CISPE adds two new board members, reconfirms six
CISPE Board restates its commitment to supporting cloud computing fundamentals for the success of a European digital economy Brussels - 3rd June 2022. At the General Assembly of members of the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe last week, two new board...
CISPE responds to Microsoft’s announcement of new European Cloud Initiative
Responding to Brad Smith’s announcement at the Bruegel event, CISPE Secretary General, Francisco Mingorance said: “We cannot rely on the goodwill or even the charity of any gatekeeper. Microsoft must abide by the law including competition law. It must make concrete...
Third Complaint against Microsoft illustrates need for urgent action on abusive software licenses
Brussels. 17th March 2022. There has been a storm brewing for some time over the unfair use of software licenses by some legacy software publishers to control the cloud infrastructure market. The news broken by the Wall St Journal today merely highlights the need for...
Open letter to Executive Vice President Vestager
Yesterday, CISPE, alongside CEOs and leaders from 40 associations and businesses that provide the cloud services essential to Europe’s digital economy, sent an open letter to Executive Vice President Vestager. In it we collectively called for her urgent intervention...
First Code of Conduct for Data Protection in Cloud Infrastructure goes live
First services declared by multiple cloud infrastructure providers Clear steps to GDPR compliance verified by independent Monitoring Bodies Goes beyond GDPR requirements, by offering customers choice to store and process data in the European Economic Area Code to form...
The DMA misses an historic opportunity to tackle dominant powers of software companies
“The DMA will be a historic failure if it its scope does not include gatekeepers’ enterprise and productivity software suites. Unfair licensing practices for software used by thousands of businesses and millions of consumers every day are restricting choice and...
Digital Council Africa’s CISPA signs MOU with CISPE
Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Africa Working Group seeks to engage with CISPE on matters of mutual importance 6th December 2021. Today the Digital Council Africa’s Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Africa Working Group (DCA CISPA) signed a...