CISPE Launches European Cloud Competition Observatory
Established as key element of Microsoft Settlement, ECCO will scrutinise Unfair Software Licensing...
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Now European Companies Hold the Keys to Make Trust Frameworks a Reality
€20 billion annual opportunity from specifying Gaia-X Trust Frameworks and Labels in cloud...
CISPE Cloud Switching Framework lowers compliance burden and lays foundation for automated verification
4th November 2024, Brussels. CISPE’s Cloud Switching Framework (CISPE Framework), available now,...
CISPE Reinforces European Focus
Enhanced majorities for European and SME members underline CISPE’s support for Europe’s cloud...
Little Support for Commission’s Connectivity Vision
The European Commission's White Paper on Connectivity is not representative of the market reality...
Extending telco regulation to the cloud risks harming European consumers, businesses and the Digital Agenda
This week, Analysys Mason, a respected telecoms consulting firm, presented a study that highlights...
CISPE response to Draghi Report
The Draghi Report presents a comprehensive and incisive examination of European competitiveness at...
CISPE Cloud Switching Framework Published to Support Timely Compliance with EU Data Act
The countdown to the EU Data Act deadline has already started. Although the obligations to...
CISPE responds to Commission consultation on the future of Europe’s digital infrastructure
In late June, CISPE responded to the European Commission’s Consultation on the White Paper titled...
CISPE and Microsoft Agree Settlement in Fair Software Licensing Case
Microsoft offers new product to settle unfair software licensing claims Nine-month deadline...
CMA suggests link between unfair software licensing and cloud competition
Last week, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its working paper on...
The EUDCA and CISPE host an Energy Efficiency Directive Roundtable with Leading European Representatives
Brussels, 29 May 2024 Today, the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) and Cloud Infrastructure...
Big Boost for Fair Software Licensing
In spite of national holidays across Europe last week, it was a busy time for those campaigning...
CISPE Statement on most recent Broadcom concessions
Broadcom is responding to the pressure from customers, partners and the European Commission by...
Broadcom’s response to market outrage solves nothing
Minor changes, in response to pressure from European Commission, do not address key issues...
CISPE Statement on current EUCS compromise draft
The EUCS certification framework will enhance security and privacy across European cloud services,...
Microsoft Faces Global Scrutiny
South Africa joins growing list of jurisdictions probing Microsoft’s unfair software licensing...
France stands up for fair software licensing
Well done France! Yesterday, the two French parliamentary chambers reached a compromise text that...
Broadcom’s brutal contract termination and imposition of prohibitive new licensing terms will decimate Europe’s Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud services essential to public and private sector organisations, including local government,...
New Evidence: Selling Microsoft Software Destroys Profit Margin for Cloud Service Providers in Europe
Brussels, 8th March 2024. Cloud infrastructure providers in Europe are faced with an impossible...