Vodafone plans to hire 7,000 engineers in Europe by 2025
Vodafone plans to recruit 7,000 software engineers for its European workforce by 2025. The hope is that this addition will speed up its transition from a traditional telecom provider into a technology company.
The belief by the firm is that 5G, fiber, IoT, and digital platforms investments will ...
The US drops tariff threat over global tax agreement
The United States withdrew its threat of tariffs against five European countries over their digital services taxes, as part of a deal to manage the transition to a new global tax policy for large corporations. Austria, France, Britain, Spain, and Italy will get to enforce their digital taxes until ...
Qualitest now has a presence in Europe after acquiring telexiom
Qualitest announced on Tuesday the acquisition of telexiom GmbH, a Cologne-based IT consulting and services specialist. The acquisition is Qualitest’s fourth this year, giving the company a strong base in Germany.
Germany is Europe’s largest and faster-growing IT market at almost 41 billion ...
Borrell’s speech marks shift in EU’s stance on China’s threats to Taiwan
The EU’s foreign policy chief has significantly added to the bloc’s rhetoric concerning China’s threat to Taiwan. In what has been billed the most comprehensive chief yet on Taiwan, which China considers its territory, Joseph Borell on Tuesday raised concerns regarding Beijing’s escalation ...
The Competition DG is put under the microscope by the EU Ombudsman
The EU Ombudsman has escalated an investigation regarding ‘revolving doors’ at the European Commission. Their focus will be on Margrethe Vestager’s well-connected and powerful competition department, which has lost some of its experienced people to prominent law firms.
The regulators, who ...
Microsoft Dynamics specialist Quantiq is acquired by Avanade
Quantiq is now under the control of Avanade, the $2+-billion Microsoft solution provider company. Quantiq is headquartered in London and employs 300 people. It has won the coveted Microsoft Business Applications Inner Circle award for five years running.
The terms of the deal were kept private. ...
Ericsson will cut back on China operations after Huawei retaliation
Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson announced to reduce operations in China after experiencing a significant sales drop in one of its biggest markets because of retaliation related to Sweden's ban on the Chinese giant Huawei preventing it from selling 5G gear in...
Europe allocates €227 million in funding to tech startups
The European Commission’s European Innovation Council has picked 65 startups and small companies to get some funding from a pot worth €363m.
The EIC accelerator program mandates that each company gets a combination of grant financing and equity investments of up to €17m to develop and scal...
‘EU tech regulations unfairly target Silicon Valley’
The EU’s efforts to curb Silicon Valley using new competition rules are becoming an irritant in the transatlantic relationship. The sentiment follows the two sides' commitment to deepen tech and trade ties. Senior officials from Washington and Brussels gathered in Pittsburg last month.
The mee...
Ireland’s decision about Facebook sparks argument about limits of GDPR
EU officials are getting ready to fight regarding how much control companies should have over the processing of personal data after a decision targeting Facebook came out of Ireland’s privacy regulator, triggering pushback from campaigners.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said last week...
Intel unveils its multi-chiplet Sapphire Rapids CPU with HBM
Intel confirmed that the 4th Generation Xeon Scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processors will have on-package HBM memory in late 2020. However, the company has never demonstrated an actual CPU equipped with HBM or given details of the DRAM configuration.
The company finally showcased the processor...
Parallels Desktop 17.1 brings full support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11
Parallels was updated to version 17 earlier this year with enhancements that included drag and drop between Windows and macOS, a virtual TPM chip, and more. The company has released Parallels Desktop 17.1, which brings support for macOS Monterey and Windows 11.
Parallels shared the release in a ...