Open government and global thinking This article is sponsored by:

Cloud for Europe: another public IT project built to fail? This article is sponsored by:

Cloud for Europe is supposed to unleash cross-border public sector procurement of cloud services, but the project has failure written all over it

Is Europe blinded by Silicon Envy? This article is sponsored by:

Does Europe have a bad case of Silicon Envy? And if it does, how best to shake this off and take a more positive outlook on developing a European technology industry?

Unraveling the cloud in Europe This article is sponsored by:

A progress update on Europe's policy moves to encourage uptake of cloud computing with a strategy for standards, a code of conduct and industry partnership

Lobbying government? Be careful what you wish for This article is sponsored by:

Cloud industry players have been lobbying policy makers to take them seriously. Now that they have their attention, they are complaining.

Europe stirs the crucible of data privacy This article is sponsored by:

The EU's plans to harmonize data protection have stirred a crucible of strong emotions that play across three separate dimensions

PRISM exploitation drives EU's data protection overhaul This article is sponsored by:

The European Parliament's civil liberties and home affairs committee will next week vote on more than 4000 amendments to highly controversial data protection proposals which could have a major impact on the global digital economy.

High stakes threaten EU cloud strategy This article is sponsored by:

Conflicting viewpoints and a fast timetable are putting pressure on Europe's high-stakes efforts to define its cloud strategy.

A red tape-wrapped rant at Europe's flawed cloud thinking This article is sponsored by:

I'm incredibly sceptical about the efforts from the European Commission to create a 'European Cloud', fearing as I do that the ongoing PRISM scandal is being exploited to support a political agenda in Europe. Here's the latest document from the Commission which makes me rather annoyed.

Europe calls for US regime change in the cloud This article is sponsored by:

The war of words around the PRISM scandal and its impact on the cloud taken on positively Dr Strangelove levels as a new EU report calls for commercial pressure to force a change in US law. That's going to work, isn't it?

European cloud adopters cautious on privacy This article is sponsored by:

Do privacy rules pose a barrier to cloud adoption in Europe? Gatwick's CIO explains how the airport handles data protection in its move to the cloud

Europe's big chance in the global apps market This article is sponsored by:

Apps in the 28 European Union states generated €10.2 billion last year - a figure that is expected to increase to a whopping €14.9 billion in 2016. Will the EU now create the right conditions to build on this solid foundation?

Digital Britain and Cameron's dubious moral crusade This article is sponsored by:

Self-congratulation, warmed-up policy commitments and the re-inforcement of a mis-judged moral crusade to score 'tough' headlines - the latest government report on Digital Britain.