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Europe and Middle East information technology (IT)

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  P27 advance could replace multiple national clearing systems in Nordics

  Nordic payments project promises to make payments to other countries as easy as sending a text message

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Russia looks towards import substitution in its IT sector

  The exodus of Western IT companies from Russia and sanctions imposed on the country amid its military invasion of Ukraine are leading to shortages of IT and professionals in the sector

• June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

  Environmental social governance law enhances Danish tech’s impact

  A new environmental and social law in Denmark could help the country’s tech startup ecosystem to differentiate

• June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

  EU must stand ground on cyber security, says Finland’s WithSecure

  Russian threat is serving to focus minds on cyber security across Europe, say executives at enterprise security company’s inaugural conference

• May 31, 2022 31 May'22

  Heineken puts employees in charge of their own careers with new HR system

  According to Sanne Noordam, head of SAP SuccessFactors in the Netherlands, companies need to look and listen more closely to the needs of employees in order to attract and retain them

• May 31, 2022 31 May'22

  Industrial systems not safe for the future, say Dutch ethical hackers

  Ethical hackers in the Netherlands say operational technology and IT networks need to be integrated to prevent cyber attacks penetrating their operations

• May 30, 2022 30 May'22

  UAE residents think 3D printing will have the most positive impact on society

  People in the UAE believe next-generation technologies such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence will become widespread in the country

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Dutch companies struggle to fill tech jobs

  There are plenty of IT job vacancies in the Netherlands, but a shortage of IT professionals

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  ICO orders facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete all data about UK residents

  UK data watchdog fines facial recognition company Clearview AI £7.5m for multiple privacy breaches. The firm, which offers services to law enforcement, faces growing pressure from regulators and legal action around the world

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  Fintech unicorn Klarna to cut 10% of staff amid global shocks

  Fintech unicorn to slash jobs in reaction to global economic shocks signalling challenges in the financial technology sector

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Netherlands approves beyond-visual-line-of-sight inspection drones

  Drones can automate the traditionally challenging job of inspecting industrial sites, including hard-to-reach infrastructure

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Reimagining the cities of the future in Finland

  New ideas around new space: Helsinki not only imagines, but can see, the cities of the future

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Chinese cyber spooks exploit western sanctions on Russia

  The actor behind an ongoing Chinese espionage campaign targeting Russian defence research bodies is taking advantage of the Ukraine war in their phishing lures

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Nature of cyber war evolving in real time, says Microsoft president

  The past three months have seen the rapid evolution of the very nature warfare to incorporate cyber attacks, Microsoft’s Brad Smith tells the audience at its Envision conference in London

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Red teaming will be standard in Dutch governmental organisations by 2025

  The Dutch government wants to include the testing of the digital security of systems, processes and people – also known as red teaming – in all of its governmental organisations’ test planning and budgeting by 2025 at the latest

• May 16, 2022 16 May'22

  Europol gears up to collect big data on European citizens after MEPs vote to expand policing power

  The European Parliament has voted to expand Europol’s role, legalising its processing of bulk datasets containing personal information and endorsing research into predictive policing technologies

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  Interview: Success in Belgium’s high-tech job market

  Veteran executive recruiter shares his perspective on the Belgian job market, both for outsiders seeking work in the country and for young Belgian nationals just beginning their careers

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  Swedish digital entrepreneur interview: Haider Abdo

  Consumer demands changed during Covid-19 and Swedish entrepreneur Haider Abdo has used this as a platform to take niche startup to the next level in the retail sector

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Nordic projects drive digital-supported green hydrogen technologies

  Nordic companies are driving cost reductions in the production of green hydrogen through digitisation

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Babbel offers free language courses to displaced Ukrainians

  Babbel has created language courses to help Ukrainians displaced by the war to integrate into other countries

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Russia plumbs new depths in cyber war on Ukraine

  Microsoft details cyber attacks on Ukrainian civilian communications, nuclear safety authorities, and the exploitation of the destruction of Mariupol in a phishing campaign

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  Government digital ignorance puts Dutch economy at risk

  In this interview, Michiel Steltman, managing director of Digital Infrastructure Netherlands, tells Computer Weekly why the Dutch digital economy is at risk due to a lack of knowledge and understanding at government level

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  BCS passes defiant Ukrainian tech industry message to its members

  BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has passed on a message from Ukrainian IT suppliers that the country is open for, and in need of, business

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  How Denmark attracts tech companies

  Danish government encourages research in strategic fields – and encourages the development of clusters, which include research institutes, tech suppliers and customers

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  Danish researcher explains zero-knowledge proofs and post-quantum encryption

  A graduate from the University of Aarhus, a Danish researcher is now a leading player in some of the most important issues in cyber security

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  Odense Robotics helps develop key export for Denmark

  Robotics seen as a future export sector for Denmark as investment startups build their skills in public sector projects

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  EU lawmakers propose limited ban on predictive policing systems

  MEPs’ joint report on European Artificial Intelligence Act sets out limited ban on predictive policing systems alongside a raft of further amendments to improve redress mechanisms and extend the list of AI systems deemed high-risk

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  UAE bolsters cyber security

  The United Arab Emirates has successfully improved its security posture amid mounting cyber threats

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  Five Eyes in new Russia cyber warning

  Latest cross-body alert warns of Russian threat to utilities and other core elements of national infrastructure

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  European cities moving fast to change business of parking

  German cities are using the latest smart parking technology to reduce traffic and car pollution while collecting more fees for parking

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  Dutch schools struggle with digitisation

  Now is the time for schools in the Netherlands to determine how the opportunities of distance and digital learning resources can be made to work and how the risks involved can be mitigated

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  How Veeam helped grocery chain Franprix escape its backup hell

  French supermarket chain had backup windows that ran well into the next working day and restoring deleted files could take days. It chose Veeam in a contest with Cohesity

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  NSO Group faces court action after Pegasus spyware used against targets in UK

  Three human rights activists whose phones were targeted by spyware traced to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have begun legal action against both countries and Israel’s NSO Group Technologies

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Lack of expertise hurting UK government’s cyber preparedness

  UK government bodies and critical infrastructure owners cite a lack of staff resources, and internal and external expertise, as hampering factors when it comes to cyber readiness, according to a report

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  Sandworm rolls out Industroyer2 malware against Ukraine

  A second generation of the Sandworm-linked Industroyer malware has been identified by ESET researchers and Ukraine’s national CERT

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Mastercard opens European tech hub in Dublin

  Mastercard is doubling its technology workforce in Dublin through a new European tech hub in the Irish capital

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Nordic countries discuss joint cyber defence capability

  Nordic countries are in talks to increase their cyber defences in the face of the threat from Russia

• April 08, 2022 08 Apr'22

  EncroChat: France says ‘defence secrecy’ in police surveillance operations is constitutional

  Constitutional court finds that invoking ‘defence secrecy’ to withhold information about the state hacking of EncroChat cryptophones is constitutional. Defence lawyers now head for the supreme court

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  Banks should be able to integrate e-krona into existing systems, says Swedish regulator

  Swedish financial services regulator says banks and service providers should be able to integrate a potential digital currency into existing systems

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  European IT and BPO outsourcing off to strong start

  European IT and business process outsourcing services continue to increase rapidly, with cloud-based services now more than half of the total

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Structured decentralisation is the key to unlocking Nordic-level innovation

  Finnish tech entrepreneurs will be taking the stage at the World Economic Forum to tell the world about the role of trust in Finnish startup success

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Secrecy over police EncroChat hacking is unconstitutional, defence lawyers tell top French court

  France’s constitutional court, the Conseil Constitutionnel, has heard arguments that the use of ‘defence secrecy’ to withhold information about police surveillance operations breaches the French constitution

• April 05, 2022 05 Apr'22

  Saudi Arabian ICT sector hits $32.1bn after strong pandemic response

  The Saudi Arabian IT and communications sector is recovering strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic

• April 04, 2022 04 Apr'22

  Environmental campaigners halt Meta datacentre construction in the Netherlands

  Datacentre being built to serve ‘metaverse’ worlds would consume nearly half as much energy as all other datacentres in the country

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  EU Act ‘must empower those affected by AI systems to take action’

  Ada Lovelace Institute publishes recommendations on how European institutions can improve the Artificial Intelligence Act by establishing a ‘comprehensive remedies framework’ around those affected by the deployment of AI systems

• March 31, 2022 31 Mar'22

  Global upheaval shows cyber security isn’t good enough, says GCHQ director

  Generational global upheaval has laid bare significant gaps in national cyber strategies, GCHQ chief Jeremy Fleming has said in a speech

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Lax money laundering controls lands N26 with ban from Italian central bank

  German digital bank N26 has had problems with anti-money laundering regulations in the past, and is now banned in Italy

• March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22

  NCSC: Not necessarily wise to ditch Kaspersky

  UK’s National Cyber Security Centre issues refreshed guidance on organisations’ usage of technology and services of Russian origin, but stops short of advising users to expunge all Russian products from their IT estates

• March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22

  Anonymous claims it has hacked the Central Bank of Russia

  Hackers operating under the Anonymous banner claim to have stolen more than 35,000 sensitive files from the Central Bank of Russia as part of its cyber war against the Russian state

• March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22

  Chinese state media use Facebook to push pro-Russia disinformation on Ukraine war

  Facebook owner Meta accused of failing to follow its own policies by not disclosing how Chinese state media were targeting Facebook users with ‘propaganda’ ads about the conflict in Ukraine