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Information technology (IT) in Benelux

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Google to build giant '40-football pitch' datacentre in the Netherlands

  Google will invest €600m to build a giant, 120-megawatt datacentre in the Netherlands

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  WikiLeaks reveals Australian police are using surveillance software

  Australia's New South Wales police are using spyware that has been linked to repressive states, according to leaked documents

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe

  Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Fingerprint scanners most popular alternative to banking passwords

  Fingerprint scanning technology is the most favoured biometric security alternative to passwords for UK bank customers

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Search firms meet EU regulators over right to be forgotten

  Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have met EU data protection authorities to discuss the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline

  The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Computer Weekly names the 25 most influential women in UK IT

  Find out the results of Computer Weekly's Women in Technology Awards, ranking the top 25 most influential women in UK IT 2014

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  ISPs take legal action against GCHQ over mass network infrastructure surveillance

  Six global internet service providers (ISPs) have filed a legal complaint calling for a halt to GCHQ’s use of network infrastructure for surveillance

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Domino’s breach underlines value of personal data, say experts

  The latest cyber breach to hit a high-profile brand underlines the high value of personal data, say security experts

• May 21, 2014 21 May'14

  Tablet banking to quickly overtake mobile banking

  The number of people in Europe banking on tablets will grow at twice the rate of those on mobile phones, with security concerns not a major driver

• May 07, 2014 07 May'14

  UK helping US military build intelligence software for drone targeting

  The UK has been helping the US military build software to share intelligence for weapons such as drones for the past 14 years

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe

  Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Case study: Footwear company Deckers takes e-commerce sites into the cloud

  The company behind shoe brands including Ugg Australia and Teva is using a cloud-based digital commerce platform to support global expansion

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  CIOs hold fire over datacentre decisions

  When it comes to devising datacentre strategies, are CIOs paralysed like rabbits in the headlights, or playing a calculated game of wait and see?

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Vodafone appoints new UK CEO

  After five years in charge, Vodafone veteran Guy Laurence is leaving his role to head up Canadian firm Rogers Communications and will be replaced by Jeroen Hoencamp

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Dutch banking regulator approves use of AWS public cloud in the financial sector

  Dutch banking watchdog approves use of AWS cloud in websites, mobile apps, retail banking platforms, HPC and credit risk analysis

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Lower uptake of cloud, ICT limiting medium-sized enterprises' productivity: CEBR

  Medium-sized enterprises in the UK lagging behind large businesses in terms of productivity, because of lower adoption of ICT and cloud