EUROPE: Radical new ICT approach needed says Commission

By Alan Osborn The European Commission has launched a major consultation about the development of information and communications technology (ICT) in the EU following indications that Europe is slipping further behind in the global technology race. The consultation runs until 7th November (see http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=ICTRDI) and is part of Brussels' far-reaching response to the so-called Aho report issued this summer which identified a number of key failings in European ICT research and innovation. Among other things the report, ...


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