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To Dublin, in search of evidence

To Dublin, in search of evidence

By Paul Miller on April 16, 2013

I travelled to Ireland last week, to attend the second meeting of the European Data Forum (EDF). The EDF provided travel support for my trip, and I am grateful to them for that. I was searching for evidence of ways in which smart use of data is having a transformative effect upon European businesses. Although some […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged big data, croke park, data markets, data value chain, deri, dublin, edf, edf_13, edf13, European Commission, european data forum, ireland, Linked Data, open data

Europe Sets Course for Cloud

Europe Sets Course for Cloud

By John Taschek on January 31, 2012

There’s a perception that cloud computing has become a “mature” technology, a perception shared by few but anticipated by most everyone else with the exception of those trying to preserve their self-interests. I don’t blame them – each person inherently protects self-interests. They’re wrong though. Cloud is not mature. It is evolving.  The paradox is […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged CERN, cloud computing, competition, David Bradshaw, ec, efficiency, European Commission, Government, idc, industry, innovation, Neelie Kroes, public cloud, Public sector, Web/Tech

Nurturing the market for Data Markets

Nurturing the market for Data Markets

By Paul Miller on January 10, 2012

From Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace to the eponymous DataMarket, or InfoChimps, Factual, and Kasabi, there’s resurgent interest in the venerable business of collecting, curating, and commercialising data created by others. But despite investment and innovation, there isn’t yet the matching evidence for much use or — even — interest amongst prospective customers. In principle, at least, these data markets […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged big data, cloud computing, data market, data marketplace, data store, DataMarket, European Commission, Experian, Factual, Gapminder, IBM, infochimps, kasabi, microsoft, open data, Redmonk, windows azure

The myth of a data free trade policy

The myth of a data free trade policy

By Paul Miller on January 9, 2012

The border between the USA and Canada, in Washington State In my last post I looked at the USA PATRIOT Act, and at some of the ways in which it exemplifies differences in attitude and approach on either side of the Atlantic. In our increasingly connected world, these differences begin to pose quite serious challenges […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged big data, cloud computing, data, davos, Derrick Harris, European Commission, Free trade, Government, National Foreign Trade Council, personal data, personally identifiable data, United States, USA PATRIOT Act, wef, wef12, world economic forum

Microsoft, the USA PATRIOT Act, and European cloud computing

Microsoft, the USA PATRIOT Act, and European cloud computing

By Paul Miller on January 9, 2012

Microsoft announced last month that its Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, Office 365, will better comply with European guidelines to ensure that customer data is adequately protected. This move is certainly welcome, but the long-armed spectre of the USA PATRIOT Act continues to hang over Microsoft and other US companies, regardless of customers’ nationality […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, cloud computing, data privacy, data protection, data protection act, Data Protection Directive, dpa, European Commission, european data protection, European Union, European Union law, microsoft, Microsoft Office 365, Office 365, Patriot Act, personal privacy, United States | 1 Response

Lessening the Pain of Data Roaming With Onavo

Lessening the Pain of Data Roaming With Onavo

By Paul Miller on March 7, 2011

I am in the Belgian city of Brussels at the moment, which means that my mobile phone is ‘roaming;’ off my UK network and being charged a scary amount of money to access data. Travelling to Europe is less scary than going elsewhere in the world, as I’m ‘only’ charged about £3 per Mb here. […]

Posted in Mobile | Tagged cloud computing, European Commission, guy rosen, iphone, Mobile network operator, Mobile phone, onavo, Roaming, smartphone

Apps, App Stores, and Government Data

Apps, App Stores, and Government Data

By Paul Miller on October 26, 2010

Image via Wikipedia A short report that I was commissioned to write for the European Public Sector Information Platform has just been published. The rise of the App: a PSI opportunity? introduces (smartphone) apps and app stores to those in European governments responsible for meeting their obligations under the 2003 Public Sector Information (PSI) Directive. […]

Posted in Mobile | Tagged app, app store, ec, epsi, epsiplatform, epsiplus, European Commission, open data, psi, psi directive, Public sector, public sector information

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