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The promise of a leaner, more efficient administration and innovative online services to citizens is making cloud computing an attractive solution for local governments. However, some are still reluctant to jump on the new IT bandwagon, fearing data protection issues and high investment costs.

Computer servers, the high-performance machines used to run programmes and software services, are facing a design revamp that will make them more energy efficient, following recent assessments by the European Commission.

European institutions and governments should throw their weight behind joint procurement of computing services to encourage the use of cloud computing, says Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes.

Microsoft and Google are developing web platforms combining the roles of social media and search engines – ‘social search’ – in moves that reveal a raging battle to harness cloud computing and combine the web’s most popular functions.

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Interviews

Kevin Tao President, Huawei, Western European Region

Huawei boss: Europe is falling behind on broadband

Neelie Kroes Vice President, European Commission

Kroes: Cloud can deliver digital growth

Marietje Schaake MEP, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

Schaake MEP: Draft US online piracy bills a 'slippery slope'

Opinion & Analysis

Unity or division in Europe's cloud computing market?

Robert Holleyman, President and CEO, Business Software Alliance

Using the Internet to cut energy needs

John Vassallo, Vice President of EU Affairs, Microsoft

Online gambling: EU Institutions must de-couple funding and integrity

Khalid Ali, Secretary General, Association européenne pour la Sécurité et l’Intégrité dans le Sport

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