The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. On March 27, I had the pleasure of attending the third annual Summit of the International Association of...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. Some months back I wrote an article on cyber-threats in the European Union. This article was based on data...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists.

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. The use of the Internet, PCs, smart phones and tablets have become an indispensable part of how we study,...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. More protection for EU citizens, but organizational costs for enterprises, with sanctions determined at the...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. Last Tuesday was Safer Internet Day (SID), an annual campaign that promotes a healthy Internet for...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. In the last ten years Microsoft has invested heavily in user privacy. Just like security, privacy...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. In November 2008, the French magazine Le Tigre published "Marc L.," a portrait of a 29-year-old who worked...

Earlier this year, the European Commission adopted a wide-ranging strategy on IPRs. This strategy sets out a blueprint for a number of initiatives the Commission intends to launch between now and 2012 in various areas, including patents, trade marks, geographical indications, copyright licensing and digital libraries. The ambitious work programme was also mentioned in the most recent Commission Work...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. FUTURES interview with ROBERT MADELIN, Director-general for Information Society and Media at the European...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. I recently visited Brussels, where the European Union has its main base of operations.  I had the...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. This week in Luxembourg, the European Commission is hosting its 7th annual Safer Internet Forum, bringing...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. There is a lot going on right now in the area of ‘cybersecurity’ – improving the security...

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. More than 100 million people in Western Europe will buy a smartphone this year. Within minutes of opening the...

Cloud computing is the crest of the wave of new and better computing possibilities – giving more efficient and cost-effective ways to run small and large organizations, and providing new applications and flexibility for individual and corporate users.  As you may have seen our CEO Steve Ballmer say, “Microsoft is ‘all in’ for the Cloud”. 

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. Scammers are getting more clever. But software companies and policymakers are becoming smarter too.

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. As those of you following policy issues in Europe are aware, data protection and online privacy are hot...

While the web, blogs and social networks have given users more freedom to express themselves, a substantial amount of political or otherwise motivated discourse has moved into the digital realm. Where controversial or contested content is at stake, companies in the ICT sector and policymakers face increasing challenges to respond. We all agree on the right to free expression in principle, and recognize that...

The Centre for eGovernance Development in Ljubljana and the Austrian Computer Society in Vienna have co-organised the 9th Eastern European eGov Days on "eGovernment in Times of Economic Challenges”.

Spurred by pressing questions about Internet security and fundamental rights, our second digital values event “Securely Connected” brought together key stakeholders from EU institutions, industry and NGOs to discuss the security challenges consumers face in an increasingly connected world

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. You might imagine that counterfeiting and piracy were a thing of the past, particularly in the EU, but sadly...

Healthcare is one of the top priorities for Europe surpassing such segments as education, household. But it is also one of the most complex areas of development due to the variety of interests involved. To share best practices in implementation of eHealth projects as well as to address issues preventing their success, Microsoft in cooperation with Center of eGovernment Development South...

New technologies become interwoven with our everyday lives and our relationship with gadgets is constantly evolving. Do the current terms and concepts of consumer protection remain valid in the digital age? What are the new vulnerabilities and do we need to re-learn consumer protection?

On the topic of cloud computing, Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, put a stake in the ground recently at the World Economic Forum, saying that she wanted Europe not simply to be cloud-friendly but also to be cloud-active. I was pleased to see her emphasis on several legal, technical and commercial issues that are most relevant to a...

Over the last couple of decades, computing and the array of human interactions it facilitates have played a massive role in changing the way we live. Wikileaks and the civilian revolution in Egypt are two globally visible examples, but computing, now interwoven with almost every aspect of our lives, also affects us on very private levels. Companies across the ICT sector are increasingly intermediary to our...

The online world allows for people to be more connected than ever before. On the other hand, increasing connectivity intensifies the security risks.

Just how strong is trust in a modern society? The more we depend on technologies to carry out or mediate our everyday activities, the more we need to make sure that we trust them to do so. How do you inspire user trust without any face-to-face contact? Do we need trustmarks or rather trust user experience?

One of the Commission’s long-time dreams, according to the recent Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, has been an EU “single market” where people can trade without barriers between all of its Member States. The digital revolution that launched buying, selling and services online is helping this...

Microsoft’s announcement this week of new privacy-enhancing technologies in our upcoming Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser is our latest move towards giving users simple, clear options for controlling how their information is used on the internet.

Cybercrime is a serious matter. The ability to protect and secure citizens and enable them to trust the Internet are however critical elements for economic development. In striving to reach this aim we must ask many tough questions; what should government and industry be doing to secure the IT infrastructure? How much should we invest and how? And should any investment be in technology, infrastructure or...

