Show all Uncategorized News Events ICT Standards for SMEs Skills Cybersecurity and Data protection Digitalisation Trade and Competition Intellectual Property firstpage Future Technologies and Artificial Intelligence DIGITAL SME FRANCE Italian Digital SME Alliance Block.IS Funding Opportunities Cloud UNICORN cyberwatching SABINA eCF Alliance April 2, 2020Skills for SMEs: A vision and roadmap to foster adoption of cybersecurity, big data and IoTby Moritz Zimmermann March 24, 2020Press release: Amid the corona crisis, digital SMEs call on European Council for a 50% SME quota in EU’s digital innovation budgetby Moritz Zimmermann March 10, 2020DIGITAL SME welcomes the European Commission’s new SME and Industrial Strategiesby Moritz Zimmermann March 4, 2020We do not need artificial industrial giants. We need a level playing field that unleashes our innovative SME economy. by Oliver Grün February 21, 2020DIGITAL SME discusses European Commission’s Digital Strategy with Vice President Vestagerby Moritz Zimmermann February 17, 2020“EU must put ‘seal of urgency’ on skills strategy”, say SMEs at ‘digital breakfast’ event at the European Parliamentby Moritz Zimmermann February 7, 2020Standardisation Success Story: ‘Relevance to SMEs’ becomes a priority for new ETSI standardsby Sebastiano Toffaletti January 16, 2020Cyber attacks take out European SMEs every day. Here’s how good standards can fix that. (New position paper)by Moritz Zimmermann January 9, 20208 reasons why interning at DIGITAL SME should be among your resolutions for 2020by Moritz Zimmermann December 18, 2019Why the Spotify antitrust complaint against Apple is crucial for European digital SMEsby Moritz Zimmermann December 17, 2019SBS online course ‘European e-Competence Framework for SMEs’ is now available to answer your questions about standardisation!by Justina Bieliauskaite December 4, 2019Twenty2x: Europe’s first IT fair with a clear focus on SMEsby Moritz Zimmermann November 27, 2019A new think tank to help European businesses resolve Intellectual Property disputesby Silvana Marcotulli November 27, 2019Software can be one of Europe’s strongest economic sectors. Can EU laws support it better?by Moritz Zimmermann November 26, 2019Welcome to our new Junior Project Manager Déborah Goll!by Moritz Zimmermann October 30, 2019Germany’s Digital Summit 2019: DIGITAL SME welcomes GAIA-X projectby Moritz Zimmermann October 29, 2019Assintel Report 2020: Italian ICT sector doubles growth despite stagnating GDP, but small companies are still strugglingby Moritz Zimmermann October 29, 2019The Annual Union Work Programme sets ICT Priorities for 2020: e-Health, AI, IoT, Accessibility and Intelligent Transportsby Sebastiano Toffaletti October 28, 2019The SBS ICT Forum 2019: Helping SMEs to “Make Cybersecurity the Standard”by Moritz Zimmermann October 22, 2019“Civilising our Wild Digital World”: The COMPACT Symposium sheds light on Disinformation in EU Electionsby Moritz Zimmermann October 17, 2019The New GDPR Temperature Tool – A new free resource for European SMEs to understand their risk of GDPR-related sanctionsby Maria Díaz October 17, 2019“We need Europe for a comprehensive upskilling strategy”: the SKILLS FOR SMEs Conferenceby Moritz Zimmermann September 26, 2019SBS ICT Forum 2019: SMEs, Standards, and the EU Cybersecurity Actby Justina Bieliauskaite September 17, 2019Event: Disinformation in EU elections: The role of social media & technology trendsby Annika Linck September 16, 2019DIGITAL SME members convene in Brussels to discuss Key Priorities for Europe’s Digital Future with Members of the EU Parliamentby Moritz Zimmermann September 12, 2019Call for innovative digital SMEs to participate in Block.IS accelerator and get up to 60.000 euro funding!by Justina Bieliauskaite September 10, 2019DIGITAL SME provides recommendations on Digital Innovation Hubsby Annika Linck September 3, 2019New ‘Innovation Associate’ funding opportunity for SMEs!by Moritz Zimmermann August 30, 2019Moritz Zimmermann becomes DIGITAL SME’s new Junior