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Become the director of your own orchestra with Damassama

Become the director of your own orchestra with Damassama

It took a year for the artist Léonore Mercier to create Damassama, a unique installation of its kind. Trained for a year at the national studio... More
Microsoft vision: the future of living, working and playing

Microsoft vision: the future of living, working and playing

Back in the early days of Microsoft, our mission was to put a PC on every desk and in every home — an ambitious goal for the time. Behind that... More
VIDEO: Building an innovative & cost effective health system in Europe

VIDEO: Building an innovative & cost effective health system in Europe

Health modernization empowers citizens to take greater control over the management of their health. Citizens are increasingly demanding personalized... More
Exclusive video: Bill Gates on Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Surface

Exclusive video: Bill Gates on Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Surface

I often tell people I’ve got one of the best jobs at Microsoft; I get the opportunity to meet and talk with the people here who brew the special... More
Health Modernization: the role of ICT in strengthening the health system in Europe

Health Modernization: the role of ICT in strengthening the health system in Europe

I had the great pleasure of discussing the role of ICT in modernizing Europe’s health systems with Paul Timmers, at the time Director of ICT... More
Gaming technology helps children with cerebral palsy

Gaming technology helps children with cerebral palsy

The Helene Elsass Center along with Microsoft Partner Commentor and Mitii Development A/S is building a programme called Mitii Kinect to help children... More
Surface: new family of PCs for Windows

Surface: new family of PCs for Windows

On 18 June, we have unveiled Surface: a new family of PCs built to be the ultimate stage for Windows. You can view here, company executives... More
Portuguese Hospital moves to the cloud to be more efficient in tough economic times

Portuguese Hospital moves to the cloud to be more efficient in tough economic times

Back in 2010, I had a vision to build an information system that would advance the pace of delivering quality healthcare and challenge the perception... More
North Rhine-Westphalia Police delivers mobile innovation to its employees and residents

North Rhine-Westphalia Police delivers mobile innovation to its employees and residents

The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Police is the largest police force in Germany with 50,000 police officers serving about 19 million people. The NRW... More
Building an innovative and competitive environment for SMEs in Europe

Building an innovative and competitive environment for SMEs in Europe

As always on our website, we try and bring you a wide variety of opinion pieces from specialist guest bloggers from both the private and public... More
VIDEO: Take a peek into our cloud data centres

VIDEO: Take a peek into our cloud data centres

The internet is developing at a tremendous pace as more businesses and people worldwide gain access to a vast range of online services. Increasingly,... More
Gaming can promote mobility, balance and coordination in the ageing population

Gaming can promote mobility, balance and coordination in the ageing population

Have you ever thought that gaming could make us live better and longer? Europe increasingly needs prevention and health promotion, integrated... More
Video interview: How cloud computing can help public sector in Europe make difficult choices

Video interview: How cloud computing can help public sector in Europe make difficult choices

Following the recent economic downturn, public sector administration across Europe have had to make some tough financial decisions, whilst still... More
“Getting the elephant out of the room!" European Employability Alliance calls for a more inclusive workforce

“Getting the elephant out of the room!" European Employability Alliance calls for a more inclusive workforce

“This is not a niche group!”, “ Let’s not still be having the same discussion in 20 years!”, “Let’s get the... More
Vital value of the cloud: Delivering patient-centred care

Vital value of the cloud: Delivering patient-centred care

Can cloud computing put patients in control of their own health information? How can innovations in cloud technology help improve general standards of... More
Policy for fostering innovation

Policy for fostering innovation

Since the launch of the Innovation Union flagship by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn last October, instruments and policies to improve the... More
Working towards a reality: carbon-clean companies in the cloud

Working towards a reality: carbon-clean companies in the cloud

Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist on ICT, Rob Bernard, passed through Brussels again last month. I had the chance to continue from... More
Size doesn’t matter: transforming small businesses in the cloud

