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White Paper MiFID is a European Union Directive that, like its 1993 predecessor seeks to establish conditions under which investment firms and banks that engage in the investment business can provide such service or... [05 Oct 2009]
Czech Region Citizen Portal Offers Access to 70 Public Service Online Transactions
White Paper In 2005, the regional administration sought European Union funding for an information portal capable of supporting transactional services for citizens and improved collaboration between different... [02 Oct 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News However, an umbrella group involving the EFF, American Civil Liberties Union, and several authors is distrustful of Google's intent. This week Google agreed to give European authors and publishers a seat... [09 Sep 2009]
Fujitsu Case Study: RED.ES
White Paper To support its role, ONTSI needed Fujitsu to implement a solution that would provide citizens, businesses and other institutions with transparent access to a compilation of data, taken from various official and unofficial sources, about... [01 Sep 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal gets official US stamp of approval
News With Sun's shareholders having given the $9.50 per share deal the nod last month, the remaining major hurdle is approval from European antitrust regulators. Oracle said on Thursday that the US Department of Justice has... [21 Aug 2009]
1Gbps mobiles get closer with €18m funding boost
News The European Union is to put €18m into the development of LTE Advanced. The EU has announced millions of euros of funding for a next-generation mobile standard. LTE Advanced is a proposed evolution... [21 Aug 2009]
Managing Workplace Monitoring in Europe and the EU
White Paper The United States and the European Union (EU) have taken significantly different approaches to protecting the privacy of their citizens. To date, the US has legislated privacy laws by industry sector. [05 Aug 2009]
Border Security Systems: The Hungarian Case Study
White Paper The Hungarian Republic is making significant efforts in trying to comply with European Union requirements. An efficient security policy that ensures the reliable surveillance of the borders, as well as... [31 Jul 2009]
Microsoft U-turn: Browser 'ballot' coming to Europe's Windows 7
News However, the European Union indicated that such a move might not satisfy its concerns. Under our new proposal, among other things, European consumers who buy a new Windows PC with... [27 Jul 2009]
EU: Authors - we need you. What do you think of Google books?
News European Union regulators want publishers and authors to weigh in on copyright issues with Google's book scanning and book search project, according to the Associated Press. European... [21 Jul 2009]
Microsoft, EU 'in talks' to settle antitrust probes
News Microsoft has had "preliminary talks" with European Union officials with the hopes of settling several regulatory probes, according to a Bloomberg report. The EU earlier this year issued a preliminary... [08 Jul 2009]
Security Economics and European Policy
White Paper In the report, of which this is an abridged version, the author provided an analysis based on security economics of the practical problems in network and information security that the European Union... [01 Jul 2009]
Europe's biggest IT schemes get new overlord
News The biggest European Union IT systems will soon be overseen by a new body. The agency is expected to go live in 2012 and, in the future, could also be put in charge of developing other... [25 Jun 2009]
Opera: 'IE-free Windows not enough to get competitive'
News The Commission, which enforces competition rules in the 27-nation European Union, said it planned to decide shortly on its latest case against the US tech giant. On Thursday the world's top software... [15 Jun 2009]
VocaLink Ensures Secure High-Volume Transaction Processing With Unified, Flexible Infrastructure
White Paper In addition, and of equal importance, was the industry transition to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), a European Union initiative geared towards driving down cross-border payment transaction costs. [30 May 2009]