Communications Officerby Irene Lanfranchi July 12, 2019ETSI Technology Awareness Roadshow – SMEs experiment with 5G and IoT at TIM Open Labby Justina Bieliauskaite July 8, 2019DIGITAL SME’s Bo Sejer Frandsen elected as Board member of the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovationby Justina Bieliauskaite July 5, 2019Official launch of Italian Digital SME Alliance in Milanby Irene Lanfranchi June 19, 2019Joint Initiative on Standardisation and ETSI place inclusiveness of SMEs in high-priorityby Justina Bieliauskaite June 14, 2019European Conference: SKILLS FOR SMESby Justina Bieliauskaite May 23, 2019Belgian association AGORIA joins the European DIGITAL SME Allianceby Justina Bieliauskaite May 8, 2019DIGITAL SME wins new EU project to boost blockchain adoption by SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite April 29, 2019European DIGITAL SME Alliance welcomes Skillnet Ireland as its newest memberby Justina Bieliauskaite April 25, 2019DIGITAL SME welcomes its newest staff member Lucas Lanziottiby Justina Bieliauskaite April 17, 2019A Milano sta nascendo l’Italian Digital SME Allianceby Justina Bieliauskaite April 10, 2019Setting ICT Standardisation priorities for the year: The Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation 2019by Justina Bieliauskaite April 9, 2019AI Ethic Guidelines published: Paving the way for European-led AIby Annika Linck April 3, 2019Luis Jorge Romero re-elected as Director General of ETSIby Justina Bieliauskaite April 1, 2019Defining Europe’s role in the digital centuryby Annika Linck March 26, 2019A tough day for Europe: European Parliament approves controversial copyright reformby Justina Bieliauskaite March 21, 2019FREE webinar: Pilots for the European Cybersecurity Competence Networks: how can your SME benefit?by Justina Bieliauskaite March 11, 2019DIGITAL SME France launched at ITPartners in Parisby Annika Linck February 27, 2019SBS Forum on ICT standardisation: Open standards in ICT procurementby Justina Bieliauskaite February 26, 2019Alternative dispute resolution for SMEs in SBS-WIPO seminarby Justina Bieliauskaite February 15, 2019Deal on EU Copyright Reform: a missed opportunity for Europe’s digital economyby Justina Bieliauskaite February 11, 2019Time to introduce fairness requirements for big platformsby Sebastiano Toffaletti January 21, 2019DIGITAL SME joins the European AI Alliance to shape European AI debateby Justina Bieliauskaite January 16, 2019SMEs call to end Brexit uncertaintyby Justina Bieliauskaite January 14, 2019Event: SBS – WIPO Seminar Alternative Dispute Resolution: a potential tool for SMEs for standards related disputesby Justina Bieliauskaite January 11, 2019Event: SBS Forum on ICT standardisation: Open standards in ICT procurementby Justina Bieliauskaite December 19, 2018French SME federations join forces to launch DIGITAL SME Franceby Justina Bieliauskaite December 13, 2018Our take on the European Commission’s plan on Artificial Intelligenceby Justina Bieliauskaite November 30, 2018ETSI champions inclusiveness: Nevania Nikoloski elected first Chair-Woman of the General Assembly and Small Business Standards Vladimir Poulkov re-elected Vice Chairmanby Justina Bieliauskaite November 26, 2018DIGITAL SME welcomes Norman Roehner as its new Technical Program Managerby Justina Bieliauskaite November 19, 2018Third EU-funded mission in ICT to Singapore & Thailandby Justina Bieliauskaite November 16, 2018Cloud computing standardizationby Guest Author November 15, 2018DIGITAL SME welcomes new team members Irene Lanfranchi and Annika Linckby Justina Bieliauskaite October 29, 2018EU Android lawsuit: will Google learn its lesson or continue being a bad “student”?by Thomas Vinje October 29, 2018EVENT: “DIGITAL SKILLS FOR EUROPEAN COMPANIES: TRAINING AND ATTRACTING ICT TALENTS” – NOVEMBER 8TH 2018 LOGROÑO- LA RIOJA SPAIN.by Justina Bieliauskaite October 24, 2018Is the CopyRIGHT directive really RIGHT for SMEs and Start-ups?by Justina Bieliauskaite October 18, 2018O Οδηγόs για την εφαρμογή