A presentation to Invest NI on why Northern Ireland is now the UK and Europe's leading region for overseas ICT companies looking to set up offshore for access to Europe. Many of the world's leading technology companies including Microsoft, Indian outsourcing giants HCL are now based in Northern Ireland due to its fabulous infrastructure, highly skilled workforce, low costs, R&D and support of InvestNI. December 2009, by Jonathan Curran

1. Northern Ireland Is The Number One Gateway For ICT Companies Expanding Into Europe Access To: 27 countries 500 million people By Jonathan Curran for a presentation to Invest Northern Ireland, December 2009 Contact: [email_address] or +44(0) 792 102 2762

4. What makes Northern Ireland the number one choice for overseas investment in Europe ? 125% Growth P/A FTSE 100 Entry | Rentokil/Aggreko $3.6bn value $850 million $75 million

5. What makes Northern Ireland the number one choice for overseas investment in Europe ? “ Northern Ireland has become a favoured location for Citi for a number of reasons including proximity to London, excellent transport links and telecommunications infrastructure. However the key factor is the quality of the talent pool available” Brian McAreavey, Director Citigroup Aug ‘09

8. “ Will you be able to recruit your 90 skilled resources when you need to?” “ Northern Ireland provides us with a highly skilled workforce and an ideal base for serving our European customers” Alan Black, President & CEO Intelliden, USA

12. Who’s already there in ICT Technology Clusters “ NaviNet looked at various options and locations for our new R&D centre, but as a result of discussions with Invest Northern Ireland and our recognition of the many attractions of Northern Ireland as a good place to do business, notably the workforce, we decided to invest here” Brad Waugh, President & CEO NaviNet, Boston USA

14. World Class R&D Testing and developing for the next generation “ Northern Ireland has world leading R&D in areas of technology and talented people highly relevant to major developments in communications, electronics and IT” Professor John McCanny, Director ECIT, Queen’s University

17. Infrastructure No dropped calls, no traffic delays “ Independently conducted research has established that Northern Ireland’s people, infrastructure and cost base make it the best place in the UK – if not Europe – to set up a customer contact centre” Ranjit Narasimham, CEO HCL BPO Services Ltd

18. Cost Northern Ireland is one of the most cost efficient business locations in Europe Office Rent Per Sq. Ft. Paris London City Dublin Manchester Warsaw Belfast

19. Average House Prices Cost Northern Ireland is one of the most cost efficient business locations in Europe Dublin London UK Average Northern Ireland

20. Average Salaries Cost Northern Ireland is one of the most cost efficient business locations in Europe Dublin London UK Average Northern Ireland

22. Support from Invest Northern Ireland All the way ! We’ve helped over 700 businesses and created 70,000 jobs for Northern Ireland You can be operational almost immediately and will be with you all the way Meeting Today Visit Scoping & Design Implementation Ongoing Support

23. Support from Invest Northern Ireland All the way !

24. Support from Invest Northern Ireland All the way ! “ Working with Invest Northern Ireland, Intune Networks plans to employ 77 people by 2010… Invest Northern Ireland’s ongoing support and flexibility in dealing with the unique needs of our project has been instrumental particularly as we have initially focused on rapidly building a strong core of team developers to ramp up on R&D activities” Jim Fritzley, CEO Intune Networks

25. What our international friends say 723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors “ Citi’s experience of Belfast has been very positive . We have grown over the last four years going beyond the commitment that Citi had originally made in 2005 of 375 jobs by 2009 and now have almost 800 staff” Brian McAreavey, Director Citi Group

26. What our international friends say 723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors “ The capacity to innovate lies at the heart of everything we do and we find Northern Ireland provides an outstanding environment to promote innovation and tap into talent in the region” Geoffrey K Hicks, Vice President of Operations Broadsoft Inc.

27. What our international friends say 723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors “ The people we have attracted to Cybersource are highly skilled, dedicated and capable engineers from across Northern Ireland. Based on their performance to date I am confident that the Belfast team will continue to perform strongly as we move into the next stage of planned growth” Bill McKiernan, CEO Cybersource

28. What our international friends say 723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors “ Our operation in Belfast has exceeded expectation for the delivery of advanced software solutions for our global clients. The calibre of people combined with Invest Northern Ireland’s support and the growing financial services and ICT sectors fits extremely well with our business objectives” Stanley Young, CEO NYSE Technologies

29. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”

30. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009” Giant’s Causeway

31. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009” Strong links with the people of the USA

32. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009” Titanic £1bn project

33. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009” Two of the world’s top ten golf courses

34. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009” Belfast Giants

35. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009” Victoria Square, Belfast

36. and…its not just all work “ Belfast is a must see world top destination for 2007”

37. and…its not just all work “ Never discount Northern Ireland until you’ve visited it”

38. Europe’s number one for ICT inward investment