Europe
Managing Risk in All Its Dimensions
White Paper The Generali Group, third largest insurer in Europe and among the top twenty worldwide, has recently started a program to concentrate and coordinate its asset management activities through three dedicated units: Generali... [19 Sep 2009]
Croatian Banks Make Fraud Virtually Impossible by Securing Transactions and User Identities With Thales nCipher HSMs
White Paper A member of the Asseco Group, which is Europe's fifth largest system integrator, Logos is one of Croatia's most trusted IT companies. Logos has built numerous online banking systems for clients including leading Croatian... [19 Sep 2009]
Palm drops Windows Mobile operating system
News In addition to the iPhone 3GS, which launched in June, there are several new phones coming to market, including several Android devices such as Motorola Cliq (known as the Dext in Europe). Palm is to stop making Windows... [18 Sep 2009]
Solutions Supporting Environmentally Conscious Business
White Paper In Europe, regulations concerning chemical materials in products have been stepped up, requiring exporters and companies that make up their supply chains to become involved in environmental activities. [16 Sep 2009]
Exploiting Cryptography for Privacy-Enhanced Access Control: A Result of the PRIME Project
White Paper The EC-funded project PRIME (Privacy and Identity Management for Europe) envisions that individuals will be able to interact in this information society in a secure and safe way while retaining control of their privacy. [16 Sep 2009]
Butler Group Technology Audit: FICO Blaze Advisor® Business Rules Management
White Paper The Butler Group, one of Europe's leading independent IT research and analysis organizations, recently conducted a technology audit of FICO Blaze Advisor® Business Rules Management, one of the leading solutions available. [15 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: 3G Reality bytes
Comment The 15 and 7Mbps are close to the published figures across the Western world, while the 2Mbps figure is one I have derived during my travels across Europe and North America. Compiled on BA 215 flying London to Boston and... [14 Sep 2009]
Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
News Gonzalez, along with 10 others from China, Eastern Europe and the US were accused in August 2008 of breaking into retail credit card payment systems using wardriving (searching for unsecured wireless networks while... [14 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing
Cheat Sheet Some, like Russia and China, are challenging India for low-cost design and infrastructure services and software development, while countries in Eastern Europe and Latin America are also attracting business from Western... [11 Sep 2009]
Datacentres: The temples of IT
Comment Other co-location providers are more regional, such as Global Switch, Interxion Telecity Group and Telehouse International, which all have a strong focus on Europe. The MHP market is large and bewildering; there are the... [08 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]
Oracle-Sun deal to go under the EU's microscope
News The in-depth investigation will examine the effect the deal will have on competition in Europe's database market, the European Commission said in a statement. On Thursday, the European Commission said it will take a... [04 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Adam Gerrard, CIO, Avis Europe The majority of the jury said they believe universities are not producing IT graduates with the right skills for their businesses - bad news for graduates competing for the diminishing... [02 Sep 2009]
Master Data Management: Old Problem With a New Urgency
White Paper However, new global regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley in the United States and Basel II in Europe and increasing interest in performance management have given it a new urgency. Master data management is not a new problem. [02 Sep 2009]
Chip and PIN and the PCI Data Security Standard
White Paper Chip and PIN is a worldwide standard that has been extensively implemented in Canada and Europe, but has not been introduced into the United States or most of the Far East. Chip and PIN is a British government-backed... [02 Sep 2009]