Spanish WiFi specialists Gowex connecting Smart Cities to Wireless

start-ups, WiFi

By Mark Nessfield

One of the snags of visiting or travelling to a new city, is the cost of getting connected to a WiFi service. Indeed I had to fork out some precious pounds lately when travelling by train to Glasgow. Often hotels will charge for the privilege, and other...

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Local government makes savings of 70% by using open source software

Open-source, cloud, canarias

By Mark Nessfield

The Canary Islands Regional Government have implemented new computer systems, that will save 70% of license costs over three years, through the use of open source software and cloud virtualization. This is the feedback from Roberto Moreno, the DG of Telecomms...

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Five Spanish start-ups to watch in 2013

start-ups

By Mark Nessfield

Last year I wrote an article on 5 Spanish start-ups to look out for in 2012 for EU_startups and it became quite popular. It's always hard to make 100% accurate predictions, and the first one on that list, Youzee, didn't quite succeed as planned - although...

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The top 25 movers and shakers in the Spanish IT industry

Spain, entrepreneur

By Mark Nessfield

Around this time of year, the Spanish paper El Mundo publishes a list of the 500 most powerful people in Spain. From this list, various commentators have produced a list of the 25 most influential people in Spanish technology today. This list contains...

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EyeOS uses HTML5 to maintain position as world's premier cloud desktop

start-ups, barcelona

By Mark Nessfield

Promoted as the world's number 1 cloud desktop, EyeOS is a full range of desktop facilities usable from a web browser, including an office suite and other applications. There is also a full framework to develop new web apps as if they were desktop apps....

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