Regarding the statements by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joseph Biden on a new deal for legally secure data exchange between the US and the EU, eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme welcomes the fact that things are now starting to once again move forward.

Digital transformation does not happen overnight. However, long-term planning is worthwhile for standards and interfaces and many other positive aspects of digitalisation, says Tobias Sattler, Board of neubau kompass AG, in an interview.

Dr Julia Freudenberg and Stefanie Susser inspire children and the young generation to learn computer programming with the Hacker School. In our interview, they tell us why it is important to secure the next generation of women in the IT industry and how companies and IT specialists can get involved with the Hacker School. Anyone...

Two years down the line, and the world’s most important IoT congress – the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona – could open its doors once again and the eco Association was there, live in person. As part of the NRW pavilion, eco and several member companies were able to present themselves on location.

eco – Association of the Internet Industry & ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers invite you to a joint ICANN73 Readout to summarise and discuss selected topics from the Virtual Community Forum. Speakers from different constituencies of the ICANN community will provide an overview of the highlights...

The eco Association calls for a focus on future-oriented digital policy. “The German federal government must now finally define and implement relevant projects and plans and quickly present a consistent, cross-departmental digital strategy that defines clear and, above all, measurable goals.”

Many cloud natives in Germany are developing at an incredible speed, and the success is seemingly unstoppable. In the ECN initiative, we find the perfect ecosystem to form new partnerships, network, share ideas, and collaborate to create new services and bring them successfully to the market.

With the start of the war in Ukraine, critical infrastructure, businesses, and government agencies there became targets of cyberattacks. According to estimates by the BSI and eco Association, Germany has not – yet – become a greater target of cyberattacks. “This situation assessment could change at very short notice, and targeted as well as massive cyberattacks could severely compromise cybersecurity at any time,” says Prof. Norbert Pohlmann.

Are hosting and cloud service providers the secret heroes in the fight against DNS abuse? On 23 March, industry leaders will discuss best practices to enhance DNS security. The stable, secure operation of the DNS (Domain Name System) forms the foundation for the worldwide success of the Internet. However, attempts at...

Efficient digital infrastructures are critical when it comes to sustainable growth. Nicol Nógrádi, Founders Associate at Inter.link, talks about this in an interview.

Women face gender-specific bias in the workplace far more often than men. These are the results of a survey conducted throughout Germany by eco – Association of the Internet Industry in cooperation with the market and opinion research institute Civey*.

eco Association and its affiliated organisations are deeply dismayed by what is currently unfolding in Ukraine. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the war of aggression triggered by Russian President Putin, which is clearly contrary to international law, and the suffering it is inflicting. The industry and politics must now work together without any delay to find ways to combat disinformation and possible cybersecurity incidents.

Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany initiates exchange with leading representatives of the EU Commission and the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact.

eco Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the decision of the Cologne Administrative Court on the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), which, according to the judges, partially violates EU law.

In our opinion, the cloud divides German SMEs – due to legal uncertainties (GDPR), but also the lack of technical expertise and motivation to change “the running system”, says Dr Daniel Seybold, Co-Founder & CTO at benchANT.

This course will provide an overview of ICANN's technical mission. Beyond the policy development coordination role for the community, ICANN plays a significant role coordinating the technical aspects of the Internet's unique identifier system.

In the view of the telecommunications associations ANGA, bitkom, BREKO, BUGLAS, eco and VATM, the “right to provision of telecommunications services (RaVT)” contained in the new German Telecommunications Act (TKG) should be implemented in such a way that, in particular, non-line connections via satellite, mobile communications or directional radio can be used for nationwide digital participation for all citizens.

The Mobility Data Space aims to bring together providers of data-related services with other players in the market, says Dr. Andreas Heindl, Project Manager Mobility Data Space.

Presentation at Mobile World Congress (MWC) on 28 February at 10 a.m., at North Rhine-Westphalia Pavilion in Hall 7, Booth C62 Smart City market boom: eco study forecasts over 17 per cent annual growth Digital technologies and applications make an indispensable contribution to achieving the German climate target...

On 24 February 2022, Dr. Franziska Brantner of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), formally approved the funding for the Car Repair 4.0 consortium.  The platform is designed to enable independent car repair shops and SMEs to use AI-based diagnostic procedures to repair and maintain vehicles.

The EU Commission has announced details of the planned Data Act for 23 February 2022. eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme sets out the Internet industry’s expectations.

echo Chair of the Board Oliver Süme commented on the German Digital Strategy, which was announced today by Stefan Schnorr, State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport.

T-Systems International, DAASI International, BigchainDB, Fraunhofer AISEC, ecsec and XLAB are the first to start with GXFS as implementation partners. A series of explainer videos are being released for the general public, and a new blog series about Gaia-X as well as a monthly newsletter keeps interested parties up to date.

In the last few years, the focus of the CG was more on technical topics and strongly on the view of the receiver or ISP side. This year, we addressed the concerns of the senders.

The digital transformation has an impact on various aspects of sustainability, meaning that the new German traffic light coalition is closely interlinking the topics of digitalisation and sustainability. The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany warmly welcomes this development and emphasises just how important the rapid roll-out of renewable energies in Germany is.

On 29 and 30 September 2022, the Internet Security Days (ISD) will take place once again in Phantasialand near Cologne, Germany. eco and heise Events invite IT security experts, security managers and user companies to exchange views on current threats and security strategies at the 12th ISD.

In an interview, Gregor Landwehr, Managing Director of eco member Contentflow, talks about changes in the event industry and the growing importance of video content.

eco congratulates Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his re-election as Federal President. eco Chair, Oliver Süme, hopes that socio-political and economic aspects of the topic of digitalisation will be a noticeable focus during Steinmeier’s second term in office.

Companies including VeriSign, CentralNic, Public Interest Registry, IQ Global AS and Realtime Register have joined forces under the umbrella of the eco Association to increase the security of the Domain Name System (DNS).

Melanie Ludolph is an associate at the Hamburg law firm Fieldfisher and focuses on privacy, security and information. In this interview, she talks about what website operators now expect following the Austrian data protection authority’s decision on the use of Google Analytics, and how companies can obtain practicable, legally secure, and sustainable solutions for international data sharing.