eco draws up a 6-point catalogue of requirements from the Internet industry for the strengthening of Europe as a digital location

On Friday, 8 May 2020 leading industry experts from different layers of the Internet infrastructure - including Access Providers, Internet Exchange Points, Content Delivery Networks, Data Centers, and Cloud Service Providers – will discuss how they are maintaining the Internet during COVID-19. John Graham-Cumming,...

Ingobert Veith from HUAWEI offers insight into the benefits of AI, together with 5G and IoT technologies – for everything from networks to autonomous driving, and on to fighting Covid-19. Read more on dotmagazine.  

The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of the eco Association, welcomes the decision of the energy ministers and senators of the German states to reduce electricity costs and thereby initiate a sustainable energy transition economic programme.

It’s no secret that, in the Internet industry, there are currently far less women employed as specialists than men. Across the globe, women represent just one quarter of tech specialists, while in Europe, just one sixth of such roles are occupied by women. In order to support companies in their efforts to access the world’s greatest untapped pool of talent, today the eco Association has published a study and guide “Women in Tech Across the Globe: A Good Practice Guide for Companies”.

The lock down measures implemented in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic are leading to negative consequences for all economic sectors. This will also slow the previous growth of the Internet industry in Germany. However, these negative effects are expected to be fully compensated for by the end of 2022. The prerequisite for this, however, is that the economy must be ramped up again as far as possible in 2020. This is the conclusion reached by eco – Association of the Internet Industry and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little in preliminary extracts of the study “The Internet Industry 2020 – 2025”, which presents current industry trends and growth forecasts every five years.

eco formulates 5 points for the revision of the GDPR: Since May 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has regulated how public authorities, companies, associations, organizations or, for example, hospitals may handle citizens' data.  Now the first official evaluation of the much-discussed regulation is due.  eco – Association of the Internet still sees too many unresolved legal questions and practical problems that arise during implementation.

In this webinar Patrick L. Jones, Senior Director, Global Stakeholder Engagement and Matt Larson, VP Research at ICANN, will discuss the analysis of COVID-19 related lockdowns on ICANN-managed root server traffic, and give an overview of DNS ecosystem security issues and challenges with the current situation.

eco is celebrating its 25 years of existence this year under the motto of “Internet with Responsibility”. At the same time, the concept of digital sovereignty is being discussed increasingly in the media, politics, and parts of the Internet industry. But what does digital sovereignty actually mean and how does it relate to the anniversary motto? We asked Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, for his thoughts.

Axel Pawlik, former MD of RIPE NCC, reminisces on the early days of RIPE & eco, and on how the tech community found its voice to start talking to governments. Read more on dotmagazine.

What influence is COVID-19 having on the Internet industry? To develop a differentiated understanding of the mood of our sector, eco has started an industry survey “Corona and the Internet industry”.

Wido Potters from BIT BV warns that centralization of data can lead to vendor lock-in and increasing risks. Read more on dotmagazine.

Thomas Niessen of the Trusted Cloud Competence Network and Andreas Weiss of the eco Association and Eurocloud Deutschland_eco outline aspects being considered in the framework for assessment of GAIA-X providers. Read more on dotmagazine.

GAIA-X has been announced by end of October 2019: “A Federated Data Infrastructure as the Cradle of a Vibrant European Ecosystem”. Andreas Weiss, Head of Digital Business Models at eco, assembled a summary to show the future impact in the space of innovation and fair data sharing and the support to be expected by GAIA-X.

Julia Janssen-Holldiek, Director of the CSA, clarifies what companies now have to consider when communicating by email with their customers. Read more on dotmagazine.

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.