ECIS welcomes European public procurement based on open standards
ECIS welcomes European public procurement based on open standards ECIS welcomes the European Commission’s recognition of open standards developed by global fora and consortia for reference in public procurement. In the past, standards developed by global consortia organized on the basis of open and transparent principles, such as the World Wide Web Consortiusm (W3C) and […]
Caution: Change ahead * Updating copyright law to keep pace with technology
Introduction The European Commission is pondering ways to update copyright law so it keeps pace with technology, but this will be a delicate task and the first order of business must be to preserve what works well. Today the law successfully balances interests of copyright holders with those of innovators. For example, software makers may […]
International trade needs an international Cloud
We read with interest the European Commission’s Memo of 15 October on secure Cloud computing services in Europe, and entirely agree that the “fundamental principle at stake is the need to look beyond borders”. We strongly endorse its opposition to building a “Fortress Europe.” As more and more commerce moves to the Internet, consumers and […]
Video: Bringing the Cloud down to Earth
Bringing the Cloud down to Earth ECIS symposium 24 April 2013Sofitel Europe, Place Jourdan 1, Brussels The European Committee for Interoperable Systems sponsored a symposium to look at some of the pressing issues of inter-operability for the collection of technologies called the cloud. The videos below feature a keynote speech by Michail Bletsas, director of […]
EU General Court reduces Commission fine on Microsoft by 4 per cent – Press statement
Statement regarding EU General Court case T-167/08: Brussels, 27 June 2012 – “The European Committee for Interoperable Systems is pleased that the court essentially upheld the Commission’s actions regarding Microsoft, making only a 4 percent adjustment in the fine,” said ECIS spokesman Thomas Vinje. “Of course, today’s decision in no way changes the remedies or […]