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Vision/DCU New Business Ideas Competition 2003

The Vision/DCU New Business Ideas Competition 2003 awards ceremony took place in the Invent Centre last week. The competition, open to both postgraduate and undergraduate students, was set up to encourage entrepreneurial spirit within DCU. The essence of the competition is to show that a real business opportunity has been identified and verified, and an innovative product or service has been developed from this opportunity.

Two of the three winning business ideas came from groups within the School of Computing.

First prize was awarded to Ebreed.com, comprising of Jenny Gogarty, Kevin O'Connor, Fergus O'Cuanachain, and Paul O'Halloran who are all postgraduates of the Masters in Ecommerce Programme. The objective of their venture is to consolidate the vast knowledge and tradition of breeding thoroughbred horses into one easily accessible and usable web based tool.

Third prize was awarded to The Orient Platform, comprising of Cameron Ross Dunne, and Thibault Candebat. Both are Ph.D. students under Dr. David Gray's supervision. The Orient Platform is designed to complement the mobile operator's existing 3G network. It enables third parties to develop location based services targeting mobile users using the mobile operator's wireless network, and builds upon the proposed 3G revenue sharing model.

Congratulations to all involved.