Why the acquisition of ARM by Nvidia should be prohibited
Nvidia wants to acquire ARM from the Japanese Softbank. Both parties have agreed to the acquisition, and it is now up to the authorities to approve this takeover. Our opinion is that this takeover should be blocked. This is a bad plan for the semiconductor industry as well as for all countries that...
Infosys acquires GuideVision, boosts European ServiceNow profile
Infosys will expand their European enterprise offering with GuideVision's ServiceNow consultancy, training and software.
Infosys has acquired GuideVision, a management consultancy firm with a strong European presence as a ServiceNow partner.
The deal was announced on 14 September and i...
Dutch, Belgium and French providers target of DDOS attacks
A number of providers in the Netherlands, Belgium and France have stated that they were under fire last week from targeted DDoS attacks. Among them are Delta, Online.nl, FreedomNet and Tweak.nl.
The NBIP informed ZDNet that the attacks took place at the end of August and that several providers w...
Should Europe compete for technological world domination?
The United States is in the process of increasing their dominance in the world. It does this by arguing with other countries, starting trade wars and by banning companies, products and services. The technology sector plays a major role in their attempt to stay in the lead. The trade war is focusing...
European public cloud project GAIA-X has been launched
Recently, France and Germany launched GAIA-X. This public cloud project should provide standards and interoperability to European cloud initiatives.
The GAIA-X cloud project is a European initiative for a data-infrastructure and ecosystem that follows the European values and standards around dig...
Huawei expects to supply 5G hardware to European providers
Huawei is convinced that it will be able to provide European telecom providers with 5G technology. However, the United States is trying to stop European allies, as it would have evidence that the Chinese manufacturer is spying.
In the United States, a proposal was adopted in the Senate last week...
Oracle fires 1300 people in Europe
A bummer for Oracle employees in Europe yesterday afternoon: the Irish Times reports that Oracle has announced at the Dublin office that 1300 people are going to be fired. Most of the layoffs will happen in Dublin, but Amsterdam and Malaga are not left out.
The people who will be fired are mainl...
EU follows example UK: no ban on Huawei 5G-networks
The
European Commission does not intend to prevent Huawei from rolling out a 5G-network in Europe. With this decision, the EU follows the
United Kingdom that has
previously indicated it will ban
Huawei either. A setback in a for the American government.
The US announced some time ago that it ban...
Europe wants a European data market to break American dominance
The European Union has taken up the plan to develop a European data market, in which data from large European companies can be exchanged. The goal is to enable innovation and break the American dominance of Amazon, Facebook and Google.
The presentation of this plan will take place on 19 February...
Welcome to Techzine.eu: Europe, here we come!
Today, September 26th, 2019, is the day we launch Techzine.eu and head for Europe. We will cover the latest news in enterprise IT, and more importantly, offer in-depth background stories about enterprise IT.
In Europe, the Techzine brand is new to people, but in the Netherlands, we have been aro...
European Android users can choose their own standard search engine
Early next year, Google will add a new option for Android users in Europe, allowing them to choose the standard search engine. This is Google's response to a fine imposed by the European Commission last year.
The selected search engine is then used in the search bar on the home screen of the phon...
Facebook Like button makes European websites responsible for data sharing
According to the European Court of Justice, websites that contain a like-button from Facebook are co-responsible for the collection of data. These websites are also responsible for sending the data to the social network.
The decision was made in a case about the German website Fashion ID, NU.nl writ...