Valéry Marchive

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A graduate in networking and databases and an author of several books about Apple gear, Valéry Marchive has been covering the French IT landscape since the late 90s, both for the consumer and enterprise sectors.

I do not work for and do not have any investment in IT companies or any companies I might write about.

Latest from Valéry Marchive

Hadopi: Watchdogs face-off over control of a dying three-strikes process

France's anti-piracy watchdog fought for survival this week while its broadcast regulator argued to gain control over a seriously weakened three-strikes process stripped of its internet-banning powers.

September 13, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Security

Ditch your personal phones, use govt hardware for state secrets instead, French ministers told

The French prime minister’s office has issued a note instructing all ministries offices employees not to use consumer mobile devices when dealing with classified and sensitive data.

September 12, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Security

Orange 4G to cover 40 percent of France by year's end

Orange has extended its 4G coverage to Paris and 37 surrounding areas, and upped its coverage target for 2013.

September 10, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Mobility

France's €100m startup fund targets fast-growing digital services firms

Time Equity Partners is aiming to raise €100m to fund digital economy companies in France and Europe, as well as globally.

August 23, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Startups

France's 4G rollouts to speed up after SFR, Bouygues start network-sharing talks

SFR and Bouygues Telecom, France's second and third biggest mobile operators respectively, have begun talks to share parts of their network infrastructure.

July 23, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Mobility

French competition watchdog confirms app store probe

The French competition authority has decided to investigate the app store market, questioning the fairness of a "very closed oligopoly", according to organisation's president.

July 15, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Apple

Twitter finally hands over details of accounts used to post racist tweets

After losing an appeal against a court order that sentenced Twitter to reveal the details of accounts used last autumn to post racist and anti-Semitic tweets, the microblogging finally gave in.

July 15, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Legal

France hopes to turn PRISM worries into cloud opportunities

When the NSA's PRISM program was first revealed, reactions were cautious. But now, some believe it could be an opportunity for France's cloud industry.

June 21, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Cloud

Richard to remain CEO of Orange, despite fraud investigation

Last week, Stéphane Richard was put under investigation in a case of suspected organised fraud. The board of the telco has announced it intends to keep him as CEO of the company.

June 20, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Legal

Twitter's appeal against racist tweets case written off

At the end of January, a French court ordered Twitter to reveal the details of accounts used to post racist and anti-Semitic tweets last autumn. Twitter appealed against the ruling, but has lost that appeal.

June 18, 2013 by Valéry Marchive in Legal

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