In Depth

In Depth

Information technology (IT) in Benelux

• Developed for Big Science in Europe, highly accurate time protocols ensure fair trading in finance

  Protocols developed for use at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research are now being used for many other applications, including financial services  Continue Reading

• The world's oldest cryptocurrency exchange prefers doing business in Luxembourg

  One of the newest niches in fintech, cryptocurrency exchanges may fare very well in Luxembourg  Continue Reading

• How Imec hopes to industrialise artificial intelligence

  Pure research explores the fundamental questions of artificial intelligence, but applied research takes those ideas to industry, making it all worthwhile  Continue Reading

• Dutch PhD project aims to automate discovery and deciphering of steganography

  Meike Kombrink, a PhD student in the Netherlands, is focused on detecting hidden messages on the internet  Continue Reading

• Luxembourg taps into innovation for better government tech

  With a diverse population and a digital inclusion and open innovation strategy, Luxembourg has developed a way of using technology to improve government services  Continue Reading

• The cyber security impact of Operation Russia by Anonymous

  The campaign against the Russian government by Anonymous surprised many with the depth and scale of the cyber attacks. What can we learn from this online war?  Continue Reading

• What the EU’s content-filtering rules could mean for UK tech

  EU proposals to clamp down on child sexual abuse material will have a material impact on the UK’s technology sector  Continue Reading

• How Dutch hackers are working to make the internet safe

  We hear how the personal mission of a Dutch hacker grew into a serious organisation with international ambitions  Continue Reading

• Anti-money laundering technology must operate in a collaborative ecosystem

  With new technologies making it easier for banks to spot money laundering activity, we look at why the problem persists at scale, finding that ecosystems and collaborative processes need to be built  Continue Reading

• Facebook’s privacy game – how Zuckerberg backtracked on promises to protect personal data

  Facebook promised its users privacy then quietly abandoned its promises in pursuit of profits. Now it faces antitrust regulation  Continue Reading

• National Archives races to create electronic archive of EU law before Brexit

  The National Archives faces challenges converting the EU's enormous library of laws into a publicly accessible UK archive ahead of Brexit. The Archives’ digital director, John Sheridan, explains how  Continue Reading

• GDPR: An overview of the latest data protection legislation

  The forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will have wide-ranging implications for every organisation that processes personal data. This comprehensive overview tells you what you need to know  Continue Reading

• The EURECA moment: Counting the cost of running the UK’s public sector datacentres

  The EU-backed EURECA project has spent the past 36 months assessing the state of public sector datacentres across Europe, and is revealing what it found  Continue Reading

• Organised crime exploiting new technology

  European law enforcement is to focus on collaborating with industry around cyber crime as organised crime groups increasingly exploit new technologies, according to a regional crime threat report  Continue Reading

• [email protected]: A history of IT outsourcing

  Computer Weekly looks at where and when IT outsourcing was invented and considers the changes the sector has gone through since  Continue Reading

• Interview: James Bamford on surveillance, Snowden and technology companies

  Investigative journalist and documentary maker James Bamford was among the first to uncover the secrets of the US National Security Agency and its global surveillance  Continue Reading

• EU Data Protection Regulation: What the EC legislation means for cloud providers

  With the European Commission's data protection rules set to drop before 2016, take a look at what the changes mean for the cloud and datacentre community  Continue Reading

• Netherlands uses female role models to encourage girls into IT industry

  The Netherlands needs to shake up its education system to attract more girls into IT, as only 10% of its IT workforce are women  Continue Reading

• Energy-efficient Europe: How the datacentre sector is keeping it clean

  With users becoming increasingly savvy about environmental issues, we take a look at how the datacentre sector is responding  Continue Reading

• Dutch organisations gradually take up cloud HCM software

  While organisations in the Netherlands tend to use the traditional HR modules of the large software packages, some diversity is beginning to emerge  Continue Reading