The recommendations, which are designed to help member states cooperate to fight electronic fraud and crime, are now expected to be published on 29 December. Per Haugaard, spokesman for the EC's Enterprise and Information Society Directorate, said...
Quocirca analyst Bob Tarzey pinpoints the significance of the current jostling. The timing of the announcement is opportune, given that the US District Court has ruled this month that Oracle's proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft does not violate US...
EU commissioner for information society and media Viviane Reding said Europe continues to lag behind its competitors in IT research - investing about half as much as the US. Reding said in a statement: "Only through stronger investment in ICT...
Yet Europe in contrast appears top-heavy, opaque and unwieldy, lacking the regulatory flexibility and agility required to compete on equal terms with its principal economic rivals which are investing heavily in imagination.
The ICT Taskforce, whose membership includes technology giants such as Microsoft and IBM, have claimed that small businesses are not investing in business technology that could improve business processes.
European associations representing small and medium-sized enterprises have called for more European Commission-backed funding for SME employee IT training. ICT-skilled workers are scarce in many [European] countries today," said Andrea Benassi...
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