IT's Like This: What's wrong with Europe?
News The only British representative, Laurence Blackhall -- chairman of the Internet Service Providers Association -- launched a furious assault on European telecoms monopolies, accusing them of doing more damage to e-commerce and Net development in...
[June 10, 1999, 16:17]
Software patent battle set to flare up again
News EICTA, the European Information and Communication Technology Association, wrote to the Parliament's legal committee this week calling for the introduction of software patents. EICTA argued this would protect the investment made by European...
[October 29, 2004, 10:34]
Microsoft 'not ruling out' further antitrust appeal
News Meanwhile, Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology, an organisation with ties to Microsoft, naturally took a different stance and argued that consumers and small businesses would be the losers after the Court's...
[September 17, 2007, 18:07]
UN attacks tech giants over China co-operation
News Anriette Esterhuysen, executive director of the left-leaning Association for Progressive Communications, said it is time to "begin to create an international policy and principle framework that stops that from happening".
[November 1, 2006, 9:42]
Experts warn migration rules may fuel IT offshoring
News Matthew Poyiadgi, IT trade association CompTIA's European VP, added that barriers to skilled techies working in the UK could reduce the competitiveness of UK Plc. However, Marilyn Davidson, a director at Association of Technology Staffing Companies...
[September 12, 2008, 10:31]
Patent opponents claim success
News Those in favour of the directive, such as the European Information and Communication Technology Association (EICTA), insist that it would actually maintain the status quo, and help European companies to compete.
[November 17, 2004, 16:35]
