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Free ICT Manifesto publication

ByAdmin 28 July 2026

At the Sustainable leaders conference in Dublin we have launched the 2024 Manifesto with our Policy Recommendations!

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Please get yourself informed: download

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Mission-Critical Moving to the Cloud?
ByAdmin 28 July 202618 August 2026

In his blog called “Is the Cloud all huff and puff? IBM and Oracle certainly hope so!“, John O’Shea shares his views on the question: Is the cloud purely for nice-to-have niche or new applications, but not for legacy, mission-critical functions? How do you look at the Strategy of these Giants with running business models…

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2024 Event: May 15, Dublin, Ireland
ByAdmin 28 July 2026

Free ICT Sustainable Leaders Conference The most influential experts working towards a free, fair and resilient enterprise ICT market (also open to End-Users) ‍ Mark your agenda to join us in Dublin on the 15th of May, 2024. The program will run from 12.00 hrs to 17.30 GMT, including lunch and a break. Attendees are…

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FreeICT Partner of CEDaCI Research
ByAdmin 28 July 2026

Free ICT Europe has become a full partner NW Interreg funded research project “Circular Economy for the Data Centre Industry” (CEDaCI) CEDaCI is a multi-disciplinary network that bring together actors and experts from all IT life cycle stages and sub-sectors directly and indirectly associated with the Data Centre Industry. Although the projects looks at water…

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John Deere restrictive practices hinder maintenance for Farmers
ByAdmin 28 July 202618 August 2026

John Deere and General Motors want to eviscerate the notion of ownership. Sure, we pay for their vehicles. But we don’t own them. Not according to their corporate lawyers, anyway. In spectacular display of market manipulation, John Deere—the world’s largest agricultural machinery maker- told the US Copyright Office that farmers don’t own their tractors. Computer…

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Right to Repair
ByAdmin 28 July 202618 August 2026

The European Right to Repair Directive (EU 2024/1799) comes into force on July 31, 2026, reshaping the landscape for professional repairers and secondary market operators across Europe. While much of the public discourse focuses on consumer benefits, the directive creates significant opportunities and challenges for businesses operating in repair, refurbishment, and the circular economy. This…

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Independent Industry Alliance Launches to Champion Secondary IT Market in Europe
ByAdmin 28 July 2026

Free ICT Europe (FIE) established to support industry expected to be worth €90bn, providing an additional 100,000 European jobs by 2017 A group of independent European IT services operators have announced the formation of an international alliance, established in order to champion the growth of the secondary IT market in Europe and to raise awareness…

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