The new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) imposed strict regulations on European countries with the purpose of keeping financial markets transparent and safe for investors. After its implementation in January 2018, companies that provide...
Germany obtained the highest score in the latest edition of the 2018 BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard, surpassing 23 other countries among which Japan, the United States, UK, Singapore and Australia. The study, conducted by the Software Alliance (BSA), measures...
Companies that use WhatsApp to communicate with their clients are under the risk of getting sanctioned as the popular app gets labeled “insecure” due to serious data sharing issues. As the GDPR is just around the corner, regulating authorities are tightening data...
During the last decade, companies experienced a significant shift from on-premise systems to cloud-based infrastructures, undergoing a change in the way services are delivered over the Internet. But what exactly is cloud computing, and what are the existing cloud...
From mainframe to cloud computing The concept of cloud computing is not as new as we think - in fact, it has been undergoing a gradual evolution since the early 50s, when mainframe computing was first introduced to process huge quantities of data through a centralized...
After one year of parliamentary procedures and almost two years behind the official deadline, the new Public Sector Contracts Law finally came into force in Spain on March 9, 2018. It's main objective is to achieve greater transparency in public procurement, making it...
The second revision of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) became effective on the 3rd of January 2018, implementing a series of regulations to keep financial markets transparent and safe for investors. However, there are still a few things that...
EU Regulations 2018: getting ready for a change As we are entering an era of accelerated digital transformation, many current practices for processing personal data have become obsolete and incapable of addressing the new gaps in cyber security. However, this is about...
For the last couple of years, GDPR EU has been one of the hottest topics across all digital industries. The result of four years of work by the European Commission is set to replace the current EU Data Protection Directive from 1995, which has become insufficient to...
Cloud computing technology as a leading force for digital transformation The exponential digitalization of services across all industries, among with the increasing amount of information that needs to be stored and processed, has made cloud computing technology one of...