Update on European virtual network research
VE-Forum is an excellent source of information on European research activity in the virtual networks and clusters area. It has also just has produced a special edition of its Newsletter "DG INFSO D5 Enterprise Networking Clusters" which gives an overview of the huge amount of European Union research underway in this area which includes:
1. An Editorial by Gérarld Santucci - Head of the Enterprise Networking Unit on Enterprise Networking Research Policy
2. A review of current research clusters including:
- Ambient Intelligence Technologies for the Product Life-Cycle
- Business Networking
- Digital Ecosystems
- Enterprise Interoperability
3. Some network success stories including SATINE (Tourism) and the INTEROP Conference
4. A call for partners for a new European collaborative network initiative (ECOLEAD)
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