is innovative because it allows the hub and SME to virtually view the industry 4.0 factories; a time efficient and innovative tool. It was...

This innovative service, the directory of services, will be accessed by innovation hubs and their client manufacturing...

Directory of Technology Provider Services

Donegal - ERNACT Network

This Enterprise Ireland funded project is directed at manufacturing SMEs. The service is a directory of technology providers and their Industry 4.0 specialisms. It is innovative because the smart services are being captured with Virtual Reality technologies, to...

This Enterprise Ireland funded project is directed at manufacturing SMEs. The service is a directory of technology...

The Implementation of Industry 4.0 Solution

Donegal - ERNACT Network

This Enterprise Ireland funded project, IaaS, is directed at SMEs. It is a service whose purpose is to target manufacturing SMEs in the Border region, with a view of identifying & implementing these new solutions. It is innovative because the disruptive technology...

This Enterprise Ireland funded project, IaaS, is directed at SMEs. It is a service whose purpose is to target...

Virtual Reality technology for 360 Tour

Donegal - ERNACT Network

This Enterprise Ireland funded service is directed at the technology provider partner. The service virtually captures our project partner's technology, which will be of benefit to them & the project's directory. It is innovative as we are using virtual reality...

This Enterprise Ireland funded service is directed at the technology provider partner. The service virtually captures...

The Innovation-as-a-Service (IaaS) project is increasing the uptake of disruptive technology solutions by SMEs in the Border region to accelerate their competitiveness and innovation levels, by connecting the Border and West region’s growing network of innovation hubs to technology providers (universities and institutes of technology), using Virtual Reality and sophisticated digital collaboration services.