Big Data - How to optimize information for consumers? With the uptake of cloud computing and web3.0 (web2.0 + mobility), consumers will have more access to information than ever before. But what are... Read more >>

How Does Regulation Affect Cloud Computing? The age of ‘cloud computing’ is dawning, which will allow our data, software and computing power to be on our desktop and extended online as and when... Read more >>

An example for applied Interoperability Hear me talking about the Eye on Earth online tool. This website shows data from thousands of air and water quality stations from across Europe in... Read more >>

Fuelling EU growth through Cloud Computing Technologies In Europe and elsewhere, computing is experiencing a powerful transformation. Driven by continuous innovations in software, hardware and the Internet,... Read more >>

Roger's Security Blog Roger Halbheer is one of the leading online security experts in Europe. We’re delighted to have him in our ranks – he is Chief Security Advisor of... Read more >>

‘Maga No Need Pay’: Nigeria Stands Up to Fight Cyber Scams   On Thursday 4th February in Abuja, Nigeria, a gathering of pop and rap musicians, led by producer and world renowned song writer Cobhams... Read more >>

MSN Survey demonstrates need to “Think B4 U post” Safer Internet Day is all about creating awareness to help protect young people online.   Read more >>

Team effort to achieve a safer internet across Central and Eastern Europe Microsoft across the Central and Eastern European region has been marking Safer Internet Day for a number of years. Read more >>

Safer Internet Day 2010 Safer Internet Day, organised by Insafe, will be celebrated on 9 February 2010 in more than 50 countries across the world and will this year... Read more >>

Just how safe is the internet for our children? To celebrate Safer Internet Day 2010 and for the second year in a row, Microsoft subsidiaries across Europe are organizing employee volunteering... Read more >>

Data Protection Day in Europe and around the world Last week turned into a seriously busy week as the Council of Europe and the European Commission celebrated the 4th Data Protection Day. We... Read more >>

Data Protection Day 2010 - selected videos of Think Privacy campaign Short presentation of the selected videos for the Think Privacy competition ran by European Schoolnet and supported by Microsoft.The event took place... Read more >>

Interoperability and Cloud Computing Cloud computing is hitting the headlines, and for good reason: it is providing business and consumers with a vast array of new services. In addition,... Read more >>

Technology leadership in the 21st century: How cloud computing will change our world Brad Smith, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation gave a speech on “Technology leadership in the 21st century: How cloud... Read more >>

Cloud Computing and Microsoft's new dialogue with the EU As I had announced on the weekend, yesterday I was lucky to accompany Microsoft’s General Counsel, Brad Smith, to a presentation he gave on the... Read more >>

Brad Smith will give a public speech on Microsoft's vision on Cloud Computing Over the past months there has been a remarkable upraise in discussions around the topic of Cloud Computing (or Software+Services). Read more >>

THINK PRIVACY: And the nominees are ……. This week, we will see a very busy Data Protection Day. Read more >>

Microsoft Advances Search Privacy with Bing At her European Parliament hearing last week, Commissioner-Designate Viviane Reding mentioned online privacy as one of her key priorities. Read more >>

Technology leadership in the 21st century: How cloud computing will change our world Brad Smith, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation gave a speech on: “Technology leadership in the 21st century: How cloud... Read more >>

Data Protection Day 2010 - Think Privacy Campaign New videos regarding Data Potection Day 2010 and the importance of data and online privacy!   Read more >>

A right to original software: Consumer Action Day Last month we organized an event at the European Parliament hosted by Bill Newton-Dunn MEP on the occasion of a Microsoft worldwide campaign against... Read more >>

4th Data Protection Day – THINK PRIVACY As each year, on 28 January 2010, we celebrate Data Protection Day in Europe and other continents to raise awareness on privacy and data protection... Read more >>

Interoperability: The Other Side of our Settlement with the European Commission Times have changed. "Microsoft has been on a journey itself... doing things on interoperability that were unimaginable just a few years ago..." Read more >>

Cloud Computing interoperability and data portability For all the buzz about cloud computing, the potential benefits are real: cost savings as well as the exciting possibilities for small European... Read more >>

Consumers v Counterfeits, A Right to (an) Original When we think of fakes and copies, our minds each produce different thoughts and images, depending on our cultural references. Many of us would think... Read more >>