του ISO/IEC 27001 σε Μικρομεσαίες επιχειρήσεις για τη διαχείριση της ασφάλειας των πληροφοριών είναι πλέον διαθέσιμος στα Ελληνικά.by Justina Bieliauskaite October 18, 2018The ISO/IEC 27001 standard made easy for SMEs: the SME guide on managing information security is now available in Greek.by Justina Bieliauskaite October 4, 2018ICT skills for SMEs to be discussed at the European Competence Framework (eCF) final conferenceby Justina Bieliauskaite October 4, 2018Security of Personal Data Processing Eventby Justina Bieliauskaite September 20, 2018IoT standardisation for SMEs at the ETSI IoT Week 2018by Andreas Palm September 14, 2018The European Commission launches a proposal to establish European and National Competence Centres to reinforce the Union’s cybersecurity capability and competitiveness on global marketsby Andreas Palm July 18, 2018EU antitrust fine on Google Android: A historic decision towards defending EU’s digital economy.by Justina Bieliauskaite July 13, 2018OPINION: Why Android is Google’s Trojan horse.by Thomas Vinje July 9, 2018DIGITAL SME welcomes its newest staff member: Theodora Antoniouby Justina Bieliauskaite July 3, 2018EU copyright reform: charging tech giants or putting breaks on digital SMEs?by Justina Bieliauskaite June 20, 2018DIGITAL SME expert George Sharkov joins European Commission Expert Group on Artificial Intelligenceby Justina Bieliauskaite June 20, 2018StandICT.eu opens its 2nd Call for ICT standardisation expertsby Justina Bieliauskaite June 8, 2018EU Justice Commissioner talks to DIGITAL SME on Artificial Intelligenceby Justina Bieliauskaite May 24, 2018GDPR: SMEs should seize the opportunities, but authorities must prevent market distortionsby Justina Bieliauskaite May 14, 2018DIGITAL SME welcomes new member Infopark representing 53 software companies in Belarusby Justina Bieliauskaite May 8, 2018The Negotiations of the EU budget 2021-2027: take-aways for digital SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite May 3, 2018EU budget 2021-2027: Europe’s future is digitalby Justina Bieliauskaite May 3, 2018The 2018 priorities for ICT standardisation in support of EU policiesby Andreas Palm April 30, 2018High quality models for thermal mass exploitation in buildingsby Andreas Palm April 24, 2018Milan Design Week and Fuorisalone 2018: the BIM approach for design and manufacturing SMEsby Andreas Palm April 19, 2018[Re]design: where design and manufacturing SMEs meet digital transformationby Andreas Palm April 19, 2018The EU wants to protect SMEs from unfair and unbalanced cloud computing contracts. Have your say!by Justina Bieliauskaite April 9, 2018La norme ISO 27001 rendu facile pour les PME: le guide PME sur la gestion de la sécurité des informations est maintenant disponible en françaisby Justina Bieliauskaite March 29, 2018Mr Emil Dimitrov quits his role as standardisation expertby Andreas Palm March 21, 2018DIGITAL SME calls on the European Commission for the creation of a European Digital SME Hubby Andreas Palm March 9, 2018EVENT: ‘Energy flexibility in buildings’ – Barcelona, 26 March 2017by Justina Bieliauskaite March 7, 2018Women’s Day and social revolution: The Tech sector is the new game in townby Justina Bieliauskaite March 2, 2018DIGITAL SME welcomes new staff members: Nea Lulik and Davide Cassanmagnagoby Justina Bieliauskaite February 23, 2018European DIGITAL SME Alliance recognised as a Partner Organisation for EU Gateway | Business Avenuesby Justina Bieliauskaite February 15, 2018ePrivacy – a new EU law that scares digital businesses?by Justina Bieliauskaite February 12, 2018Fabio Massimo elected Vice-President of Small Business Standardsby Justina Bieliauskaite February 8, 2018New SME Guide on Information Security Management: the standard ISO27001 made easy for SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite January 11, 2018Bulgaria takes over EU Presidency: 6 key topics for digital SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite January 5, 2018Standards Essential Patents, a new EU approach: what is at stake for SMEs?by Sebastiano Toffaletti December 20, 2017Information security management: SBS Guide to be published soon!by Justina Bieliauskaite December 18, 2017SBS and DIGITAL SME publish the SME User Guide on digital competencesby Justina Bieliauskaite December 18, 2017US repeal of net neutrality: an opportunity for Europe to attract talent and innovationby Justina Bieliauskaite December 13, 2017Oliver Grün elected president of the European DIGITAL SME Allianceby Justina Bieliauskaite December 7, 2017Digital Opportunity – a call for SMEs to provide digital skills for Europeby Justina Bieliauskaite December 1, 2017A European Digital Platform in support of the evolution of the construction industryby Justina Bieliauskaite November 29, 2017ETSI appoints new Board until 2020: DIGITAL SME’s Sebastiano Toffaletti elected Board memberby Justina Bieliauskaite November 21, 2017Power Line Telecommunications – a new standardisation area for ETSI ATTMby George Babinov November 21, 2017Germany: digital SMEs call for political parties to form governmentby Justina Bieliauskaite November 8, 2017Council of Europe establishes cooperation with DIGITAL SME for human rights and rule of law on the Internetby Justina Bieliauskaite October 25, 2017Digital SMEs ready to offer technologies and skills needed for construction companies to join Industry 4.0by Justina Bieliauskaite October 25, 2017EU observatory for research on cybersecurity and privacy presents new tools for SMEs in Leon, Spain by Justina Bieliauskaite October 20, 2017Horizon 2020 will offer 2 billion euros to support SMEs’ innovations in the next 3 yearsby Justina Bieliauskaite October 18, 2017CEN-CENELEC Initiative on Digital Transformation: an opportunity for SMEsby Andreas Palm September 29, 2017EU digital summit in Tallinn: Digitization is not waiting for lenghty EU negotiationsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 29, 2017SBS 2017 conference reviews five-year impact on SMEs of European standardisationby Justina Bieliauskaite September 27, 2017Pledges by the campaign #digitalSME4skills reach 4.000 new ICT professionalsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 26, 2017DIGITAL SME calls EU Parliament to ease data analytics by SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 21, 2017Tax fairness for digital economy: stop unjust advantages for Tech Giantsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 19, 2017Data Sharing and Business Opportunities in Europe: The European Commission wants to know your viewsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 13, 2017DIGITAL SME responds to State of the Union speech: “Europe’s digital economy needs to focus on SMEs”by Justina Bieliauskaite September 8, 201710 October – SBS annual conference: European Standardisation Regulation – 5 years on. What has changed for SMEs?by Justina Bieliauskaite July 31, 2017Europe needs a cybersecurity strategy to foster its SME ecosystemby Justina Bieliauskaite July 18, 2017Harmonised standards for wireless devicesby Justina Bieliauskaite July 10, 2017SBS trains SMEs on IPR-based standardisationby Justina Bieliauskaite July 5, 2017DIGITAL SME President Oliver Grün welcomes new Digital Commissioner Mariya Gabrielby Justina Bieliauskaite July 3, 2017DIGITAL SME recruits Guido Sabatini as new project managerby Justina Bieliauskaite May 31, 2017SMEs Unite Forces for Digital Skills in Europe: Join the Campaign Now!by Andreas Palm April 4, 2017SMEs discuss benefits and challenges of e-invoicing and e-identificationby Justina Bieliauskaite March 23, 2017Public consultation on European Data Economy – make SMEs’ position heardby Justina Bieliauskaite March 8, 2017Commission publishes the ICT standardisation plan for 2017by Justina Bieliauskaite February 27, 2017EVENT – Forum on ICT standards for SMEs: e-invoicing and e-identificationby Justina Bieliauskaite February 17, 2017Data Economy: What are the barriers for SMEs? Have your say.by Justina Bieliauskaite January 27, 2017Digital SMEs voice