DigitalEurope
{{short description|Trade association representing major European tech companies}}
{{distinguish|Digital Europe Programme}}
{{primary sources|date =October 2009}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = DIGITALEUROPE
| caption =
| formation = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| logo = Logo DIGITALEUROPE.svg
| formerly = European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA)
| type = Trade association
| tax_id =
| status =
| products = Lobbying, logos, self-regulatory
| headquarters = Brussels, Belgium.
| leader_title = Director General
| leader_name = Cecilia Bonefeld Dahl
| website = {{URL|https://www.digitaleurope.org/}}
}}
DIGITALEUROPE is a European trade association that represents the digital technology industry. It is led by the Director General.
The members include 105 major technology companies{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitaleurope.org/corporate/|title = Corporate members}} and 41 [https://www.digitaleurope.org/ntas/ national trade associations].{{Cite web|url = http://www.digitaleurope.org/Aboutus.aspx|title = About us|access-date = 17 November 2014|website = DigitalEurope|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060125/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Aboutus.aspx|archive-date = 29 November 2014|url-status = dead}} It seeks to ensure industry participation in the development and implementation of EU policies" and has several working groups that focus on different aspects of policy—environment, trade, technical and regulatory and the digital economy.{{Cite web|url = http://www.digitaleurope.org/Aboutus/WorkingGroups.aspx|title = Working Groups|access-date = 17 November 2014|website = DigitalEurope|archive-date = 20 November 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141120032238/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Aboutus/WorkingGroups.aspx|url-status = dead}}{{cite news |title=About us |publisher=DigitalEurope |url=http://www.digitaleurope.org/Aboutus.aspx |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060125/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Aboutus.aspx |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Global Industry Approves Revision of Supply Chain Communication Guide on Declarable Substance Content in Electrotechnical Products |publisher=Consumer Electronics Association |url=http://www.ce.org/News/News-Releases/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/GLOBAL-INDUSTRY-APPROVES-REVISION-OF-SUPPLY-CHAIN.aspx |date=May 22, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129030756/http://www.ce.org/News/News-Releases/Press-Releases/2012-Press-Releases/GLOBAL-INDUSTRY-APPROVES-REVISION-OF-SUPPLY-CHAIN.aspx |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }} Based in Brussels, Belgium, DIGITALEUROPE represents over 45,000 companies.
History
DIGITALEUROPE was formed in 1999 as the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA) by consolidating two former European organisations, ECTEL and EUROBIT, which represented the information and telecommunications industries.{{cite news |title=EICTA rebrands itself as 'DIGITALEUROPE' |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |url=https://tech.ebu.ch/Jahia/site/tech/cache/offonce/news/eicta-rebrands-itself-as-digitaleurope-12mar09 |date=March 12, 2009 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052211/https://tech.ebu.ch/Jahia/site/tech/cache/offonce/news/eicta-rebrands-itself-as-digitaleurope-12mar09 |url-status=dead }} EICTA expanded its scope to include the consumer electronics industry; on October 1, 2001, the association merged with the European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (EACEM). The new joint association changed its name to the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Association (but kept its original acronym, EICTA).{{cite news |title=DIGITALEUROPE |publisher=Digital Video Broadcasting |url=https://www.dvb.org/members/digitaleurope |access-date=September 6, 2014}}
On March 12, 2009, EICTA rebranded as DIGITALEUROPE.{{cite news |title=DigitalEurope Statutes |publisher=DigitalEurope |url=http://www.digitaleurope.org/Portals/0/Documents/DIGITALEUROPE_Statutes_English.pdf |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052016/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Portals/0/Documents/DIGITALEUROPE_Statutes_English.pdf |url-status=dead }} Overtime, its membership has expanded to include vertical industries such as healthcare, finance and manufacturing.
Logos
DIGITALEUROPE previously developed the industry standards related to high-definition televisions.