Size doesn’t matter: transforming small businesses in the cloud

Size doesn’t matter anymore, the over-riding lesson we are learning worldwide is that a business that gets ahead of the curve is a smart one,... More
Channel 4 News gets a peek of the future

Channel 4 News gets a peek of the future

Benjamin Cohen of Channel 4 News in the UK visited Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, recently and my colleague Steve Clayton took him... More
Enhancing the web with multilingual content

Enhancing the web with multilingual content

Availability of content on the internet in languages other than English remains a problem and in particular several European languages. More
Securing Europe’s future: innovation and technical progress are key, says Barroso

Securing Europe’s future: innovation and technical progress are key, says Barroso

As the President of Microsoft International I had the honour of hosting the Government Leadership Forum (GLF) in London. More
1-minute video: what can Microsoft do for the environment?

1-minute video: what can Microsoft do for the environment?

I'm often asked why Microsoft is getting involved in environmental issues: people assume it is not our issue or that internet and communication... More
Steve Ballmer on Digital Giants

Steve Ballmer on Digital Giants

The BBC’s Digital Giants series features a video from Steve Ballmer, where he discusses the next big things online and how they will change our... More
In Steve Ballmer’s own words: DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!

In Steve Ballmer’s own words: DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS!

Developers are the lifeblood of Microsoft. I know, I know, it’s a well-worn Microsoft mantra but believe me, it’s never been more true.... More
Expert interviews: innovating in Europe

Expert interviews: innovating in Europe

Innovation is now the catch phrase for the European Commission but an important one to try and resolve issues facing the EU and the world. From... More
Fiat EcoDrive Video

Fiat EcoDrive Video

Fiat Ecodrive lets you record your driving information on a usb stick and then use this information find out how to lower your driving emissions on... More

Webinar: Introducing an eHealth study on enabling technology for a healthier Europe

The eHealth landscape offers both opportunities and barriers to policy makers in the EU 27 member states which are not just about technical issues of... More
Craig Mundie talks e-health and technology policy in the cloud area

Craig Mundie talks e-health and technology policy in the cloud area

Last week I published a video interview I conducted with Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, where he explains his... More
 Big ideas: Craig Mundie talks cloud computing

Big ideas: Craig Mundie talks cloud computing

I had the pleasure of interviewing Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, when he was last in Brussels. More
Map my climate

Map my climate

New and unique climate site illustrates for the first time in 3D how climate change affects you, your city and your home - and what you can do to... More
Microsoft helps Volvo improve environment sustainability with unified communications

Microsoft helps Volvo improve environment sustainability with unified communications

Volvo chose Microsoft technology to help improve the company's collaboration, communication and environmental sustainability efforts.... More
Chairman of Microsoft Europe video blog: future challenges for Europe

Chairman of Microsoft Europe video blog: future challenges for Europe

I was asked to describe in 5 minutes how we can help to overcome the challenges facing Europe. More
Somniloquy

Somniloquy

Scientists from Microsoft Research in the United Kingdom and the United States and University of California have developed a prototype that allows... More
An interview: Microsoft and the European innovation agenda

An interview: Microsoft and the European innovation agenda

As part of its drive to foster innovation and the knowledge economy in Europe, the Commission has designated 2009 as the Year of Creativity &... More
Eye on Earth Project Demo

Eye on Earth Project Demo

Prof. Jacqueline McGlade at EEA, Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist at Microsoft Corp and Ludo de Bock, Senior Director EU and NATO,... More
Jean Philippe Courtois on innovation (from the back of a cab)

Jean Philippe Courtois on innovation (from the back of a cab)

The President of Microsoft International, Jean Philippe Courtois, was recently interviewed in the back of a cab (of all places). In a 3 minute... More
Windows 7 and interoperability

Windows 7 and interoperability

Erich Andersen, VP and Deputy General Counsel of the Windows Business at Microsoft, speaking about the prevalence of interoperability in Windows 7. More
More on Garbage Information Gathering

More on Garbage Information Gathering

Garbage Information Gathering eases up the clean-up in Roskilde Festival using mobile technology More
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