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Europe and Middle East information technology (IT)

• July 02, 2024 02 Jul'24

  Nordic banks pursue AI in battle with digital competitors

  Traditional Nordic banks are raising their investments in artificial intelligence to help them retain market share in increasingly populated sector

• July 01, 2024 01 Jul'24

  Diana project provides Nato tech dividend to Finland

  Finnish tech sector to receive a boost following the country’s decision to join Nato

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Israel’s cyber chief calls for international front against Iranian hackers

  Israel’s cyber chief has called for international action against Iran over state-backed hacking

• June 18, 2024 18 Jun'24

  Benelux specialised venture capital fund finds global deep tech investments

  A venture capital fund in Belgium partners with tech research organisation in its search for investments

• June 17, 2024 17 Jun'24

  Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive

  The International Olympic Committee is working with Intel to use AI at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games

• June 13, 2024 13 Jun'24

  Q&A: Adalbjorn Thorolfsson on IT project management in Iceland

  With a small, but very sophisticated population, Iceland has unique ways of keeping up with the rest of the world in the IT sector. Adalbjorn Thorolfsson, president of the Icelandic Project Management Association, describes some lessons for the rest...

• June 12, 2024 12 Jun'24

  Nordic innovators look to revive the zombie subscriber population

  Zombie subscriptions where customers buy a service and forget about it are harming the subscription economy, but software is being developed to support the subscription economy

• June 11, 2024 11 Jun'24

  Nuclear waste body cuts energy use by 20% as Pure replaces HPE

  French nuclear waste agency Andra has cut storage energy use by 20% and strengthened its disaster recovery capabilities by deploying Pure Storage and 10-year controller upgrades

• June 11, 2024 11 Jun'24

  Cobol knowledge crisis threatens Dutch financial systems

  Expertise in complex Cobol systems, critical to major financial institutions, is dwindling in The Netherlands, resulting in retired professionals returning work

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  Rapid AI development poses supervisory challenges in the Netherlands

  In the Netherlands, the financial regulator and the monetary authority are grappling with the pace of artificial intelligence development and its implications for the financial industry

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market

  Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains

• May 22, 2024 22 May'24

  Dutch employers should discuss using algorithms in managing staff

  Dutch organisations must engage in open discussions with employees about the use of algorithms and data in managing staff

• May 13, 2024 13 May'24

  Maria 01 rolls out ambitious pan-Europe startup plan

  Ten-year plan will see pan-Nordic tech startup ecosystem based in Finnish capital

• May 13, 2024 13 May'24

  Norway bolsters digital transformation drive

  Norway’s government backs digital transformation with major capital investment this year

• May 08, 2024 08 May'24

  Germany: European Court of Justice ruling on EncroChat could lead to new legal challenges

  A ruling by the European Court of Justice could prompt legal challenges in EncroChat prosecutions in Germany and other EU states

• May 07, 2024 07 May'24

  French MSP saves 30% on cloud costs as it deploys Cubbit

  Cubbit’s distributed object storage turns on-site capacity into a sovereign and secure cloud. CloudReso.com uses it to supply its customers and save on fees from big cloud providers

• April 22, 2024 22 Apr'24

  Interview: IoT enables Dutch-French company to provide bicycle and scooter rental

  Dott’s connected system and mobile app allow users to hire vehicles and ensure safe and compliant rides in 40 cities across Europe and Israel

• April 21, 2024 21 Apr'24

  Crime agency criticises Meta as European police chiefs call for curbs on end-to-end encryption

  Law enforcement agencies step up demands for ‘lawful access’ to encrypted communications

• April 18, 2024 18 Apr'24

  International police operation infiltrates LabHost phishing website used by thousands of criminals

  The Metropolitan Police working with international police forces have shut down LabHost, a phishing-as-a-service website that has claimed 70,000 victims in the UK

• April 15, 2024 15 Apr'24

  Swedish company first to use STMicroelectronics chips

  Powerful new processors help power next-generation industrial human machine interfaces, starting in the Nordics

• April 05, 2024 05 Apr'24

  Europol offers law enforcement agencies data on Europe’s most threatening crime networks

  Europol has collected and analysed data from over 40 countries to identify 800 most threatening criminal networks operating in Europe in what it describes as a unique dataset for law enforcemnt

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  Changes needed for SOCs and CSIRTs, claims Dutch research institute

  Cyber security specialists need a game-changer to keep up with their adversaries, who increasingly use automation and AI for their attacks

• April 02, 2024 02 Apr'24

  Finnish industrial groups launch AI and robotics ventures

  Industrial companies across a broad range of sectors in Finland are applying artificial intelligence to their operation

• March 11, 2024 11 Mar'24

  Dutch organisations vulnerable to deepfake fraud

  With the information many employees share on social media, Dutch companies are especially vulnerable to a new form of fraud

