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It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News The ICT industry must lead the way in conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to the EC. In a recommendation adopted by the Commission last week, it called on the ICT sector to become 20 per cent more energy efficient... [13 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile With a presence in the European seat of power, the panellists felt it won't be the last we hear from Engström: "The political cutting edge of Pirate Bay, driving progressive Swedish libertarianism into the new media battle ground -... [08 Oct 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News At a hearing in Brussels on Monday, organisations representing various European publishers, libraries, rights holders, and businesses involved in internet commerce criticised the proposed settlement as it currently... [08 Sep 2009]
Machine shall speak unto machine: Vodafone goes M2M
News Other operators targeting the same market include Telefonica and Orange Business Services, which set up an M2M centre in Brussels in May to support multinationals. Vodafone is to launch a services platform for companies... [22 Jul 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News At the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Ecta) conference in Brussels on Thursday, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said if the Telecoms Package failed to become law by the end of this year, it would... [26 Jun 2009]
HP Remote Trader Workstation Solution Improves the Working Environment and Lowers Cooling Costs at Fortis Bank NV
White Paper The Brussels based Fortis Bank NV provides banking and insurance services to personal, business and institutional customers throughout Europe and worldwide. Fortis Bank NV wanted to improve the working environment of its... [22 Jun 2009]
HP ProCurve Supports the High Octane World of International Marketing
White Paper With 100 workers operating in three buildings in Brussels and 30 very demanding clients, it is imperative that Dentsu has a high performance network with the bandwidth and resilience to constantly transfer large packages... [12 Jun 2009]
Researchers uncover "vast" computer spy network
News Embassies, foreign ministries, government offices and the Dalai Lama's Tibetan exile centers in India, Brussels, London and New York were among those infiltrated, said the researchers, who have detected computer... [30 Mar 2009]
'ICT going green is key to economic recovery'
News The Commission's statement echoes a speech made on Thursday by Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner, at a Microsoft event in Brussels. The European Commission has called on member states to use... [13 Mar 2009]
'Phorm's questions will be answered': EC
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK in Brussels on Thursday that she had discussed the trials of the technology with UK communications minister Lord Carter. [09 Mar 2009]
Windows 7 to go head-to-head with XP in netbook game
News Let's see what the market does," Holloway said at Microsoft's Growth and Innovation Day in Brussels. Microsoft will continue to offer Windows XP for netbooks even after it starts selling Windows 7 for the subnotebooks, a... [06 Mar 2009]
Social networks will help your business, says Brussels
News Information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding said in a speech in Brussels the Commission sees three key drivers for future use of the internet: social networking, the 'internet of things' and the mobile... [05 Feb 2009]
Let the car do the thinking for you
News The EC has had enough of pollution spewing motors and traffic jams and is aiming to tackle them both with its latest vehicle initiative. The Commission has backed a scheme to introduce intelligent transport systems - a mixture of... [17 Dec 2008]
Software AG looks to reap what it SOAs
News Software AG has been expanding its operations in countries such as Brazil, Japan and South Africa and was recently named the fourth largest software company in Europe in terms of revenue by the 2008 Truffle 100 Europe list unveiled by... [27 Nov 2008]
Viviane Reding
AS Profile The scope of her brief is such that she's setting political and administrative agendas across a spectrum of issues of increasing importance - from digital inclusion to data privacy and protection, with one panellist even dubbing her "the... [07 Oct 2008]
