Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have great potential to improve energy efficiency and to promote lifestyles and work methods that consume less resources. To achieve this goal it is necessary that software applications become truly autonomous, online decision-making systems that work in real time.

OCTOBER 27TH, 2010

This ICREA researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain, has recently been honored with the Catalan Research Award given to young scientists and innovative projects

JORDI MONTANER | OCTOBER, 22nd, 2010

In 2009, the Spanish ICT market lost more than 12,000 jobs. That trend could continue in the coming years. Has the moment arrived when our technicians, especially the younger ones, are thinking about packing their bags? Now, as the new academic year is getting under way, is a good time to find the answer.

ALFRED COMIN | SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2010

ACC1Ó will celebrate on Thursday, June 17, the TECNIO Forum, the leading market of supply and demand for the technology sector in Catalonia as part of the Biz Barcelona celebration.

14 june 2010

The i2CAT Foundation, the Consortium of Social Action of Catalonia and the Taula del Tercer Sector Social (an association of non-profit social welfare groups) have created the Foundation Benestic, a new entity that will have as its main objective to make information and communication technology the main engine to drive the process of change in social services.

7 june 2010

Being no exception to the rest of the economy, the information and communication technology sector (ICT) is also experiencing a wave of takeovers and mergers. Even for the large companies, this is the dominant trend in these times of economic turmoil.

Alfred Comín | 3 juny 2010

Through the BDigital Global Congress 2010, Barcelona offered itself as a platform for companies specialized in intelligent infrastructures, energy networks and social media to come test different strategies for the future. These companies, meanwhile, refined their proposals for creating the city of tomorrow.

Jordi Montaner | 1 june 2010

Parallel to the profound changes contemporary societies are undergoing, humans are developing new tools that can help them to adapt. Healthcare is not exempt from this trend. In Spain, the aging population and increased life expectancy, among many other factors, are raising a number of challenges that will have to be confronted in order to avoid a collapse of the health system. Identifying the main problems of the current healthcare model and some key reforms to strengthen it were the focus of a round table debate that took place in the medieval chapel of Santa Àgueda, in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, on May 25.

Octavi Planells | 27 may 2010

With the purchase of Palm, HP broke into the mobile device market and widened its strategy of being present in most segments of the ICT market, a difficult target that other large technology companies have failed to achieve.

25 may 2010

Alfred Comín, Information Society

The European Union (EU) has set the short term goal that its citizens will have access to their medical records in any country within its borders. But this will require that the technology of cloud computing overcome the current obstacles that impede sharing of critical personal data: the lack of security and the loss of privacy.

20 may 2010

The current edition of the Barcelona Digital Global Congress focuses on the future of the Internet. From May 17 to 20, experts from around the world will gather in Barcelona to discuss the technological developments necessary to achieve a digital society. Carles Fradera, director of the Barcelona Digital Technology Center since 2009, is in charge of organizing the Congress for the second consecutive year.

In recent years, governments and public administrations have made significant efforts aimed at promoting the society of information and knowledge.

12 may 2010

Mentxu Ramilo Araujo, Information Society

The Research Fellowship Program Amy Mahan to promote the study of the impact of public access to ICT is sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and administered by the University Pompeu Fabra. Last March, after the close of the period of presentation of papers, were chosen the 12 best proposals.

4 may 2010

Map of Technological Resource of Catalonia that facilitates the access to the supply of Information Technology of Catalonia. The project has been driven by the Barcelona Digital Foundation, with the collaboration of four members of its board, the Center for Business Innovation and Development (ICW), Getronics, Microsoft and Capgemini.

The main objective of the new web platform MapaTIC.cat is to become the leading directory for information and technology providers in Catalonia and become the on-line meeting center of supply and demand for information and technology professionals in Catalonia.

3 may 2010