A US TECHNOLOGY firm has announced that it plans to create 100 jobs in Cork over the next three years.

Internet software firm NGINX announced that it is expanding its services with a plan for rapid growth across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).

It will manage these operations from its newly-developed regional headquarters in Cork city centre, which is due to be completed next month.

As part of this expansion the company is to create 100 jobs in Cork over the next three years.

These will be in the areas of sales, marketing, finance, business development, software architecture, engineering, and research and development.

The company provides software to companies aimed at improving their website speeds.

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According to the company, NGINX now powers more than half of the world’s busiest sites and applications.

It is supported here by Ireland’s Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland.