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Information technology (IT) in Germany

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  European IT services spending down as businesses focus on GDPR compliance

  European organisations are reducing their spending on IT services and are redirecting resources towards becoming compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  BT to supply European air navigation network

  BT has been selected to provide the upgraded air traffic management network across Europe

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Judge in Max Schrems v Facebook action raises red flag on EU-US data transfers

  The Irish High Court (Commercial Division) has once again cast a long shadow, with a very short deadline, over the arrangements for the safe and legal transfer of data between the EU and the US

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  EU-US data sharing under threat as Irish court refers Facebook case to Europe

  The Irish High Court is seeking answers from the European Court of Justice in a case that could have huge implications for EU-US data sharing and raises questions about US government surveillance of EU citizens. The move could bring a five-year ...

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  European CIOs have budget balancing act ahead of them

  There is some consensus among European CIOs on budget rises across the continent, but less so on what to invest in

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Business increases use of encryption in the cloud

  The use of encryption has seen double-digit growth in the past year due to a number of security-related drivers, a study has revealed

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project

  Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

  Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  European insurtech growth dwarfs US

  Europe is seeing rapid growth in its insurtech as investors pump hundreds of millions into the sector

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  IT attracts more foreign investment projects to UK than other sectors

  IT accounts for the highest number of foreign direct investment projects in the UK, which should come as a warning to the UK government to listen to the sector

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Capgemini arm bags European Commission data infrastructure project

  The European Commission has extended the contract of prime contractor Capgemini on its open data project

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  WhatsApp to suspend data sharing with Facebook

  WhatsApp has agreed to stop sharing personal data with Facebook until data protection concerns are addressed

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  All-flash rules while Brexit slows UK storage spend, says IDC

  IDC quarterly storage shipments tracker shows all-flash storage on top of the pile while Brexit slows UK spending and Huawei knocks Hitachi Data Systems out of top five

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  EC reveals plan to make Europe global fintech hub

  The European Commission has unveiled proposals to boost the EU’s financial technology sector