StarAudit of EuroCloud Europe wants to build trust between cloud providers and users with its certification program. In this interview, Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland_eco e. V., elaborates on details of the multi-level program.

eco's monthly English-language in-depth magazine opens its call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topic of Ethics in Digitalization.

The deadline for submission of texts is Friday, 24 August 2018.

In the smart city, the energy market segment in Germany is growing by 19.9 percent per year. So, what are the particular factors that are boosting revenues? Smart meters, a trend towards electromobility, and e-filling stations.

The same processes that secure Bitcoin and friends can also be used for securing other forms of data. But what is it that makes blockchain so secure? Professor Norbert Pohlmann, from the eco Association, explains.

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“The Gigabit Society must become a reality by 2025. To achieve this, we need the digital cabinet to adopt a concerted strategy for the expansion of all networks, because the clock is ticking loudly".

eco urges the German federal government to adopt a constructive approach to ethical questions regarding AI and digitalization and stresses that a perfectly functioning ecosystem of hardware and key software technologies provides the ideal basis for secure and trustworthy AI applications.  

Part I of the July/August issue of eco’s dotmagazine has just been published. In addition to specialist articles on the topic of blockchain, this edition includes an interview with Chair of the eco Board, Oliver Süme concerning the proposed EU e-Privacy Regulation.

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The BMVI has just published its new funding policy for Germany’s broadband development program. From the point of view of eco, the reconfiguration of the funding program is an important, but by no means major, step on the road to implementing gigabit networks. An urgent need for action nonetheless remains.

"The EU has taken the opportunity today to maintain the open and decentralized structure of the Internet. This is a victory for freedom of expression on the Internet."

With an attendance of 1,100 participants, the ICANN62 in Panama City was the ICANN policy forum meeting, with a compact agenda focused on working on ICANN policy matters, and a number of cross-community discussions on key policy issues of broad interest.

In considering the final declaration of last week’s EU summit, eco – Association of the Internet Industry cautions once again against the legal introduction of upload filters in Europe.

The European Registry for Internet Domains (EURid) and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), have announced a joint effort to fight cybercrime in the .eu and .ею domain name space.

Lars Steffen, Director of eco International, explains why Universal Acceptance (UA) is important in today's globalized and interconnected world.

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The great complexity of the technical processes used in connected and autonomous cars leads to complex legal requirements. Two attorneys-at-law from DWF Germany, Klaus M. Brisch and Marco Müller-ter Jung, explore the raft of associated implications – spanning contract and liability issues to issues of IT and data security – and conclude that legal innovations at European level might enhance further technical progress.

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When it comes to driverless cars, most of the talk is about high-precision sensors and AI. But a host of other enabling IT services bring their own risks. Marco Comastri of CA Technologies argues for the need for a paradigm shift among OEMs: one that would make cyber and network security as much of a core competence as engine control, airbags, or brakes.

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The potential for the connected car to improve safety on the road is immense, but its ability to do so also depends on the IT security built into the system. dotmagazine spoke to IT security specialist and Member of the Board at the eco Association, Professor Norbert Pohlmann, about the challenges of securing connected cars.

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The future of the car and innovative mobility solutions relies on interconnection platforms which can bring together diverse ecosystems. A look at the centrality of connectivity to the evolution of the connected car.

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Hear eco's Thomas Rickert, eco Chair Oliver Süme, and i2Coalition's Christian Dawson at ICANN62, giving an update on the GDPR, and discussing how local laws can have global reach.

The German Bundestag has established a Commission of Inquiry to clarify ethical questions regarding Artificial Intelligence. eco welcomes the decision and hopes that the commission recognizes the opportunities and potential of AI.

Realizing the vision of the connected and self-driving car of the future will require significant advances in connectivity, and the IoT will need to be built into the landscape to provide a seamless user experience. Klaus Landefeld, Vice-Chair of the Board at the eco Association, on the intelligent highway.

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Final Report from the ICANN Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) on Work Stream 2 expected by the end of ICANN63

Solutions are needed to relieve traffic congestion and improve lives of commuters, and data is the key: Combining connectivity, computing power, & AI to change the face of mobility.

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The City of Hamburg, as joint hosts with the eco Association and DENIC, to welcome the international Internet community for the 2020 conference and AGM of ICANN, the global coordinator of domain name administration.

The World Cup viewing really goes to show just how strongly the demands on digital infrastructures in Germany are growing, but fiber optic expansion in South Korea far further along than in Germany.

In March 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a directive on the taxation of companies with a “significant digital presence” in the European digital single market. The Association of the Internet Industry has now published a statement on this proposal.

The GDPR has far-reaching effects on the Connected Car. At CONCAR-EXPO 2018, the eco Association looks at data protection for automotive & mobility sectors.

The “CloudiFacturing Project” (CloudiFacturing.eu), funded by the European Commission, has announced its first call for industrial and application-oriented experiments. The project is seeking 7 mini-consortiums that want to test and use new technologies for the optimization of production processes.

The EU Parliament’s legal affairs committee (JURI) has today voted on the planned copyright reform, and is following the Council of Ministers, which in May presented a joint proposal of the EU Member States as a basis for negotiation on the reform.

The Internet as a retail path for goods of all kinds is growing strongly, but at the same time, returns present online retailers with challenges. A new study, however, has found that consumers are only making moderate use of their right to return articles and that returned articles are almost all resold.

On 20 June, the JURI Committee of the European Parliament will vote on the Copyright Directive, setting the course for the final negotiations in the trilogue with the Commission and the Council.