• March 11, 2024 11 Mar'24

  Vinnova launches National Digital Advancement project

  Swedish state innovation initiative invests in a network of regional research and development centres

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Open Rights Group accuses LiveRamp of ‘unlawful’ data processing

  Privacy campaigners at Open Rights Group have submitted formal complaints to UK and French data regulators about allegedly unlawful data processing by online advertising firm LiveRamp

• March 05, 2024 05 Mar'24

  Dutch organisations start building a federated European cloud

  The ‘European cloud services in an open federated ecosystem’ (ECOFED) project is co-funded by the Dutch government and will run from 2024 to 2027

• March 04, 2024 04 Mar'24

  Amazon lobbyists banned from European Parliament

  Amazon lobbyists have had their access badges to the European Parliament revoked, following allegedly repeated refusals to engage with lawmakers on issues around working conditions and rights

• February 14, 2024 14 Feb'24

  Dutch Supreme Court approves use of EncroChat evidence

  Defence lawyers plan appeal to European Court of Human Rights after Supreme Court upholds a conviction based on intercepted messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network

• February 09, 2024 09 Feb'24

  Europe carves out niche in quantum computing

  As the US, China and Europe accelerate investment in quantum computing, Europe is beginning to develop its own unique position in the fledgling global ecosystem

• February 08, 2024 08 Feb'24

  Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested

  A businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France

• February 07, 2024 07 Feb'24

  Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google

  Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments

• February 07, 2024 07 Feb'24

  How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks

  Microsoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months

• February 06, 2024 06 Feb'24

  UK and France push for international agreement on spyware

  The UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’

• January 29, 2024 29 Jan'24

  Russian IT sector still under serious pressure

  Russian IT sector faces challenges on multiple fronts as Western sanctions widen

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Dutch companies not ready for AI

  Many Dutch organisations are not ready to start working with AI, according to the Cisco AI Readiness Index

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Upgraded Arabic large language model is twice as big

  Techniques that were used to double the power of what was already the largest LLM for Arabic can now be applied to other languages whose native speakers do not yet have access to AI

• January 22, 2024 22 Jan'24

  Chat control: Tech companies warn ministers over EU encryption plans

  Tech companies have written to EU ministers to urge them to back the European Parliament, rather than the European Commission, over proposed regulations to police child abuse

• January 15, 2024 15 Jan'24

  Santander bank added 4,500 tech staff last year

  Santander added thousands of IT staff to its global operation last year, as part of its digital transformation

• January 08, 2024 08 Jan'24

  Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs

  The Met’s senior investigating officer responsible for investigating criminals using the EncroChat encrypted phone network tells the inside story of the UK’s biggest organised crime bust in a BBC podcast series released this week

• January 03, 2024 03 Jan'24

  Dutch working to promote cooperation in Europe to keep internet safe

  A Dutch cooperative approach offers national and international cooperation opportunities for ISPs to guard against DDoS attacks, lawful interception and detect abuse in networks

• January 03, 2024 03 Jan'24

  Artificial intelligence to the front in Sweden’s National Technology Strategy

  Sweden focuses in on artificial intelligence in its latest far-reaching national IT strategy

• December 22, 2023 22 Dec'23

  Top 10 Middle East stories of 2023

  Middle Eastern countries are on digital journeys, with many pinning their futures on expertise in advanced technologies

• December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

  Top 10 Benelux stories of 2023

  The Benelux region is researching some of the latest digital technologies of the future with efforts to ensure the region keeps pace in quantum computing and artificial intelligence

• December 19, 2023 19 Dec'23

  Top 10 Nordic stories of 2023

  Known for its advances in digital technology, the Nordic region continues to pioneer the startup sector while making serious waves in Quantum computing and artificial intelligence

• December 11, 2023 11 Dec'23

  Nordic governments join forces to protect data transfers

  Nordic countries deepen their cooperation over cyber security amid heightened threat from neighbouring Russia

• December 08, 2023 08 Dec'23

  Fancy Bear targets Nato entities via critical Outlook flaw

  A vulnerability patched in March has likely been exploited by the Russian state actor Fancy Bear, for over two years, according to the latest intelligence

• December 07, 2023 07 Dec'23

  Finnish IT industry talent fears amid government restrictions

  Finnish businesses concerned over the immigration plans of the country’s right-wing government

• December 04, 2023 04 Dec'23

  Atos selected for UEFA Euro 2024 IT contract

  IT services company Atos will deliver on-site and remote IT services for next year’s international football event in Germany

• November 20, 2023 20 Nov'23

  Defence lawyers seek appeal of tribunal ruling on police EncroChat cryptophone hack

  Defence lawyers are seeking leave to appeal against a tribunal ruling that found the National Crime Agency had lawfully obtained warrants to access messages from 9,000 cryptophones used in the UK