Every day we face challenges – from the personal, such as the quickest way to get to work, or what we should eat, to global ones like climate change and how to sustainably feed and educate seven billion people on this planet, writes Rufus Pollock, Founder, Open Knowledge At Open Knowledge we believe that opening up data – and turning that data into insight – can be crucial … [Read more...]
She’s On The Money – Sophie in’t Veld Welcomes SWIFT Probe, Condemns Double Standards
“Just last week, the Belgian and Dutch data protection authorities announced an inquiry into alleged unauthorised access to the SWIFT servers; I wholeheartedly welcome this,” said Dutch MEP, Sophie in’t Veld (D66, ALDE). “The main server is located in the Netherlands, and SWIFT headquarters are based in Belgium,” said in’t Veld, adding: “The Dutch authorities have failed in … [Read more...]
German Growth ‘Normalisation’… Whatever That Might Look Like
Back to normal. After a strong second quarter, the German economy has returned to its potential growth rate in the third quarter. According to the first estimate of the German statistical office, the economy grew by 0.3% QoQ, from 0.7% QoQ in 2Q. On the year, German GDP is up by 1.1%, from 0.9% in 2Q. The individual growth components will only be released at the end of the … [Read more...]
Save 20% of European Revenue By Digitising Data, Says Ricoh
70 per cent of European business leaders believe that digitising hard copy documents would save between five and 20 per cent of their annual turnover. New research commissioned by Ricoh Europe illustrates the benefits to European businesses of tackling the ‘bigger data’ opportunity – the digitisation of business critical, hard copy documents for business decision-making. … [Read more...]