EuroDIG - EuroDIG resume and looking ahead
Discussion on Formulating Africa IGF
Women and Internet Governance
The Governance Dimension of the Internet of Things
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While there is still a discussion, what the concept of the” Internet of Things” means in practice, the real process of connecting objects equipped with RFID chips to the Internet via an IPv6 address continues to move forward. The market is growing and so growths the debate about the governance implications of the “Internet of Things”. The European Commission has established a “Task Force on the Internet of Things” and the European Parliament has published a report about the issue in 2010.
FOSS as an Instrument for Accessible Development
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Cyberattacks have been increasing both in number and ferocity.
Top-level domains are particularly at risk because of the breadth of
the consequences when failures or service degradations occur. When
a country code top-level domain is attacked, both its economy and
its citizens are at risk.
The Impact of Regulation: Open Source and Enterprise
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The workshop seeks to elaborate the impact of regulation, between Free and Open Source Software and Enterprise.
Consensus building on Internet's universality, integrity and openness
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Internet accessibility has become a pre-condition for the enjoyment of fundamental rights, notably freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association.
A Practical & Pragmatic Look at Making Cloud Successful in Developing World
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During IGF 2010 Workshop 136, a proposal was made to convene a multistakeholder workshop for African countries interested in cloud computing to address the unique challenges of developing the understanding and confidence to embrace this technology.
Privacy ,Security and Access to Rights " A Technical Policy Analyses"
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Privacy and security are often presented as zero-sum outcomes with respect to issues affecting Internet governance. This dichotomous treatment often results in policy outcomes that directly limit access and rights. The meanings of privacy and security, however, are not used uniformly and often vary with the regards to the issue at hand (i.e.
Good Practice Forum: Building Trust Environment for e-Commerce------Challenges and Innovation
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With the rapid development of e-commerce in recent years, online shopping has become one of the most popular Internet applications, especially Chinese netizen. According to Ministry of Commerce of China, transaction value of China e-commerce in 2010 reached 4.5 trillion Yuan, with a 22% growth rate year-on-year. And it is predicted that the transaction value will keep an average annual growth rate over 20%, and reach 12 trillion Yuan in 2015.