Microsoft President International at INSEAD: IT and climate change I've just re-watched this video of Jean-Philippe Courtois talking to INSEAD about the role that IT can play in mitigating climate change, answering... Read more >>

Environment Dashboard The Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX enables midsize businesses to easily track their environmental impact and energy... Read more >>

New models to help understand European forests and climate change Major advances in data availability, together with recent advances in computational modeling and data analysis techniques, are enabling Microsoft... Read more >>

Environment Dashboard The Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX enables midsize businesses to easily track their environmental impact and energy... Read more >>

Somniloquy Scientists from Microsoft Research in the United Kingdom and the United States and University of California have developed a prototype that allows... Read more >>

Microsoft Helps Businesses Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Costs The Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX enables midsize businesses to easily track their environmental impact and energy... Read more >>

Contributing to a “Better Climate” through Cloud Technology With Eye On Earth providing near to real-time information on Water and Air quality, encouraging two-way collaboration with citizens, Environmental... Read more >>

Environment Atlas for Europe The European Environment Agency and Microsoft launched their latest project this month - the Environmental Atlas of Europe (Atlas) at the United... Read more >>

Environmental Atlas of Europe The European Environment Agency and Microsoft launched their latest project this month - the Environmental Atlas of Europe (Atlas) at the United... Read more >>

'Sleep Talking' PC’s Save Energy and Money A group of scientists from Microsoft Research in the United Kingdom and the United States and University of California have developed a prototype that... Read more >>

European web event extraordinaire: Le Web What is Le Web? Read more >>

Webinar on “Skills for Innovation”: introducing the main results from the Microsoft - IDC e-Skills Study As you might have read in my recent post, the IDC last week published a report sponsored by Microsoft, entitled “Post Crisis: e-skills are needed to... Read more >>

An insider’s take on the Dublin Data Centre: growth prospects and the local response We were very proud to announce the grand opening of our Dublin data centre in September 2009. 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 >>

Constructive disruption Microsoft’s Akhtar Badshah wants to be a disruptive influence Read more >>

Jean-Philippe Courtois on The Good Entrepreneur Heard of The Good Entrepreneur? It’s a TV show where entrepreneurs from across Europe compete for a hefty prize package of €250,000 by attempting to... Read more >>

Windows 7 and European ICT growth Erich Andersen, VP and Deputy General Counsel of the Windows Business at Microsoft, speaking about Windows 7 as a potential driver of the European ICT... Read more >>

An expert’s take: The state of European entrepreneurship Cliff Reeves – General Manager of the Emerging Business Team (which in non-Microsoft speak means he works with start-ups and investors to help... Read more >>

John Vassallo on cloud computing and growth Microsoft's Vice President for EU affairs blogs via video on how ICT can stimulate Europe's growth 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 >>

Environmental Atlas of Europe Atlas, an online portal, uses the intuitive interface of Bing Maps to allow people to view stories about the impact of climate change across Europe. Read more >>

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

John Vassallo on Cloud Computing & Growth in Europe Microsoft's Vice President for EU Affairs talks about the role of ICT into driving European growth Read more >>

Best of Growth & Innovation Day Best of with Viviane Reding, Meglena Kuneva, Neil Holloway, John Vassallo, Alexandr Vondra, Jan Muelfheit 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 >>

European Research Council set for growth, says president The ERC head urges basic research for economic growth – and charts a course for expansion Read more >>

A helping hand allows Hungarian firm to fund logistics project Since Hungary's accession into the European Union, the number of logistics operators in the country has been growing fast. This is particularly true... 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 >>

Microsoft sponsors prestigious award for European research One of Europe's leading pioneers in the field of medical image analysis has been awarded the €250,000 Royal Society and Académie des sciences... 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 >>

Hungarian start-up secures 100 per cent funding for photosmart project Budapest-based start-up eSpirit sought help from European Union Grants Advisor (EUGA) and applied for government funding to develop a new Web-based... Read more >>

Europe’s digital future: the challenges ahead The Lisbon Strategy's aim is to make the EU ‘the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic... Read more >>

Austrian start-up secures funding for video telephony project Vienna-based start-up IQ Mobile found that obtaining funding to develop innovative solutions was a straightforward exercise. It was awarded 15 per... Read more >>