Marcus Busch, Managing Director Leaseweb Germany, provides five less obvious factors to choosing the right cloud and hosting provider. Read more in dotmagazine.

In a recent online netTALK hosted by eco, Thomas Jarzombek, German Commissioner for the Digital Economy & Start-ups, spoke of how the coronavirus is triggering a “fresh start for digitalization,” and explained why it is particularly important to achieve digital self-determination in times of crisis.

In times of the coronavirus crisis, the data volume is growing exponentially. And yet network operators in Germany are at a distinct competitive disadvantage, with electricity costs being four times higher than in other European countries. The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany therefore calls for the EEG levy for data centers to now be lifted.

The nomination period for the seventh edition of .eu Web Awards is now open and will run until 5 August. Make sure you vote for your favourite website in each of the five categories. The .eu Web Awards is an online competition to acknowledge websites that have high-level security standards, excellent content, and a smashing...

Since 1st January 2018, the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) obligates the operators of social networks to delete criminal content from their networks within a given period of time and under the threat of potentially heavy fines. On 1 April, the German Cabinet adopted a further reform of the Network Enforcement Act.

Cyber criminals are on a roll at the moment, with many successful phishing attacks being launched via corona-related domains. These criminals are putting companies and health care facilities at risk. The eco Association and the eco member SoSafe offer organizations tips on how to protect themselves against such attacks.

How can openness and standardization strengthen digital self-determination? Holger Dyroff is a member of the Executive Board at the OSB (Open Source Business) Alliance – Bundesverband für Digitale Souveränität e. V. (Federal Association for Digital Sovereignty) and the CEO of ownCloud GmbH. In this interview he explains how we can move away from digital dependency.

Marco Hoffmann, Head of Domain Services & Product Management at InterNetX, and Christian Voss, CMO at Sedo, reviewed the domain year 2019 and gave an outlook on 2020.

How Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX, built his first networks and chose his vocation as a doctor of the Internet. Read more on dotmagazine.

The Association of the Internet Industry is in favor of the use of a tracking app in the COVID-19 crisis, if this application is designed in accordance with data protection regulations and if users can install the app on a voluntary basis.

In the eco Association’s 25th anniversary year, Lars Steffen speaks to Thomas Rickert about the initiation of the eco Complaints Office, the CSA, and further initiatives for an Internet with Responsibility. Read more on dotmagazine.

Transparency creates trust. As such, for many years now, the eco Complaints Office has been reporting transparently on its working approach and achievements in the fight against illegal Internet content. For the year 2019 eco has compiled an independent eco Complaints Office annual report.

In an eco webinar yesterday, the Head of the eco Complaints Office Alexandra Koch-Skiba launched the Complaints Office's new Annual Report for 2019 together with Maximilian Schubert, President of EuroISPA. With this annual report, the eco Complaints Office looks back on a labor-intensive year: with 4,654 cases, the office recorded by far the highest number of justified complaints to date.

Linda Strick from the Cloud Security Alliance offers guidance for CSPs and cloud customers to assess the security and privacy risks of a cloud service.  Read more on dotmagazine.

With the right measures, you can provide for secure home office workplaces where company & customer data also remain protected, Markus Selinger from AV-Test explains. Read more on dotmagazine.

Jens Weller from toplink offers advice for companies on how to make the shift to the home office to keep operations running during the coronavirus crisis. Read more on dotmagazine.

In this issue, dotmagazine offers advice in facing the challenges of COVID-19, and insight into innovations in the cloud industry and cloud certification - as an orientation for making IT outsourcing decisions.

Emma Wehrwein, project manager and contact person for webinars at the eco Association, explains how the new offer came about, what is special about the webinars, which topics are planned, and at whom the events are directed.

Heterogeneous teams promote innovation and ensure greater quality and performance. Lucia Falkenberg, eco Chief People Officer, is convinced. In addition, the Internet industry urgently needs more specialists. In an interview, Falkenberg explains how more women can be attracted to the industry.

85 percent of employees in Germany are in favor of virtual working in light of the current crisis situation, as a representative survey of some 2,500 employees reveals. Experts from the eco Association provide concrete tips on how companies can remain up and running, in spite of the coronavirus outbreak.

Strong growth in the gaming sector in Spain will result in increased demand for digital infrastructure in the Spanish capital, writes Theresa Bobis, Regional Director for Southern Europe at DE-CIX. Read more on dotmagazine.

AUDITOR enables cloud providers to prove their data processing operations are compliant with the GDPR, Prof. Ali Sunyaev, Heiner Teigeler, and Sebastian Lins of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology explain. Read more on dotmagazine.

Planned well in advance or quick and dirty? An interview with Jens Weller, Managing Director of toplink GmbH, explaining how companies can master the challenges of working from home. toplink is a sponsor of the eco birthday campaign, 25 Years of eco – Internet with Responsibility.

Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX and eco, talks to dotmagazine about the proposed GAIA-X project for a European cloud infrastructure, and how to build your own Internet. Read more on dotmagazine.

Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland e.V. and Head of the Digital Business Models division at eco, outlines how the new European data infrastructure project will enable innovation and give SMEs access to state-of-the-art digital infrastructure. Read more on dotmagazine.

Beyond, of course, the health consequences and the impact on public life, the worldwide spread of COVID-19 means that many people are now staying put at home. This also has an impact on Internet use: With 9.1 Terabit data per second, the Frankfurt Internet exchange DE-CIX set a new world record on 10 March. This shows that functioning digital infrastructures are indispensable for a functioning economic structure and social life and are needed more urgently than ever in Europe.

In this issue, dotmagazine offers insight into innovations in the cloud industry, and the business value of compliance and certification - as an orientation for making IT outsourcing decisions.

“Remote work is easier than you think, you just need up-to-date technology and the courage to adapt,” says Detlev Artelt, eco topic expert for remote working and author and editor of numerous publications on the topic. Artelt suggests five simple steps to provide practical assistance to SMEs looking at introducing remote work in light of COVID-19.

Today, the EU Commission is presenting its concepts for both an industrial and an SME strategy. The eco Association believes that an EU-wide strategy is urgently needed in the context of international competition, in order to maintain and strengthen the European economy in the long term.