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Information technology (IT) in Poland

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Mixed prospects for IT spending in Europe

  Europe’s economies have varying expectations for IT spending over the next couple of years as the global market sees moderate growth

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Europe’s digital skills gap set to narrow over next five years

  Forecast for 2020 suggests the shortage of skilled IT workers will not be as great as previously expected

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Deal on EU data protection is close

  A deal to standardise data protection rules across the EU could be imminent after compromises were made

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Mobile roaming revenues to drop by a quarter in Europe

  Juniper Research looks ahead to 2017 to predict the likely effect of when mobile roaming charges across the EU member states are phased out

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Hundreds of European banks apply for .bank domain

  Over 500 European banks have applied for the .bank domain name, as part of their defences against cyber crime

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  UK hosts international cyber attack response test

  The UK has hosted an exercise to test how investigators and prosecutors across Europe and the US would work together in the event of a complex international cyber criminal incident

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme

  Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

  HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  European Commission proposes rules for digital content and online sales

  The EC has published proposals aimed at promoting access to digital content and online sales across the European Union and include an overhaul of copyright laws

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  New EU data protection laws to force global business strategy rethink

  More than two-thirds of global firms expect new EU data protection laws to dramatically increase costs of doing business in Europe

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Europe's CIOs must raise their game in testing software quality

  CIOs across Europe have more work to do to ensure the structural quality of software is sound as IT becomes more important to organisations across different sectors

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  European colocation market growth buoyed by M&A and Safe Harbour, says CBRE

  Latest European datacentre market research from CBRE looks at effect of mergers and acquisitions and Safe Harbour on colocation adoption

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Atos embarks on datacentre refurbishment project push with ICTroom in Europe

  Atos has formed an alliance with ICTroom to help speed up the time it takes for enterprises to complete datacentre consolidation and refurbishment projects

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

  ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  EU net neutrality laws a threat to UK Open Internet Code, says BSG

  The Broadband Stakeholder Group’s Richard Hooper says that the EU’s Connected Continent Regulation could damage the UK’s Open Internet Code

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  EU data protection regulators set 31 January 2016 deadline for replacing Safe Harbour

  Article 29 Working Party gives EU and US authorities until the end of January to establish an alternative data-sharing agreement

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2015: Shortlist announced

  Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, which is set to take place on Tuesday 13 October at VMworld, Barcelona

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  HP Cloud 28+ enters beta and introduces self-certification scheme for providers

  Hewlett-Packard (HP) gears up to launch its Cloud 28+ service catalogue in December 2015, talking up the opportunities it presents for European providers

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Accenture spends €25m on European centre in Dublin

  Accenture will open a European technology hub in Dublin that will recruit 200 people and focus on modern technologies

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement

  European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  European Commission consults on the future of telecoms and broadband

  Twin European Commission (EC) consultations on the future of broadband and a review of the current telecoms framework will run until December 2015

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Strong US dollar hits European server shipments as CIOs protect IT budgets

  Gartner server shipment figures highlight the impact of a strong US dollar on European IT buying habits as the global economy braces for another period of uncertainty

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Amazon Web Services opens up machine learning service to European developers

  Cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims running service out of Dublin datacentre will reduce latency for European developers using predictive services

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  IaaS mega-framework tender raises hopes of Europe-wide G-cloud launch

  Géant publishes contract notice seeking providers for IaaS frameworks, which will serve 50 million across Europe

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  HP Cloud 28+ on course to go live in December 2015 with 200 members

  HP's push to create a one-stop-shop for European Union cloud users is on course, claims Europe, Middle-East and Africa vice-president

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  UK tech sector called to contribute to EC Digital Single Market consultations

  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) says UK must feed back to the European Commission (EC) to inform the delivery of its Digital Single Market vision

• June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15

  EC ends roaming charges and reinforces net neutrality across EU nations

  The European Commission (EC) enacts legislation to end mobile roaming charges and reinforce the principle of a free and open internet across the European Union (EU)

• June 26, 2015 26 Jun'15

  Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 winners revealed

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015. See who made the top spots

• June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15

  Vodafone adds Caribbean 4G roaming for summer holidays

  Vodafone extends its 4G services to a number of destinations – including Caribbean holiday hotspots – for UK customers travelling abroad

• May 12, 2015 12 May'15

  European education network launches search for IaaS providers

  Pan-European education network is on the hunt for IaaS specialists to populate its Cloud Catalogue

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Huawei opens European Research Institute

  Huawei opens doors of European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  European Commission launches 16 steps to put single digital market in motion

  The European Commission has outlined 16 initiatives to get the ball rolling on its plans for a single digital market in the European Union

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  Recovering business needs in CEE change the CIO role

  As the economy recovers in central and eastern Europe (CEE), returning IT investment shifts CIO roles from supporting to driving business growth

• April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15

  IT error affects Nordea customers across Finland

  Nordea's online systems are back up and running after an unspecified technical problem affected customers in Finland

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  European SMEs sign up to security as a service

  European SMEs see the value of security as a service (SaaS) and are signing up through resellers, says security supplier iSheriff

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?

  A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster?

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  IT priorities 2015: What's driving datacentre investments in 2015?

  Datacentre consolidation and infrastructure upgrades are top areas for IT investment in 2015

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  Japan recruits hackers for cyber security force

  The Japanese government plans to recruit hackers to identify and protect against cyber security threats

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  UK businesses' IT services better off in India than the cloud

  UK businesses have yet to be convinced of the benefits of cloud computing but continue to outsource IT, says a global survey from KPMG

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Younger users prefer biometrics to passwords

  Younger bank customers would rather use biometrics than PINs and passwords for security, according to Visa Europe

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Career choices stem from education, says Ocado Technology COO

  Anne Marie Neatham speaks to Computer Weekly about her own journey as a woman in tech and inspiring the next generation

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  China targets offshore IT service industry for growth

  The government in China is attempting to develop an IT services industry through tax cuts, financial support and reducing bureaucracy

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Code Club goes global with launch of Code Club World

  Code Club World seeks international partners to continue kids coding movement globally

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Security must include domain name protection, say experts

  Detecting fake websites needs to be part of all companies' security strategies, say security and domain name experts

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Vtesse loses appeal over state aid for broadband in Cornwall

  Court rejects Vtesse’ appeal against the European Commission’s decision that state aid for BT was legal

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Researchers uncover sophisticated cyber espionage campaign

  A cyber espionage campaign against military, diplomatic and defence industry targets in the US and Europe is discovered

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  Russian cyber criminals exploit Microsoft bug

  Russian hackers have used a vulnerability in Microsoft software to spy on targets including NATO and Western European governments

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Almost three-quarters of big companies to increase outsourcing

  Investments in outsourced services will increase at almost three-quarters of global businesses