Open for innovation John Wood, Chair of the European Research Area Board, gives a personal assessment of how research needs to change and adapt to face the future. Read more >>

Interoperability the key to making eHealth work Potential cost-savings from eHealth are being jeopardised because computer systems cannot talk to one another, according to experts from the public... Read more >>

Documents and Interoperability This has already been a busy month in Europe for Microsoft cooperating with competitors to ensure that different software products can work better... Read more >>

Windows 7 and interoperability Please click below to view a short and sweet 1-minute interview with Erich Andersen, VP and Deputy General Counsel of the Windows Business at... Read more >>

eHealth and interoperability: making the link eHealth is key to better patient care but health systems should work together i.e. be interoperable if widespread eHealth is to become a reality. Here... Read more >>

Interoperability and EU Services Directive Video from Microsoft Interoperability Series on the EU Services Directive. Filmed in Brussels, October 2009. Read more >>

Windows 7 and interoperability Erich Andersen, VP and Deputy General Counsel of the Windows Business at Microsoft, speaking about the prevalence of interoperability in Windows 7. Read more >>

Security The internet can act as a platform for Europe’s innovation and imagination, but only if public confidence is maintained and cybercrime tackled... Read more >>

Privacy Europeans are spending more of their lives online, with the web providing access to entertainment, banking and even healthcare. Yet the internet, to... Read more >>

Child Online Safety The internet offers Europe’s children tremendous educational and social benefits, but may also expose them to harm. We therefore help raising... Read more >>

Interoperability The ICT revolution continues to deliver new products and services to more --  and more diverse --  users, enabling greater productivity,... Read more >>

Accessibility Information and communication technology (ICT) has the power to transform people’s lives by helping them to realise greater social and economic... Read more >>

EEA and the Eye On Earth Project Information technology plays a crucial role in enabling EU environmental policy goals to become a reality. The Eye On Earth project is another example... Read more >>

Ray Ozzie on the cloud & interoperability PDC: Ray Ozzies keynote, highlighting choice, diversity -- and interoperability Read more >>

Services and interoperability The EU's Services Directive aims to facilitate the provision of services across borders within the European Union and requires EU Member States to... Read more >>

Ehealth and Interoperability Interoperability and eHealth might at first glance appear as very different concepts – but the actual relationship between the two is extremely... Read more >>

On the agenda: Bridging the industry-university gap The EU’s education commissioner, Ján Figel’, is pushing for change in European universities – to the economic benefit of all. Read more >>

ICT - the way out of the economic crisis Viviane Reding, European commissioner for all things hi-tech, is known for telling it like it is. A passionate advocate for new technologies, she has... Read more >>

A call for global innovation As the global financial turmoil continues to cast its shadow, government leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss collaboration. Read more >>

Do you have trust in digital life? The Internet and other modern information and communication technologies are transforming Europe's economy and society on a scale never seen before,... Read more >>

It’s all a matter of context Confidential data need to be kept confidential – but there are times when the information needs to be shared, too. That's where the new EU Framework... Read more >>

Interoperability Series Collaboration is at the heart of the European project. Implementation of numerous European policies depends on cooperation between the Member States.... Read more >>

Europe must be open to the world “The creation of a single European Research Area (ERA) - to mirror the single market with the four freedoms of goods, services, people and capital... Read more >>

The way ahead: the Global Lab The much vaunted globalisation of business and politics has not by-passed the world of R&D. Read more >>

Forming innovation clusters Cluster Stew: the European Commission is formulating an all-embracing strategy on cluster development to boost innovation and maximise returns from... Read more >>

How to solve the cluster equation? In 1997, Microsoft opened its first big European lab – and it placed it in what was then Europe's only serious answer to Silicon Valley: Cambridge, in... Read more >>

Wanted: more ‘gazelles’ in Europe The Science|Business Innovation Board says Europe's innovation policies need to change, to encourage high-growth entrepreneurs. Read more >>

The EU needs clusters of excellence Is the essence of a cluster physical proximity or, given broadband Internet and associated communications platforms, is it possible to create virtual... Read more >>

Online privacy: a continuous innovation agenda Innovation in the ICT sector has transformed how a large segment of the world's population works, communicates, learns, shops and plays. Today's... Read more >>