Agile Networks is an Irish computer networking company based in
Dublin
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. It was founded in 2011 following a management buyout of the operations of
Telindus
Telindus was a legal entity based in Belgium that offered ICT services and solutions to the corporate and public sector, both in Belgium and internationally. These solutions also contained management and support services in relation to their ICT ...
in Ireland. The new company acquired the assets, staff and customer base from Telindus following similar management buyouts for other Telindus entities in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Germany and Italy.
The new entity secured funding support from Fingal County Enterprise Board, the local council where Agile Networks has its head office based in
Blanchardstown
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, Dublin 15.
In 2017 Agile Networks merged with Plannet21 to create a new IT group targeting revenues of €100M.
Customer Base
Agile Networks' customer base includes technology companies like
Digiweb
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,
Hutchison 3G
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, and
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; public sector bodies like
HEAnet
HEAnet is the national education and research network of Ireland.
HEAnet's e-infrastructure services support approximately 210,000 students and staff (third-level) in Ireland, and approximately 800,000 students and staff (first and second-lev ...
,
HSE, and
DCU; and large enterprises like
Abbott Laboratories
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,
Analog Devices
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, and
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. Given the company is focused on complex networks it tends to focus on technology led customers and large international organisations based in Ireland. The company's best known project is the development of a 100 MB broadband network which was officially completed in December 2014.
This network connects all 780 secondary schools in Ireland, ultimately connecting up every post-primary student predominantly funded by the Department of Education and Skills.
Awards
The company has received the following awards to date:
In all cases the judges cited Agile Networks operational model, technical capabilities, and growing list of clients as evidence of success in the marketplace.
Vendor Accreditations
Agile Networks holds the following accreditation from international networking vendors.
References
External links
Official website
Networking companies
Information technology companies of Ireland
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