European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: “We have made good progress on the European Research Area in recent years. It is now up to Member States and research organisations to make good on their commitments and put in place the necessary reforms. The Commission will help where it can, including with […]
Sustainable Cities and Investor Citizens – Making Urban Life Liveable Again?
Riots in the most important cities of Brazil started when taxes on public transport started to rise, just as Brazilians’ rights were going down. Mobility, and moreover, sustainable mobility, is extremely important for the fight against climate change and for the life of inhabitants. According to the United Nations, 70% of the world’s population will […]
Cloudera Partners Capgemini To Unlock Big Data Value
Capgemini, a leading consulting and technology firm is partnering Cloudera, market leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop. The partnership brings to market the combination of Cloudera’s comprehensive platform for big data management and analytics with Capgemini’s global capabilities and expertise in Business Information Management, to ensure enterprises worldwide can unlock the […]
Fight Club. Parliament Reverses Council Budget Cuts
The European Parliament reversed the Council’s proposed cuts in research and employment expenditure in 2014 in a plenary vote in Strasbourg on Wednesday. MEPs also reversed cuts in funding for international policy, such as humanitarian aid to the Middle East and Syrian refugees and added funds for the external border control agency Frontex. Parliament proposes […]
World Quality Report from Capgemini, HP and Sogeti
As the importance of application quality increases, average spending on quality assurance as a %age of the total IT budget, has grown from 18% in 2012 to 23% in 2013. Still, many organizations struggle to demonstrate to the wider business the true value of their testing function. These are the findings reported in the fifth […]
Steel Plan For Europe Announces Tajani
The European Commission today put forward an action plan for the European Steel Industry to help this sector confront today’s challenges and lay the foundations for future competitiveness by fostering innovation, creating growth and jobs. For the first time since the Davignon Plan of 1977, the Commission is proposing an Action Plan for steel. […]