On September 5, 2014, DIGITALEUROPE released an Ultra HD TV logo to certify companies that meet their technical requirements.{{cite news |title=DIGITALEUROPE launches Ultra High Definition logo for new generation of screens on 5 September at IFA |publisher=DigitalEurope |url=http://www.digitaleurope.org/Services/Highdefinitionlogos/UHD.aspx |date=September 5, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-date=March 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311213230/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Services/Highdefinitionlogos/UHD.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=DIGITALEUROPE launches Ultra High Definition logo for new generation of screens |publisher=DTG |url=http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=5226 |date=September 5, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907004939/http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=5226 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }} The technical requirements for the Ultra HD logo is that the display must have a resolution of at least 3840×2160, a video signal path that does not reduce the resolution, a minimum color space of Rec. 709, and HDMI input that supports HDCP 2.2 content protection.{{cite news |title=Technical Requirements |publisher=DigitalEurope |url=http://www.digitaleurope.org/Services/Highdefinitionlogos/UHD/UHDLogoTechnical.aspx |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-date=March 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326200507/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Services/Highdefinitionlogos/UHD/UHDLogoTechnical.aspx |url-status=dead }}
Policy positions
In November 2014, it published a paper called "Law Enforcement Access to Data in the European Cloud" that asks the European Commission to "consider filing an amicus brief" with a U.S. appellate court regarding Microsoft's legal challenge of a U.S. warrant for a Microsoft user's private emails. As DIGITALEUROPE sees it, the fact that the data requested is stored on servers located in Dublin, Ireland, means that U.S. authorities should use mutual legal assistance treaties rather than strong-arming a U.S. multinational, which raises concerns about national sovereignty.{{Cite web|url = http://www.digitaleurope.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryID=849&PortalId=0&TabId=353|title = Law Enforcement Access to Data in the European Cloud|access-date = November 17, 2014|archive-date = November 29, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129055857/http://www.digitaleurope.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryID=849&PortalId=0&TabId=353|url-status = dead}}{{Cite news|url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/14/save_us_from_the_americans_american_corps_beg_eu/|title = Oi, Europe! Tell US feds to GTFO of our servers, say Microsoft and pals|last = Baker|first = Jennifer|date = 14 November 2014|work = The Register}}
In anticipation to the publication of Neelie Kroes's Digital Agenda,{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/581 |work=europa.eu |publisher=European Commission |title=Digital Agenda: Commission outlines action plan to boost Europe's prosperity and well-being |date=May 19, 2010 |access-date=September 6, 2014}} DigitalEurope released a paper in May 2010 about Europe's digital future which was called A Transformational Agenda for the Digital Age DigitalEurope's Vision 2020.
Members
{{div col |colwidth=25em |gap=3em}}
- 4iG Plc.
- Accenture
- Airbus
- Applied Materials
- Amazon
- AMD
- Apple
- Arm
- Assent Compliance
- Autodesk
- Avery Dennison
- Banco Santander
- Bayer
- Beko
- BMW
- Bosch
- Bose
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Brother
- Canon
- Capgemini
- CaixaBank
- Cisco
- CyberArk
- Danfoss
- Dassault Systèmes
- Datev
- Dell
- EATON
- Epic Systems
