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...
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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...
CISPE and Microsoft Open Discussions on ending Unfair Software Licensing
Today, CISPE confirms that it has opened discussions with Microsoft aimed at resolving ongoing...
Yet More Evidence of Microsoft’s Discriminatory Prices in Europe
New research from CCIA reiterates the significant harm visited upon cloud infrastructure service...
Unfair Software Licensing is the Real Barrier
Google’s announcement on egress fees reiterates the message that CISPE has been relaying for...
EU Data Act Represents a New Era in Cloud Data Portability
Today (11 January) marks the entry into force of the EU Data Act, marking significant milestone in...
Unfair Software Licensing Recognised as The Key Issue by Cloud Competition Inquiries
The Voice of Smaller Players Must be Heard as Discriminatory Prices Cause Ongoing Harm Last week...
Gaia-X prend de l’ampleur avec le lancement du premier catalogue fédéré de services de cloud
Les utilisateurs de services cloud peuvent désormais rechercher et comparer des services qui...
Gaia-X Builds Momentum with First Federated Cloud Services Catalogue
Cloud users can now search and compare cloud services that meet all Gaia-X trust elements for...
UK CMA first competition authority to take the lead and formally investigate unfair software licensing in the cloud
Yesterday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority announced the scope of its cloud market...
The CMA must grasp this golden opportunity to end unfair software licensing
“Ofcom’s report [..] outlines concerns it has heard about the software licensing practices of some...
Three steps the European Commission can take right now to help achieving the EU’s digital targets by 2030
Last Wednesday, the European Commission published its first Report taking stock of the EU’s...