their positions at European Parliament hearing on standardisationby Justina Bieliauskaite December 15, 2016Data economy: an open data market unleashing the untapped potential of SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite December 12, 2016Forum on ICT standards: SMEs to become standards setters!by Justina Bieliauskaite December 10, 2016Performance Indicators for Smart Citiesby Justina Bieliauskaite December 1, 2016Digital Skills: DIGITAL SME pledge to train 5.000 ICT professionals by 2019by Justina Bieliauskaite November 29, 2016ETSI elects Vladimir Poulkov (DIGITAL SME) as new Vice Chairmanby Justina Bieliauskaite November 14, 2016The cost of standards: the cases of digital skills and electronic invoicingby Justina Bieliauskaite November 11, 2016EVENT: Forum on ICT standards for SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite November 9, 2016US Elections: statement of DIGITAL SME Presidentby Justina Bieliauskaite October 30, 2016PIN-SME changed its name into European DIGITAL SME Allianceby Justina Bieliauskaite October 27, 2016DIGITAL SME statement on the Google Android antitrust case: more competition means better conditions for App Developersby Justina Bieliauskaite October 26, 2016Industry 4.0: IT SMEs are the engines of Europe’s digital transformationby Justina Bieliauskaite October 15, 2016European Standards on ICT equipment Lifecycle Resource Managementby Justina Bieliauskaite October 12, 2016PaaSport Marketplace – Final Releaseby Justina Bieliauskaite October 12, 2016Broadband: Commission should do more to digitise European industryby Justina Bieliauskaite September 14, 2016WIFI4EU – Free WiFi connections across Europe’s public spacesby Justina Bieliauskaite September 10, 2016European Norms for ICT Energy Efficiency and Management under development at ETSIby Justina Bieliauskaite September 1, 2016H2020 Project: KATANA – Emerging industries as key enablers for the adoption of advanced technologies in the Agrifood sectorby Justina Bieliauskaite September 1, 2016EU net neutrality guidelines released: DIGITAL SME calls for SME friendly implementationby Justina Bieliauskaite August 30, 2016Digital SMEs applaud the Commission decision for Apple to repay 13 Billion tax billby Justina Bieliauskaite August 19, 2016Patents in standards: what rules should change to make it better for SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite August 5, 2016Dynamising the procurement market of digital solutions: a catalogue of ICT standards for public procurementby Justina Bieliauskaite August 1, 2016Digital SMEs intervene in the EU antitrust case against Google practices with respect to Androidby Justina Bieliauskaite July 12, 2016DIGITAL SME President Oliver Grün appointed SME Board Member at ECSO, the European Cyber Security Organisationby Justina Bieliauskaite July 5, 2016Commissioner Oettinger launches EU Cyber Security Partnership – DIGITAL SME as founding partnerby Justina Bieliauskaite June 28, 2016DigComp 2.0 – The Digital Competence Framework for EU Citizensby Justina Bieliauskaite June 27, 2016Brexit – Digital SMEs call on EU Members to stay unitedby Justina Bieliauskaite June 13, 2016DIGITAL SME Paves the Way for Better Standardisationby Justina Bieliauskaite May 30, 2016New member in the European DIGITAL SME Alliance: CLUSIT the Italian association for information securityby Justina Bieliauskaite May 4, 2016SME friendly dispute resolution in standardisation at riskby Justina Bieliauskaite April 21, 2016Sustainable Digital Multiservice Cities: a New Workgroup in ETSIby Justina Bieliauskaite April 20, 2016Unified Patent Court: insufficient legal protection for digital SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite April 12, 2016European ICT Professionalism A step forwardby Justina Bieliauskaite April 12, 2016Digital Single Market: SMEs as enablers of digitalizationby Justina Bieliauskaite April 6, 2016NXTTCH: European Digital Innovation Conference, June 27th and 28th in Amsterdamby Justina Bieliauskaite April 6, 2016eCompetence