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Commission pledges ?10m to cloud partnership

...The European Commission is to put €10m towards forming a group of European governments to jointly purchase cloud products. The European Cloud Partnership, made up... Read more

26 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Cisco reports solid earnings but choppy outlook

...Orders from US state governments, however, were down about 25 percent. Likewise, European governments have seen their budgets "reduced dramtically". For more on this ZDNet... Read more

12 November, 2010 by Larry Dignan

EU to control US access to European financial data

...ZDNet UK on Friday that he objected on the grounds that individual European governments had no choice in the matter of data transfer. "This should... Read more

9 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft: Linux debate needs to be 'more rational'

Tech Ed: Despite some high-profile European moves to open source, Microsoft is bullish about its prospects within the market Read more

30 June, 2004 by Andy McCue

European governments failing on Web accessibility

Hardly any public sector Web sites meet the basic standards laid down by the World Wide Web Consortium Read more

25 November, 2005 by Kable

Fears over EU's secret surveillance plans

...that monitors threats to civil liberties within Europe, said on Monday that European governments are planning to force all of Europe's telephone and mobile... Read more

20 August, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

EC report backs open source for government

...paid to open-source software by the European Commission and by individual European governments is likely to influence decisions taken elsewhere in the world, where... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Matt Loney

EC refuses to relax 3G rules

...that health fears could hamper the rollout of 3G networks, and wants European governments to put more effort into reassuring the public that mobile handsets... Read more

12 June, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Civil liberties group warns of EU surveillance proposal

...under new legislation that is being secretly written by a number of European governments, according to privacy advocates. Statewatch, a UK Internet-based organisation that... Read more

9 May, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Europe launches £2bn nanotech push

A well-funded partnership between European governments, the EU, industry and academia will set up its offices in... Read more

26 February, 2008 by David Meyer

EU may make accessibility a legal requirement

Builder: European governments make moves towards compulsory accessibility requirements in procurement Read more

15 June, 2006 by Jo Best

Promote broadband, EU tells public sector

European governments are being urged by the European Commission to stimulate broadband take... Read more

13 May, 2004 by Kable

EU pledges limited Net laws

...promise of "no new taxes" for e-commerce and minimal regulation from European governments brought a sigh of relief from Internet companies and users yesterday... Read more

9 July, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones
Security Policy and Intelligence Cooperation in the European Union

Security Policy and Intelligence Cooperation in the European Union

...collection and analysis of intelligence is increasingly important for the European Union. European governments require timely and accurate intelligence in order to deal effectively with... Read more

1 April, 2009
Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox

Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox

...Establishment of the Government of Canada. This accreditation is also important to European governments and corporations, as FIPS is recognised worldwide. FIPS is a set... Read more

26 August, 2008 by Christian Harris

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