At the end of February the technology world will be meeting up in Barcelona. More than 100,000 annual visitors and 2,000 exhibitors make MWC Barcelona the largest trade fair in Europe. The eco Association will be there on location, offering both a guided tour and a presentation.

Alexandra Koch-Skiba, Head of the eco Complaints Office, explains the value of active self-regulation for effectively combatting illegal content online. Read more on dotmagazine.

Trust in digital has become business critical, Lars Steffen, Director of eco International, says - because bad user experience does not induce customers to buy. Read more on dotmagazine.

In this issue, dotmagazine explores how industry, government, law enforcement, and civil society can work together to make the Internet bigger, better and safer for everyone.

On 16th January, the Internet industry celebrated the start of 2020 with its traditional New Year's reception in Cologne. The evening also marked the kick-off of the eco Association's 25th jubilee year.  

Blanket data retention is disproportionate and incompatible with EU law. The Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that the Advocate General is upholding the judgment of the European Court of Justice (EUCJ) against general and indiscriminate blanket data retention.

Prof. Thomas Jaeschke from Datatree explains the importance of management awareness in increasing information security and data protection in companies. Read more on dotmagazine.

Worldwide, artificial intelligence (AI) is the uppermost digitalization topic of the future, and is one with which policy-makers must also get to grips with on a consistent basis.  eco – Association of the Internet Industry is driving forward the political dialogue on the responsible handling of data for new innovative AI business models.

Jens Kroppmann, Head of the Security Operation Center within CONET, explains how an SOC can support SMEs in rapidly detecting and mitigating cyber attacks. Read more on dotmagazine.

Gordon Muehl, Global CTO Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection at HUAWEI, on protecting against industrialized cyber crime and making security technology easier to use. Read more on dotmagazine.

Thomas Rickert reports on discussions at the IGF 2019 on illegal content, DNS blocking, IoT security, and ethical rules for digitalization. Read more on dotmagazine.

Oliver J. Süme, eco Chair of the Board calls for a change of perspective in the digital policy debate: The handling of digital technologies must become more pragmatic and at the same time, more strategic. What is missing is a visionary master plan.

Member of the eco Association Presidency Committee Stefanie Kemp reports on the state of trust in online services and its impact on business. Read more on dotmagazine.

In order for successful digital transformation and adaptation of important key technologies such as AI to take place, the Internet industry needs political backing. In 2019, the eco Association actively participated in numerous digital policy debates at German national and European level on topics such as AI, 5G, copyright law, blanket data retention, and the importance of digital infrastructures.

Ram Mohan from Afilias explains the importance of linguistic diversity online, and why a new approach to Universal Acceptance is needed. Read more on dotmagazine.

Kevin Wittek from if(is) outlines the possibilities for creating a federated blockchain operated by infrastructure providers who are eco members. Read more on dotmagazine.

Oliver Süme, Chair of the Board at the eco Association, reports on the challenge of giving millions of people world-wide access to information online. Read more on dotmagazine.

Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange talks to Julia Janssen-Holldiek from the CSA about innovating email and achieving security through openness. Read more on dotmagazine.

This month, dotmagazine explores how the Internet industry is working together with other stakeholders worldwide to develop greater trust in and better accessibility to digital services.

New Ethics Compendium as Internet industry contribution to the debate on digital ethics .

After two years in service, the eco Names & Numbers Steering Committee has now undergone the first changes in its composition. At the ICANN66 Annual General Meeting in Montreal, the group welcomed five new incoming members: Martin Küchenthal, Founder / CEO, LEMARIT Reg Levy, Director of Compliance, Tucows ...

Marc Fröse from ETIX Everywhere looks at the challenges of building data centers in highly diverse geographical and regulatory environments. Read more on dotmagazine.

Jörgen Venot from the DataCenterGroup, on the construction of and life insurance for industrial edge data centers. Read more on dotmagazine.

eco Chair of the Board Oliver J. Süme assesses the current plans for an obligation to notify for the operators of social networks critically, seeing them as being insufficiently thought through.

Christine De Ridder from LuxConnect, on the importance of energy efficiency & the need for infrastructure providers to also transform digitally. Read more on dotmagazine.

Wolfram Rinner, CEO of GasLINE, gives an overview of the current demand for connectivity and what is needed to enable edge computing. Read more on dotmagazine.

Following on from Ursula von der Leyen's election by the European Parliament as the future President of the European Commission in July 2019, the new EU Commission will now also start its work on 1 December. The European Commission now has the key task of shaping a rigorous digital policy for the digital future of us all.

Data centers and society both have much to gain from the use of waste heat, a topic elaborated upon both in a white paper, and by Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Data Center Infrastructure Group. Read more on dotmagazine.

Joanna Hahn, Public Relations Trainee at DE-CIX, shows how tailored digital infrastructure solutions and flawless interconnection can meet the constantly changing requirements of the market. Read more on dotmagazine.

In this issue, dotmagazine looks at digital infrastructure at the network edge - how innovation is driving demand, and demand is driving innovation.