"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see". This also reflects the dilemma many organisations must confront today: when technology is advancing as quickly as it is in this day and age, how can we define a sustainable strategy that allows us to improve...

The eGovernment Benchmark provides insight into the state-of-play of the implementation of digital public services in Europe. For this benchmark of eGovernment services is assessed in 33 participating countries, including all of the EU28. The assessment is done by Mystery Shoppers, who measure...

This is the Final Report D3 of the study SMART 2014/0021 High Performance Computing in the EU: Progress on the Implementation of the European HPC Strategy that IDC conducted for the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, Unit C1...

This is the Final Report D3 of the study SMART 2014/0021 High Performance Computing in the EU: Progress on the Implementation of the European HPC Strategy that IDC conducted for the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, Unit C1...

The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs is a multi-stakeholder partnership launched in 2013 that endeavours to facilitate collaboration among business and education providers, public and private actors to take action attracting young people into ICT education, and to retrain unemployed people. This...

This "Insight Report" presents key findings of the 2012 and 2013 eGovernment Benchmark. It provides insight and detail in three areas: 1.What Europe is here to do: sets the scene for this report, the policy context and introduces the measurement. 2.Is Europe delivering to plan? This section...

This "Background report" complements the Insight report and provides detailed measurement results from the eGovernment Benchmark 2013, relating to four key priorities in the eGovernment Action plan. It presents the method, pan-EU findings, and contains country-specific fact sheets. This is aimed...

The European policy strategy for the implementation of the ERA and the pursuit of excellence in science by Horizon 2020 reflect the increasing relevance of scientific and research activities for growth and innovation. The development of e-infrastructures across Europe is becoming an enabling...

This publication is the Final Report of the study "Impact of the introduction of multicore technologies on the computing market and opportunities for Europe," assigned by the European Commission, DG CNECT to IDC. The overall objective of this study is to support the Horizon 2020 strategy in the...