Framework: Italy sets the exampleby Justina Bieliauskaite April 5, 2016ETSI workshop “From Research To Standardisation” on 10-11 Mayby Justina Bieliauskaite March 21, 2016The Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network joins the European Digital SME Allianceby Justina Bieliauskaite March 15, 2016CeBIT2016: Launch of the European Digital SME Allianceby Justina Bieliauskaite March 3, 2016What ICT standards can offer to SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite March 2, 2016EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: hosting in the EU still saferby Justina Bieliauskaite December 30, 2015Standards recommendations for implementing the European Radio Equipment Directiveby Justina Bieliauskaite December 24, 20152016 Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisationby Justina Bieliauskaite December 22, 2015EU Data Protection Package: is it a good deal for SMEs?by Justina Bieliauskaite December 22, 2015e-CF becomes a European Standardby Justina Bieliauskaite December 21, 2015Reverse Powering of Remote Access Equipmentby George Babinov December 15, 2015eCF Council: The EU alliance for ICT professionalism kicks off in Milanby Justina Bieliauskaite December 8, 2015Plastic Optical Fibres: a new Transmission Mediaby Justina Bieliauskaite December 1, 2015SBS holds its seminar on standardisation for ICT SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite November 20, 2015Electronic Invoicing poses new challenges for European SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite November 15, 2015Fibre in the Homeby Justina Bieliauskaite November 12, 2015Standards for SMART CITIESby Justina Bieliauskaite November 10, 2015e-skills: standards might help SMEs navigate the jungle of certificationsby Justina Bieliauskaite October 28, 2015PIN-SME President Oliver Grün at the Franco-German Digital Conference in Parisby Justina Bieliauskaite October 27, 2015EU Telecom Package: a compromise on net neutralityby Justina Bieliauskaite October 8, 2015Rejection of Safe Harbor – a chance for digital economy in Europeby Justina Bieliauskaite October 2, 2015e-Skills: Standards might help companies navigate the jungle of industry certificationsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 29, 2015Digital Single Market: EC launches consultations on online platforms, geo-blocking, VAT and standardsby Justina Bieliauskaite September 29, 2015European Commission seeks input on standards to support for the Digital Single Marketby Justina Bieliauskaite September 9, 2015E-leadership: how SMEs can benefit from the Digital Single Marketby Justina Bieliauskaite June 19, 2015Oliver Grün elected President of the European Digital SME Associationby Justina Bieliauskaite April 30, 2015The e-Competence Framework is coming of ageby Justina Bieliauskaite April 17, 2015First European Conference on Digital and Key Enabling Technologies Skills, 1 – 2 June 2015, Brusselsby Justina Bieliauskaite April 11, 2015Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs: PIN-SME promotes eCF as EU standard for eSkillsby Justina Bieliauskaite March 10, 2015Why SME needs standards for Cloud Computing Technologies?by Justina Bieliauskaite February 27, 2015Cloud Computing TCO Calculation for SMEsby Justina Bieliauskaite February 25, 2015Green energy for fixed and mobile networks: ETSI ATTM AT2by Justina Bieliauskaite February 16, 2015Patents and Standards: are the rules helping SMEs?by Justina Bieliauskaite February 6, 2015The new ETSI Board kicks off 2015by Justina Bieliauskaite December 10, 2014PIN-SME welcomes Angela Merkel’s call for digitisation of Europe’s economyby Justina Bieliauskaite December 5, 2014Call for SME experts in standardisationby Justina Bieliauskaite November 19, 2014ETSI elects PIN-SME representatives to Board and Vice Presidencyby Justina Bieliauskaite July 4, 2014Juncker’s plans for digital politics: Europe has understoodby Justina Bieliauskaite November 22, 2013ETSI elects Peter Statev (PIN-SME) as new Vice Chairmanby Justina Bieliauskaite
