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News The Telecoms Reform package, which consists of a set of new laws tackling subjects ranging from data breach notifications to faster number porting, will become law in every EU country by May 2011, it was agreed on... [05 Nov 2009]
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free up spectrum, which can then be used for broadband services. Viviane Reding, information... [30 Oct 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News In a strategy outlined by last week, the Commission recommends businesses create pan-EU websites and adopt .eu domain names. The EC wants to make cross-EU online purchases easier For... [26 Oct 2009]
Next-gen IP kicks off in Europe
News Enisa, The European Network and Information Security Agency, announced this week it's the first EU agency to offer services using version 6 of the Internet Protocol. By 2011 these addresses will no longer be available,... [15 Oct 2009]
Microsoft's 'browser ballot' plan gets the green light
News For more see EU: Microsoft to test browser 'ballot screen' on CNET News.com. Microsoft's plan to offer new Windows users a choice of browser - the so-called browser ballot screen - has been approved by the EC. [07 Oct 2009]
The Relationship Between ISO 27002 and the EU Data Protection Directive
White Paper The regulatory landscape for Information Security in Europe has grown ever more complex in recent years. As organisations, both public and private, recognise the inherent value of their information, and as the safety and reliability of... [05 Oct 2009]
Basel II Compliance With Tripwire: Configuration Control for Virtual and Physical Infrastructures
White Paper Unlike other laws and standards affecting financial institutions in the US and overseas such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLBA"), the EU Data Protection Directive and the PCI Data Security Standard, however, the... [05 Oct 2009]
MiFID Compliance With Tripwire
White Paper The EU created MiFID to succeed 93/22/EEC because investors are now offered a more complex set of investment services and opportunities that can be exercised in more complex ways, such as online trading, use of PDAs and... [05 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Linking up with Barack Obama?
Comment Interestingly, I have not received any links to EU politicians, actors or public figures - I am still mulling over the likely implications of all this. Compiled at my hotel in Jersey City, New Jersey, US, on a rainy... [05 Oct 2009]
Digital Signatures for Open Text eDOCS DM
White Paper Additionally, the CoSign PSF is based on established standards endorsed by the US and EU governments and several independent standards bodies, guaranteeing that digitally signed electronic records will be readable and... [02 Oct 2009]
Polish Police Force: Gaining Seamless Access to Data Throughout the EU
White Paper To meet EU free-travel Schengen Zone requirements, Poland needed an infrastructure that could provide police with mobile access to border crossing and visa systems, as well as government databases. For the Polish Police... [01 Oct 2009]
ADACOM Has Been Listed as the First Certification Service Provider in Europe, With Products That Have Been Successfully Tested for Compliance With the On-Line Platform of the Czech Arbitration Court
White Paper The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for .eu domain name disputes is provided by the Prague-based Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech... [01 Oct 2009]
Thales Speeds Up and Secures Electronic Invoicing at Si.mobil-Vodafone
White Paper The electronic invoices must be created in accordance with strict EU directives and legislative requirements that require proof of authenticity and integrity. Si.mobil-Vodafone is the first private mobile telephony... [19 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun steaming ahead with joint plans despite EU probe
News Oracle isn't letting the EU investigation stand in the way of its plans for the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Larry Ellison, the software giant's chief executive, is joining Sun's server chief, John Fowler, to show... [15 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News On the first day of the events, Viviane Reding, the EU's commissioner for information society and media, and Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the bloc's internal market, said in a joint statement "it is time for... [08 Sep 2009]