- Epson
- Ericsson
- ESET
- Ernst & Young
- Fujitsu
- Garmin
- GSK plc
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Hitachi
- Honeywell
- HP
- Huawei
- ING
- Intel
- Intuit
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnson Controls
- Konica Minolta
- Kyocera
- Lenovo
- Lexmark
- LG Electronics
- LSEG
- Mastercard
- Meta
- Microsoft
- Mitsubishi Electric Europe
- Motorola Solutions
- MSD
- NEC
- Nemetschek
- NetApp
- Nintendo
- Nokia
- Nvidia
- OKI
- Oppo
- Oracle
- Palo Alto
- Panasonic Europe
- Pearson
- Philips
- Pioneer
- Qualcomm
- RedHat
- RELX
- ResMed
- Ricoh
- Roche
- Rockwell Automation
- Samsung
- SAP
- SAS
- Schneider Electric
- Sharp
- Siemens
- Siemens Energy
- Siemens Healthineers
- Skillsoft
- Sky
- Sony
- Sopra Steria
- Swatch Group
- Tesla
- Texas Instruments
- TikTok
- Toshiba
- TP Vision
- United Health Group
- Vantiva
- Visa
- Vivo
- VMWare
- Waymo
- Workday
- Xiaomi
- Xerox
- Zoom
{{div col end}}
Source: {{cite news |title=Corporate Members |publisher=DigitalEurope |url=https://www.digitaleurope.org/corporate/|access-date=September 1, 2024}}
= National trade associations =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| National Associations
! Country |
|---|
| [https://www.internetoffensive.at Internet Offensive Österreich]
| {{AUT}} |
| [https://www.agoria.be AGORIA]
| {{BEL}} |
| Hrvatska Gospodarska Komora (HGK)
| {{HRV}} |
| [https://citea.cy/ Cyprus Information Enterprises Association] (CITEA)
| {{CYP}} |
| [https://aavit.cz/en/ Association for Applied Research in IT] (AAVIT)
| {{CZE}} |
| Dansk Erhverv
| {{DEN}} |
| [https://itb.dk/ IT Branchen]
| {{DEN}} |
| [https://www.digital.di.dk DI Digital]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| {{DEN}} |
| [https://www.itl.ee ITL]
| {{EST}} |
| [https://www.teknologiateollisuus.fi TIF]
| {{FIN}} |
| [https://www.afnum.fr AFNUM]
| {{FRA}} |
| [https://numeum.fr/ Numeum]
| {{FRA}} |
| [https://www.secimavi.org/ Secimavi]
| {{FRA}} |
| [https://www.bitkom.org BITKOM]
| {{GER}} |
| [https://www.zvei.de ZVEI]
| {{GER}} |
| [https://www.sepe.gr SEPE]
| {{GRE}} |
| [https://www.ivsz.hu IVSZ]
| {{HUN}} |
| Technology Ireland
| {{IRL}} |
| Anitec-Assinform
| {{ITA}} |
| [https://www.infobalt.lt INFOBALT]
| {{LTU}} |
| [https://www.apsi.lu APSI]
| {{LUX}} |
| [https://ict.md/ Moldovan Association of ICT Companies]
| {{MLD}} |
| [https://www.fiar.nl FIAR]
| {{NLD}} |
| [https://www.nldigital.nl/ NLdigital]
| {{NLD}} |
| [https://www.abelia.no Abelia]
| {{NOR}} |
| [https://www.kigeit.org.pl KIGEIT]
| {{POL}} |
| [https://www.piit.org.pl PIIT]
| {{POL}} |
| [https://www.zipsee.pl ZIPSEE]
| {{POL}} |
| [https://www.agefe.pt AGEFE]
| {{PRT}} |
| [https://www.anis.ro ANIS]
| {{ROU}} |
| [https://www.itas.sk ITAS]
| {{SVK}} |
| [https://www.gzs.si GZS]
| {{SVN}} |
| [https://www.ametic.es AMETIC]
| {{ESP}} |
| [https://www.adigital.org/ Adigital]
| {{ESP}} |
| [https://www.teknikforetagen.se Teknikföretagen]
| {{SWE}} |
| [https://www.techsverige.se/ TechSverige]
| {{SWE}} |
| [https://www.swico.ch SWICO]
| {{SWI}} |
| [https://www.ebi.com.tr/ Digital Turkey Platform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804153324/http://www.ebi.com.tr/ |date=August 4, 2015 }}
| {{TUR}} |
| [https://www.ecid.org.tr/ ECID]
| {{TUR}} |
| [https://www.itukraine.org.ua IT UKRAINE]
| {{UKR}} |
| [https://www.techuk.org TechUK]
| {{GBR}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.digitaleurope.org}}
- [http://www.digitaleurope.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=1124&PortalId=0&TabId=353 Download the DigitalEurope Corporate brochure_Our Work - June 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920125212/http://www.digitaleurope.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=1124&PortalId=0&TabId=353 |date=September 20, 2016 }}
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