Welcome to The 451 Group's European Union Research Opinions (EURO) service. EURO reports deliver insight into EU research and development activity related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and examine the impact on the marketplace and industrial adoption. The innovation agenda is the organizing principal of The 451 Group and a key focus for EURO is providing a bridge between EU research and industrial exploitation.
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EURO Reports
CoolEmAll project brings fresh thinking to datacenter efficiency
The European Commission-funded project approaches the complex problem of improving datacenter efficiency from a number of angles.
MIS / EURO Report, 29 Nov 2011
Andrew Donoghue
PRACE project delivers world-class supercomputer facilities
Funding, building and coordinating high-end supercomputer facilities at a pan-European level is a massive undertaking. Providing training, best practice guides and support to ensure these systems are used effectively adds to the complexity.
MIS / EURO Report, 15 Nov 2011
John Barr
Could a European supercomputer company fly?
Researchers in Europe use supercomputers that are either designed and built by American companies, or use predominantly American components. But does it have to be that way?
MIS / EURO Report, 19 Jul 2011
John Barr
European Union pursues 'cloud active' strategy to spur adoption
An EU cloud strategy will feed into the Digital Agenda and Directive on Data Protection reviews.
MIS / EURO Report, 6 May 2011
William Fellows
Cloud law: EU's plans for data protection in the context of the cloud
The European Commission has spoken about its plan to enhance and harmonize the implementation of its data-protection laws in terms of the cloud.
MIS / EURO Report, 6 Dec 2010
William Fellows
BonFIRE lights the way for the cloud in Europe
The European R&D project provides a large-scale, heterogeneous experimental cloud facility. Funded by the EC, BonFIRE is being coordinated by ATOS Origin.
MIS / EURO Report, 23 Nov 2010
John Barr, Csilla Zsigri
The EU's eco-efficient IT initiatives, Part 2: projects and groups
The European Commission is channeling hundreds of millions of euros into projects that demonstrate how the IT industry can not only develop more sustainable products and services, but also apply them to other industries.
MIS / EURO Report, 2 Nov 2010
Andrew Donoghue, Andy Lawrence
The EU's eco-efficient IT initiatives, Part 1: Codes of Conduct and beyond
European authorities are pushing laws designed to promote energy-efficient IT. But this legislative burden is also being accompanied by a wedge of funding for eco-efficient IT initiatives, projects and groups.
MIS / EURO Report, 1 Nov 2010
Andrew Donoghue, Andy Lawrence
The Digital Agenda for Europe
Okay, but apart from a single market, the Euro and 65 years of peace, what has Europe done for us?
MIS / EURO Report, 14 Oct 2010
John Barr
Flexiant's FlexiScale is underpinning for €9m EU initiative
As a sign that it plans to help define the next generation of cloud infrastructure, Flexiant announces a second EU project win.
MIS / EURO Report, 24 Aug 2010
John Barr, Jason Verge, Antonio Piraino
Go-myLife project aims to improve the quality of life for older Europeans
Formally known as Going on line: my social Life, the mobile social networking project was implemented to improve the quality of life for older people through the use of new technologies.
MIS / EURO Report, 6 Aug 2010
Csilla Zsigri, Vishal Jain
Young innovators are the target of new European Commission EYIF initiative
Europe is seeking ways to fast-track the technology-innovation agenda to improve competition with the US.
MIS / EURO Report, 9 Jul 2010
William Fellows
OPTIMIS: cloud, but better
The research and development project kicked off in June 2010. It is an EU-funded cloud project that aims at optimizing cloud services.
MIS / EURO Report, 8 Jul 2010
Csilla Zsigri, William Fellows
European HPC facilities enable big science
The European Commission is funding a number of initiatives that will help to keep European scientists at the cutting edge of research, by exploiting the most advanced computer-aided simulation and analysis techniques and technologies.
MIS / EURO Report, 17 May 2010
John Barr
High-performance computing in the cloud – another perspective
A keynote presentation at the OGF28 grid conference looked inside cloud datacenters and supercomputer facilities to highlight the differences.
MIS / EURO Report, 18 Mar 2010
John Barr
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