A broad alliance from politics, industry, academia, and society advocates for a mutual and comprehensive understanding of education in the digital world. The German Society for Informatics (Gesellschaft für Informatik – GI) launched a charter to this effect on 14 August. The charter, which eco has also signed, expresses the mutual understanding of the signatories of education in a world shaped by digitalization.

Practical blockchain know-how for SMEs – 36-page white paper provides firsthand expert blockchain knowledge & application scenarios

Artificial Intelligence (AI) finds anomalies autonomously and shows strategies to combat acute cyber attacks, and the combination of artificial and human intelligence improves the security level in companies.

Prof. De Kai explains how AI can learn independently, and why we need to be careful to offer good role models for them to learn from. Read more on dotmagazine.

Stephan Nolden is Director Business Development & Marketing of the Comstor Security Initiative (CSI), which he will be presenting during the Internet Security Days (ISDs) on 26-27.09. in Phantasialand, in Brühl near Cologne. In interview, he answers questions on how companies should behave before, during, and after...

What are the key skills for companies to succeed in the digital economy? Ursula Vranken advises a re-appraisal of talent. Read more on dotmagazine.

Which cyber criminals pursue which interests, and how can I recognize the motive and protect my company? Helmut Brechtken answers these question in interview.

So you want to open your SME to the potential benefits of digitalization? Detlev Artelt from Aixvox offers guidance on how to get started.  Read more on dotmagazine.

The interconnected world of tomorrow calls for an ethical approach to digital education today, a topic delved into by eco’s Managing Director Alexander Rabe. Read more on dotmagazine.

New Work is now an indispensable part of digital business models. Andreas Weiss from eco, on what it takes to convert New Work principles into practice. Read more on dotmagazine.

Offering employees flexibility and supporting diversity benefits the company as a whole, as Lucia Falkenburg, CPO of the eco Association explains. Read more on dotmagazine.

Yesterday evening in Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen was elected as the new President of the European Commission by MEPs in the European Parliament. In the run-up to the vote, the President-elect of the Commission had already published her political agenda for Europe.

In our series “Women in the Tech Industry”, we invite inspiring female specialists and executives from the Internet industry to take the floor. This time round: Tijen Onaran, CEO & Founder at GDW Global Digital

At the eco://kongress taking part on 21 November in Cologne, three focal topics will form the framework for the discussions taking place amongst the leading minds of the Internet industry: "Forward thinking for society"; "City, Country, Future"; and "Industry 4.0 with AI".

David McCall from QTS looks at how data centers can help improve the disposal of electronic components through an IT Asset Disposal program. Read more on dotmagazine.

Wolfram Rinner from GasLINE explores how 5G campus networks and fiber-optic connectivity can exploit the potential of Industry 4.0 in the automotive industry. Read more on dotmagazine.

An eco survey reveals that over a quarter of Germans are already using digital voice assistants. Meanwhile, high data protection standards are identified as being the key to the acceptance of AI technologies and services while, going forward, AI will need human intelligence for its own development.

How is data center design and redundancy evolving for edge environments? Independent consultant Gerd Simon looks at bringing data to life at the edge. Read more on dotmagazine.

As part of the international networking for the “Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany”, eco Managing Director Alexander Rabe participated in a German-Swedish exchange on artificial intelligence.    

Björn Schwarze from ADDIX Internet Services GmbH, on the challenges and societal benefits of providing free public WiFi across cities and rural areas. Read more on dotmagazine.

Dietmar Kessler from Equinix explores services in the city of the future, and the digital infrastructure required as a foundation of the smart city concept. Read more on dotmagazine.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is today re-negotiating whether companies may transfer personal data to the US. In this context, the ECJ wants to clarify whether the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement achieves an adequate level of data protection.

What does the digitalization of data centers look like? Ulrich Terrahe from dc-ce looks at mastering DC documentation digitally. Read more on dotmagazine.

The 65th international meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in Marrakech from 24th to 27th of June 2019. ICANN65 was the fourth ever Policy Forum and the second one to be held in the African region. The Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees had taken the lead in...

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of Digitalization, Cloud, & Innovative Business Models. Bring your voice into the mix!

How will the Internet evolve to keep pace with digital innovation? Christoph Dietzel from DE-CIX offers his vision of the Internet of the future. Read more on dotmagazine.

Klaus Landefeld, Board Member at the eco Association, looks at what investments are still needed to fully exploit the potential of 5G. Read more on dotmagazine.

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One argues that enterprises do not need to simply choose between owning a data center or outsourcing IT infrastructure – they can have the best of both worlds. Read more on dotmagazine.

Dr. Béla Waldhauser from the eco Association and the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructure in Germany looks at the digital infrastructure requirements for Europe to remain competitive in the global digital economy. Read more on dotmagazine.

A new handbook, launched in Brussels today and entitled "Buying Cloud Services in Public Sector", is designed to help public purchasers in Europe to shape more effective cloud procurement vehicles.