There are any number of good reasons as to why the Internet industry needs female reinforcement. In our series “Women in the Tech Industry”, we invite inspiring female specialists and executives from the Internet industry to take the floor. Kick-starting the series is Melanie Buck, Chief of Staff at US Webhoster GoDaddy.  

Mathias Loacher from 1&1 IONOS explains the factors influencing data center design and planning, and the benefits of their own new data center design. Read more on dotmagazine.

Following the G20 summit in Japan, a joint paper issued by the partner associations eco and i2Coalition emphasizes the importance of a new transatlantic data protection agreement.

The new EU Parliament will be formally constituted on 2 July. In this context, eco Chair Oliver Süme emphasizes how important a fast-track development of the Digital Single Market is for the new legislative term.

Toan Nguyen from e-shelter explores secure access to data centers thanks to hand-held vein scanner and blockchain. Read more on dotmagazine.

Laurent Tognazzi from Siemens looks at the current development of the data center market, and what this means for enterprise IT infrastructure decisions. Read more on dotmagazine.

Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, and North Rhine-Westphalia are the trailblazers in digital policy, this is one of the key findings of the first Digital Compass of the German Federal States, which eco – Association of the Internet Industry has now made available online (in German only).

Lauren Fahey and Tony Robinson from Corning explore the advantages of outsourcing data center requirements to colocation (MTDC) facilities, and how to find the right DC for your needs. Read more on dotmagazine.

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on the value of quality connectivity services for enterprises and data centers. Read more on dotmagazine.

Know-how for cyber security today and tomorrow – this will be conveyed by more than 30 experts at the Internet Security Days (ISDs) on 26 and 27 September 2019 in keynotes, security sessions, panel discussions, and workshops.

The Temp Spec is not dead – it just smells funny: Thomas Rickert & Lars Steffen from the eco Names & Numbers Forum, on the 1-year anniversary of ICANN's Temporary Specification for the processing of personal data in the context of domain registrations.

Without data centers, network operators, and connectivity, there can be no digital revolution. dotmagazine explores digital infrastructure as the basis for value creation in the digital economy, and offers advice for companies facing infrastructure decisions in their digital transformation.

Oliver J. Süme will continue as Chair of the Board of eco – Association of the Internet Industry. The Hamburg-based lawyer and partner in the law firm Fieldfisher was unanimously re-elected on 18 June 2019 at the eco Annual General Meeting in Cologne, as were the other members of the Board, Klaus Landefeld, Felix Höger, and Professor Norbert Pohlmann.

Last Thursday, the ECJ ruled that the “Gmail” service should not be treated as a telecommunications service under European law, thus foiling the plans of the German Federal Network Agency to subject web services to the provisions of the German Telecommunications Act.

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of IoT, Smart Environments, and Identifying People & Things Online.

The German Federal Network Agency has declared the 5G spectrum auction closed. According to eco Board Member Klaus Landefeld: “The end of the 5G spectrum auction marks a fundamental milestone on Germany's path to becoming a networked industry location and society."

Representatives of the Internet industry from Europe and the US, along with US policy-makers, came together in Washington D.C. on 22nd May to take part in the third of three roundtable dialogues. The core focus of this event series, hosted by the eco Association and the US based i2Coalition, was on the future of international data transfer between the EU and the US – and, in particular, on that of the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Dr. Hendrik Rosenboom from DKV Mobility Services Group, on the role that logistics is playing in reshaping the transport and mobility sectors. Read more on dotmagazine.

eco, together with representatives of German and European industry, academia, and civil society, criticizes in an open letter the plans of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) for wanting to legally oblige providers of messenger services to retroactively alter end-to-end encryption.

This year's EuroDIG is coming up on the 19th and 20th of June, and will take place this time in The Hague. In a brief interview, Lars Steffens, Director of eco international and Project Manager of Blockchain & Domains, explains why he and eco's Honorary President Michael Rotert will be attending EuroDIG.

Marco Müller-ter Jung from DWF Law looks at what data protection means for the development of new services in the area of the connected and autonomous car. Read more on dotmagazine.

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of New Work and Digital Communications Read more on dotmagazine.

Oliver Süme, eco Chair of the Board, warns against renewed discussions on European information and retention obligations for the Internet industry: “Any policy to revive blanket data retention is not an option, in any form whatsoever.”

eco calls for a sense of proportion in the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive

The mobility of the future is connected, and offering the right vehicle, in the right place, and for every need is only possible and sustainable with the help of the Internet industry, says Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of the eco Association. Read more on dotmagazine.

With the guidelines on “Connected and Autonomous Mobility”, eco – Association of the Internet Industry supports the automotive industry with immediate effect in bringing the self-driving car onto the road with cyber security, data protection, and well-defined areas of responsibility and liability.

“We must make AI safe, trustworthy and successful”, says eco board member Prof. Norbert Pohlmann.

Connected and autonomous mobility is not only an important topic for the automotive and Internet industries. Thorsten Stucke, eco expert Mobility, talks to us about current trends, necessities, and comfort features.

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Dr. Tibor Pataki looks at the ownership of data in the Connected Car market, and the impact of automated systems on vehicle insurance. Read more on dotmagazine.