António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel open the Internet Governance Forum 2019 in Berlin.

eco & the Internet Society sign Memorandum of Understanding at the IGF 2019.

The eco Association, The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructure, and Initiative Digital joined forces on Day Zero of the IGF 2019 to explore the needs and concerns of SMEs in terms of digitalization.

In a newly published position paper on the Regulation of Digital Platforms, eco highlights the central importance of balanced competitive conditions and identifies 5 required fields of action.

White paper introduces successful concepts and talks through opportunities and challenges for data centers to operate more sustainably in future.

Stefan Kreibig from innexio explains how the innexio network has evolved since inception, and writes about their ambitious goals for fiber-to-the-house connections. Read more on dotmagazine.

Six visionary and innovative business models were honored by the eco Association as part of a festive awards ceremony, and the Special Award for Ladies in Tech was presented to Stefanie Kemp for her outstanding commitment to female business leaders in the Internet industry.

Independent consultant Gerd Simon offers advice for companies on improving IT security and undertaking an effective risk assessment for cyber security. Read more on dotmagazine.

The 66th international meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in Montreal from November 2nd to 7th, 2019. ICANN66 was this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM includes time for internal stakeholder group and constituency work, gTLD policy work, and cross-community...

Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland e.V. and Head of the Digital Business Models division at eco, introduces the new European data infrastructure project that aims to grow a sovereign and self-determined digital ecosystem in Europe. Read more on dotmagazine.

Ivo Ivanov, COO of the DE-CIX Group AG, looks at the interplay of IoT, 5G & AI – the “digital interconnection triangle” of future innovation.  Read more on dotmagazine.

Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Data Center Infrastructure, grapples with the definition of edge data centers and envisages the environment that will evolve at the edge of 5G networks. 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.

A delegation from eco sought dialogue with French partners, as well as representatives of the ministries of economics and finance and the Assemblée Nationale, in the headquarters of FFTélécoms on 7 November.

Klaus J. Müller from LEITWERK explains how IoT can be made more secure – by removing the end-user’s ability to make bad decisions. Read more on dotmagazine.

On 05.11.2019, the Berlin Data Protection Supervisory Authority announced the imposition of a fine amounting to 14.5 M Euro.* It goes without saying that, for Germany, the size of this fine is sensational.

Bernd Krakau from Datagroup summarizes the role of managed service providers in future digital evolution. Read more on dotmagazine.

The BSI’s yearly report on cyber security paints a bleak picture. But there is a ray of hope, reports Roger Scheer from Veronym. Read more on dotmagazine.

Martin Schauf from Palo Alto Networks on AI, automation, and a zero trust policy to protect cloud environments in enterprises. Read more on dotmagazine.

In interview, Süme offers insights into how the eco Association will be involved in the 2019 Internet Governance Forum, from 25 to 29 November, hosted this year by Germany in Berlin.

Germany is hosting the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) for the very first time this year, which will take place from 25 to 29 November 2019 in the Estrel Congress Center in Berlin. The eco Association will be on location, participating in high-level panel sessions and with a booth at the IGF Village.

Marc Wilczek from Link11 speaks to dotmagazine about the power of AI to solve cyber security issues. Read more on dotmagazine.

Henrik Hasenkamp from gridscale explains how data analytics in the data center itself can be used to increase performance, reliability & security. Read more on dotmagazine.

“In Germany we don’t have an awareness problem, but rather a problem of acceptance when it comes to digitalization,” says Inger Paus, Managing Director Vodafone Institute for Society and Communication. She will be taking part in the eco://kongress as part of the discussion panel Future of AI and Significance for the Economy & Society.

Digital sovereignty in the form of high-performance and secure digital infrastructures is a key success factor and decisive for the future viability of Germany as a business location. This is the opinion of the overwhelming majority (80 percent) of decision-makers in German companies, according to the results of a current representative survey commissioned by eco.

Christine B. Müller, Cloud Platform Market Leader DACH for IBM Deutschland, looks at the value of adopting a multi-cloud strategy. Read more on dotmagazine.

Joseph Carsen from Thycotic looks at IoT risk assessment and calls for a redefinition of IoT to achieve clarity from a security perspective. Read more on dotmagazine.

eco Comments Final Report of German Data Ethics Commission

Thomas Rickert reports on the ongoing work of the EPDP in ICANN, and coming up with a digestible – if not appetizing – solution to data protection compliance for the Whois service.

The Digital Summit of the German Federal Government will take place this year on 28 and 29 October in Dortmund under the motto "Digital Platforms". eco will be present several times on both days and will actively participate in the high-level discussions between politics and business. We talked to eco’s Managing Director Alexander Rabe about the event.