With 50 new roles planned, the company aims to enable frictionless global data movement for next-generation enterprise systems.
Today data storage and cloud infrastructure company Qumulo announced the official launch of its European Software R&D hub in Cork.
Through this strategic expansion, Qumulo will create 50 highly skilled R&D positions in the coming three years to solve the major challenges for data management at enormous scale and scope for global business.
Information, derived from data, is now the core asset driving the modern global economy. The success of autonomous AI systems integrated into business operations depends on their ability to make real-time decisions with instant, trustworthy access to colossal datasets.
This new R&D and Customer Success hub in Cork is a recognition of the challenges and opportunities presented by this new global, digital landscape.
This team will research and develop solutions to enable the secure, frictionless, and instantaneous transfer of exabyte-scale workloads across the globe, delivering the trusted, AI-ready data requirement to power next-generation enterprise applications.
For Qumulo’s global customers, this new site in Cork will also see an expansion of its Customer Success team in the region.
This project is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism & Employment, Peter Burke TD, said:
“Qumulo’s decision to establish a new European software R&D hub in Cork is a strong endorsement of Cork as a location where cutting-edge engineering and global ambition meet.
It highlights the depth of talent emerging from our universities, the strength of the region’s technology ecosystem, and Ireland’s ability to support companies delivering pioneering innovation on a global scale.
“After actively reviewing a wide variety of options for our second R&D centre, we found that the stellar third-level institutions in the South-West were the basis for a deep talent pool in Cork,” said Qumulo Chief Technology Officer Kiran Bhageshpur.
“Additionally, the excellent support infrastructure for companies like Qumulo provided by IDA Ireland made Cork the obvious choice for us to build a team focused on leveraging AI to help businesses manage global-scale data infrastructure.”
Lead image: Pictured from L-R: Dave Coughlan, Qumulo VP, Customer Success; Kiran Bhageshpur, Qumulo CTO; Anne-Marie Tierney Le-Roux, IDA Global Head of Technology and Consumer, Content & Business Services; Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Department of Transport, Jerry Buttimer TD and Diarmaid Hogan Qumulo Director, Engineering. Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision.