15. Insists on the positive impact of cloud computing services on SMEs, in particular those established in remote or outermost areas or facing economic difficulties, as such services contribute to the reduction of fixed costs for SMEs by allowing the rental of computing power and storage, and calls on the Commission to consider an appropriate framework allowing SMEs to increase their growth and productivity, as SMEs can benefit from reduced upfront costs and better access to analytics ...[+++] tools;

J. whereas the market for cloud services appears bifurcated along consumer and business lines;

The statistics are to be compiled for all activities within the coverage of division 62, groups 58.2 and 63.1, division 69, group 73.2, group 70.2, division 71, group 73.1 and division 78 of NACE Rev. 2. These sectors cover a part of publishing activities, the information technology service activities, a part of information service activities and profession, scientific and technical activities and the employment activities.

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of sole control over RM Business Systems Limited the IT division of UK postal operator Royal Mail Group plc - by the US-based IT services provider Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

The Commission attaches the following conditions to Atlas/GlobalOne: - FT and DT must establish and maintain access to their domestic public switched data networks in France and Germany, even after their integration into Atlas, on a non-discriminatory, open and transparent basis to all service providers offering low-level data services (i.e. using protocols such as X.25, Frame Relay, Internet or SNA); to ensure continued non-discriminatory access in the future, they must also implement any generally applied standardised interconnection standard that may modify, replace or co-exist with, the current standard; - FT and DT must treat Atla ...[+++]s/GlobalOne and all third party competitors in a non-discriminatory way in relation to their facilities; this condition extends to the availability of facilities-related services, to the terms and conditions of service provision and to relevant information on such services; - FT and DT are prohibited from any cross-subsidisation; to prevent cross-subsidies, all entities formed pursuant to the Atlas and GlobalOne ventures are established as distinct entities, separate from the parent companies; FT, DT and their joint entities must implement an analytical accounting system, subject to regular external auditing, to ensure that these entities deal with FT or DT on an arm's length basis at all times; - FT and DT acting as Atlas/GlobalOne's distributors in France and Germany must conclude separate one separate contract for their own services and one for the distributed Atlas/GlobalOne services respectively; each of the two contracts must identify the price and the rebate, if any, of each individual service provided; - FT must sell INFO AG, an important competitor of T-Data on the German data network services market, before a specified deadline.

PROJECT UK 305: INFORMATICS AND ENGINEERING TRAINING IN WEST LONDON Contractor: West London Training and Enterprise Council Policy and Research Division United Kingdom Partners: Technology Centre Limburg (NL) North West College Derry (IRL) KLM Amsterdam (NL) Aim/objective: The aim of the West London Training and Enterprise Council strategy is to provide new impetus for supporting enterprises and training at local level. This includes the development of ...[+++] a range of technological, commercial and management assistance services for companies specialising in information technologies and engineering, to enable the development of training leading to a number of qualifications, to facilitate access to all levels of training in information technology and engineering and to improve basic skills and qualifications in these two sectors. Activities: Transfer of innovative training models and resources. Cooperation in the organisation of joint activities (training programmes/courses in advanced technologies).