On March 13th, Sibilla Ricciardi, a European Cloud Alliance board member and CEO of the Italian legaltech start-up In2law, participated as speaker at the 2° Manufacturing Forum. The forum is organized annually in Milan by the leading Italian economic newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, and focuses on...
On 31st January, the European Cloud Alliance’s Executive Director, Kim Gagné, took part in a debate in Brussels organised by QED on Industry 4.0. Along with speakers from the European Commission, BusinessEurope and SAS, Kim Gagné highlighted the huge shift that the “4th industrial revolution”,...
Kim Gagné is the executive director of the European Cloud Alliance. EU governments, as part of the Council of the EU, should insist that the European Institutions take a principles-based, technology neutral approach to updating the ePrivacy Directive so as to preserve privacy rights, regulate technology...
The European Cloud Alliance today released its Cloud Trends Report 2018 urging European policymakers and businesses to promote digital transformation through the advancement of pro-cloud policies. The report highlights key areas on which policymakers and cloud stakeholders should focus their attention in the year ahead, including...
The EU’s draft ePrivacy regulation risks crippling innovative cloud computing services, writes Kim Gagné. Kim Gagné is the executive director of the European Cloud Alliance. Regulating evolving technologies should not be difficult: laws should be based on enduring principles. Legislators should ensure that regulation is flexible enough...
How can companies manage the IP risks triggered by the digitization of their business and operations? Industry experts discussed the issue in a roundtable hosted by the European Cloud Alliance (ECA) in Brussels. Georg Weber, leading the European Patent Office’s ICT department, Spiro Dhapi of...
Using a platform based on cloud computing, a Milanese legal services provider, in2law, is on a mission to shake up the traditional way in which law firms serve their clients. Founded in 2016 by four entrepreneurs with experience in technology and outsourcing as well as law,...
Act now to have your voice heard There is just under a week left for individuals and businesses to contribute to the European Commission’s consultation of Building a European Data Economy. As we have stated before, we believe that the free flow of data is important...
It’s easy to find that chunks of the day are swallowed by administration when you’re running a business. As a company grows, the nitty gritty of human resources absorbs an inexorably expanding amount of time. The cloud can help, says Rob O’Donovan, founder of a human...
Creating a Digital Single Market in Europe will help unlock opportunities for businesses, jobs, growth and consumers that could contribute €415 billion per year to Europe's economy. Ensuring data can flow freely across Europe’s borders is a key prerequisite for unlocking this potential. In February the...