I had the pleasure of opening the first European Summit of Microsoft’s Health Users Group this week in Brussels. The focus of the summit was on using cloud computing to create a “win-win” in the provisioning of wellbeing, that is, reducing costs while increasing the satisfaction of patients and health care providers.

Cloud computing may indeed become one of the backbones of our digital future”, stated Vice-President Kroes in a speech on "Cloud computing and data protection". While discussing the potential opportunity that cloud computing represents, and that “the free movement of personal data within the EU is another way to help to complete the Digital Single Market in Europe”, she emphasized...

For some, the talk of cloud computing produces more haze than light, and there is no doubt: we all need to see the deeper analysis of the economics of the cloud in order to make decisions about information technology strategies.  I work with public administrations across Europe, and see that the interest level in cloud computing is high, but there is also widespread desire for better understanding of...

Consumers are at the heart of the EU Digital Agenda, and for very good reason. It is the consumerization of ICT that plays an icreasing role in incentivizing innovation in the ICT sector. We will see measure and initiatives that aim at improving transparency of online rights and increasing trust over the next years. Technology can play an important part in supporting these goals.

In a packed auditorium at the European Parliament, the Commissioner for the EU Internal Market (DG Markt) Michel Barnier and European Parliament members Edit Herczog, Bill Newton Dunn and Andreas Schwab hosted a prize giving for the “Real Fake” schools competitions, followed by an exhibition.

Chances are you already have a reputation online, even if you don't want one. On Web sites across the Internet, people can find information about you.

Microsoft welcomes the “Digital Agenda for Europe” as a bold roadmap for action. We share the European Commission’s view that technology is an enabler for economic growth, job creation, sustainability and social inclusion. As a company, we are fully committed to working with the European Commission and governments to realize the potential of Europe's digital future.

In the past few weeks, a set of remarkable documents have been released, all addressing the fight against cybercrime. They all miss one important thing though: Love. 

One aspect of government we thoroughly dislike here in the UK is useless and inefficient bureaucracy. 

Microsoft strongly supports the efforts of the European Commission and governments across Europe to build smart, sustainable and inclusive growth outlined in the Europe 2020 strategy.

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 needed. This will provide many new opportunities for businesses and other organisations to manage large amounts of data and activities securely, efficiently and cost-effectively.

This is an advertorial that we have produced recently with the European Commission in support of the European e-Skills Week (1-5 March 2010).

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 Microsoft EMEA – and to point you to his blog, Roger's Security Blog, which he updates at least once a week.

  On Thursday 4th February in Abuja, Nigeria, a gathering of pop and rap musicians, led by producer and world renowned song writer Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo released “Maga No Need Pay” an amazing song which discourages the youth from engaging in cybercrime. Associate General Counsel Tim Cranton, head of the Digital Crimes Unit at Microsoft Corp, blogged on this launch -  read his post.

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 focus on the theme “Think before you post!”

To celebrate Safer Internet Day 2010 and for the second year in a row, Microsoft subsidiaries across Europe are organizing employee volunteering activities to educate children, teachers and parents on how to make the best of the internet, and avoid the risks. Through local partnerships with NGOs, schools, customers and partners, around 650 Microsoft employees in 24 subsidiaries throughout Europe will train...

Microsoft, in partnership with European Voice and its sister publications in Washington DC, Roll Call and Congressional Quarterly, is hosting a high-level transatlantic dialogue on how technology can enable innovation and transformation in the field of health.

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 counterfeit software with the real victim of counterfeits at its center - the end-consumer.

Views and commentaries from Europe’s ICT & eHealth thought leaders. Filmed during the Friends of Europe Summit in Brussels - December 2009.

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 of cheap and obvious items sold in situations far from those where we buy originals.

Interoperability and building trust in the privacy and security of eHealth systems is the route to patient-centric healthcare

The internet can act as a platform for Europe’s innovation and imagination, but only if public confidence is maintained and cybercrime tackled effectively. We are helping to establish a trusted community across the internet, embracing people, data, software and hardware.  Also, partnering with other leading technology companies, we have founded the ‘Trust in Digital Life’ partnership...

eHealth is key to better patient care. Here are the basics, as described by a series of experts. Filmed at an event hosted by Microsoft Europe - Interoperability and eHealth - in September 2009.

The Internet and other modern information and communication technologies are transforming Europe's economy and society on a scale never seen before, offering opportunities for new forms of social interaction and innovative personalised services, and providing huge potential for economic growth. But can we trust them?

Innovation in the ICT sector has transformed how a large segment of the world's population works, communicates, learns, shops and plays. Today's online consumer benefits from unprecedented access to information and services - and most of it for free.