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EC: European IT research is too 'fragmented'
News Europe's information technology commissioner has attacked what she calls the fragmentation of IT research in the European Union. In a speech on Tuesday at the ICT 2008 symposium in Lyon, Viviane Reding pointed out that European spending on IT...
[November 27, 2008, 9:33]
European IT market to defy credit crunch
News The European IT market is defying the credit crunch, and is predicted to grow to €315bn (£298bn) next year. Strong sales in IT services will fuel two percent growth in the IT market in Western Europe, according to forecasts by the European...
[December 18, 2008, 16:10]
European IT chief backs net neutrality
News The European Commission appears to have thrown its weight behind the principle of net neutrality, after the telecommunications commissioner told a global internet forum that the issue was "a political question to be answered by the people".
[June 18, 2008, 17:23]
European IT Forum: Wireless for all technology - Dell
News Dell identified "wireless as the technology that can help Europe leapfrog the US" but went on to criticise European firms for spending less on IT infrastructure than their American counterparts. As usual, Michael Dell's address to IDC's Eurpean IT...
[September 11, 2000, 15:32]
European IT Forum: WAP needs lessons from i-mode
News Don't back i-mode to beat WAP in Europe is the unequivocal message from industry analyst IDC at the European IT Forum in Monte Carlo Tuesday. Only one of the GSM manufacturers supports i-mode and that's Nokia with the i-mode phone they sell in...
[September 12, 2000, 11:55]
European IT Forum: Internet is the enemy of profits
News Delegates at this week's IDC European IT Forum in Monte Carlo were told that the Internet was the "enemy of profits" Monday and that the worst dotcom businesses have confused their "HTML with their P and L".
[September 12, 2000, 11:15]
European IT Forum roundup
News Nicholas Negroponte pricked a few bubbles at the European IT Forum in Monte Carlo Wednesday describing Europe's lead in mobiles as illusory and that 3G will not see the light of day. European IT Forum: WAP needs lessons from i-mode
[September 14, 2000, 14:14]
A Year Ago: Grove sees European IT lagging
News Grove backed up his claims by noting that Intel's European sales have only moved up one point to 28 per cent in the last decade while Asia Pacific has trebled its slice of the pie to account for 19 per cent.
[February 4, 1998, 6:00]
Weak dollar distorting European IT market
News Dell, for instance, reported in its most recent quarter 20 percent year-on-year growth for European revenues in dollars but when you take into account the exchange rate fluctuations it's only 14 percent, according to Forrester.
[May 16, 2005, 10:20]
Weak dollar distorting European IT market
Talkback Although as the article states this does make the EUropean IT market look worse, it is a far more realistic picture and shows the real problem with using U.S.dollars in this age with that currency being so volatile (and the indications are it will...
[May 16, 2005, 15:41]
BT signs European Commission IT deal
News BT will supply and manage key European Union government internet services for at least the next four years. The contract with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT) will see BT providing internet access and related...
[April 3, 2007, 14:37]
Small companies drive European IT growth
News When it comes to IT spending, small and medium businesses are on the rise, according to a new study from research firm IDC. Furthermore, IDC believes that these smaller firms could end up being the driving force of the IT industry in Europe.
[April 2, 2001, 14:11]
Major European Carrier Enhances Management Decision Making and IT Management
White Papers Lack of integration between systems made it difficult to access current management information from disparate departments and regions. In addition, IT management was increasingly complex and expensive.
[November 8, 2006, 0:00]
KPMG slates European IT pricing
News European IT suppliers are too expensive and are being beaten on price by rivals in Asia and the US, research has found. IT buyers say European firms are less appealing to do business with because of their "lack of price competitiveness and...
[December 9, 2005, 9:00]
EU taskforce 'not representing' small businesses
News Organisations representing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have claimed that the European Commission's ICT Task-Force is flawed because it represents only the interests of big business. The ICT Task-Force aims to identify major obstacles...
[July 5, 2006, 15:00]
US hits legal turbulence over EU passenger data
News The US Government has had a complaint brought against it for failing to disclose how it uses European airline passenger data. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued a legal complaint against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS...
[November 23, 2006, 16:26]
European firm eyes Asian integration pie
News Going against the downward technology tide, European IT firm Axway plans to invest up to $10m over the next two years to ramp up its Asian operations. Axway, a subsidiary of European IT vendor Sopra Group, posted an annual revenue of 50m euros in...
[October 9, 2002, 6:27]
GPRS is 'bigger failure than WAP'
News European mobile network operators are barking up the wrong tree with 2.5G data services, according to a consultancy firm, which suggests that the industry could be repeating the mistakes it made with WAP (wireless access protocol).
[November 25, 2002, 8:07]
Microsoft offers to cut search-data retention time
News Microsoft has told European authorities it is prepared to cut the time it holds users' search data from 18 months to six, if all search companies will follow suit. The company made its announcement on Tuesday, as a response to pressure from the...
[December 9, 2008, 12:39]
EC launches IT taskforce
News The European Commission has set up a taskforce designed to make Europe's IT industry more competitive. The EU will study several areas in its attempt to give European IT a jump-start. The taskforce will organise a five-month long debate on the...
[June 8, 2006, 15:20]
