Translation of "promotion de l'informatique " (French → English) :

computer crime [ computer offence | computer-related crime | cybercrime | cyber-vandalism | digital crime ]

test designer | ICT test analyst | IT test analyst

cloud computing [ application service provider | ASP | cloud service | HaaS | hardware as a service | IaaS | infrastructure as a service | PaaS | platform as a service | SaaS | software as a service ]

information storage and retrieval [ computerised documentation system | data storage(UNBIS) | information retrieval(UNBIS) ]

computer hardware inspector | inspection technician in computer hardware | computer hardware inspection technician | computer hardware test technician

computer salesperson | ICT specialised seller | computer and accessories specialised seller | consumer electronics specialised seller

Computer terminal

digital single market for cloud computing | single market for cloud computing

supercomputing

98. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the next Work Programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme, to direct more resources towards boosting European research, development, innovation and training in the field of IT, in particular privacy-enhancing technologies and infrastructures, cryptology, secure computing, the best possible security solutions including open-source security, and other information society services, and also to promote the internal market in European software, hardware, and encrypted means of communication and communication infrastructures, including b ...[+++]y developing a comprehensive EU industrial strategy for the IT industry; considers that small and medium enterprises play a particular role in research; stresses that no EU funding should be granted to projects having the sole purpose of developing tools for gaining illegal access into IT systems;

Notes that the ICT sector itself, being a major consumer of electricity with data centres in the EU accounting for up to 1,5 % of total electricity consumption and consumers being increasingly aware of the carbon footprint of IT and cloud services they use, can become a role model for energy efficiency and RES promotion;

The provision of digital skills has been supported by the Commission by means of a wide range of strategies - such as eEurope, the European Employment Strategy, the Social Inclusion Process and the Social Agenda, the eLearning Action Plan – and tools, such as the European Social Fund and the EQUAL initiative.

However, so far most of the measures to overcome the digital divide have only concerned access to communications technologies rather than promoting actual digital skills.