A new committee has been established in eco: the eco Names & Numbers Forum Steering Committee has started its work. Thomas Rickert, eco Director for Names & Numbers, explains the role of the steering committee, and why domains are such an important topic for the largest Internet industry association.  Thomas,...

On the current debates in connection with the cyber attack “WannaCry” last weekend, Prof. Norbert Pohlmann, eco Director for IT Security, says: “The calls from German ministries and parties for legislative measures are too short-sighted and offer no solution. What we need instead is consistent IT security management...

When natural disasters strike, crisis zones need communications to coordinate rescue activities. But exactly this infrastructure may be down in an emergency. Gerhard Betscheider from SES Techcom Services explains the life-saving work of emergency.lu around the world. Rapid disaster response via satellite When a natural...

Automatic updates, backups and security software ensure secure IT systems Replace old operating systems such as XP and Vista as soon as possible Regular updates and well-maintained operating systems prevent possible corruption by ransomware such as WannaCry. Despite this, many businesses and private individuals are...

How can we build the digital society of the future? How does connectivity influence economic growth and the employment market? And what investments need to be made today to enable the transformation of tomorrow’s business world? Internet industry specialist and strategy and management consultant Gerd Simon talks to...

A look toward future trends in connectivity, data and storage, and how Africa will overcome the “digital divide” by Gregory Gerot from BroadGroup. A connected future Data is global. There will be an estimated 34bn connected devices on the planet by 2020. How we use this data and how we connect it is rapidly becoming...

Despite all the political efforts and advancements in broadband expansion, company decision-makers in all sectors in Germany continue to see a need for improvement in digital infrastructure. The eco Association sees broadband rollout as the most important infrastructure project in the near future. Around one quarter...

Today the European Commission is due to issue its mid-term review for the EU Agenda for the Digital Single Market. eco Director of Policy & Law, Oliver Süme, comments: “The European Commission has recognized the numerous challenges posed by digitalization and is dedicated to following its vision of a common European...

eco offers expert advice for successful marketing emails More revenue potential for SMEs with email campaigns Simple measures for increasing reputation, ensuring legal certainty and protecting against tampering Using the tips in this guide, bulk emails actually land in the inbox of the recipient: eco – Association...

Interview with Theresa Bobis, Regional Director South Europe at DE-CIX Fundamental to the global networks that make up the Internet are the undersea cables that span the oceans connecting continents. One fundamental seabed for submarine interconnectivity is the Mediterranean Basin, home to fiber connecting Africa, Europe,...

eco publishes White Paper “Infrastructure for Live Broadcasting – State of Play and Future Challenges” What is the impact of a major international sporting event on Internet traffic flows? What are the infrastructure challenges for delivering live sporting coverage via streaming? How do fans use second screens during...

The latest dotmagazine issue on Connectivity, Networks and Digital Transformation is now online! What is the economic value and impact of connectivity? What needs to be done to enable the digital society of the future? What is the cost of high latency for a company doing business in China? The May 2017 issue of dotmagazine,...

Homographic phishing efforts with IDNs are rare and not new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) are growing in popularity, a testament to their role in the expansion of the global Internet and the value they provide in connecting non-English speakers to the Web. However, a renewed focus was raised in April...

Interview with Roland Broch, eco e.V.  Roland Broch, the administrator of the eco Data Center Expert Group and the eco Data Center Star Audit, talks to dotmagazine.online about innovative approaches to energy efficiency in data centers; from water cooling to Kyoto wheels.  What different aspects of the...

Gerd J. Simon, Independent Management Consulting and Senior Analyst for Crisp Research  How can we build the digital society of the future? How does connectivity influence economic growth and the employment market? And what investments need to be made today to enable the transformation of tomorrow’s business...

The eco Association has updated its white paper “BREXIT – Challenges for the Domain Industry?”. It now highlights more strongly BREXIT’s legal and taxation consequences for companies. “With the expected hard BREXIT, the legal uncertainties for companies are now greater than ever,” says Egon Schmitz, Certified...

Despite the positive prevailing mood, digitalization has been slow to take hold in Germany. And added to this, sceptics suggest it will result in the loss of jobs. But this scepticism is based on a limited awareness, according to eco CEO Harald A. Summa. In this interview he explains this and the chances that digitalization...

The eco service Botfrei.de/Botfree.eu has become a partner of the international NoMoreRansom.org project The international initiative in the fight against ransomware, NoMoreRansom.org, was established last year by the Dutch police, Europol, Intel Security and Kaspersky Lab. Further partners include numerous authorities,...

68 percent of Germans believe in the positive economic impact of digitalization German companies benefit from the Internet of Things in international competition Companies in Germany must adapt completely to digitalization, according to survey participants The mega-trend digitalization has a positive impact on...

The annual Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) Summit is unique in Europe as an opportunity to meet international experts for both legal and technical topics regarding the e-mail sector. What the topics will be for this year’s summit, and what’s in store for first-time visitors is revealed by Julia Janßen-Holldiek, Manager...

36 companies sign international commitment for serious mass mailings Best practices for authentic senders and forgery-proof e-mails Recipients get, as a result, serious e-mails that they are more likely to open 36 companies involved in professional e-mail marketing have committed themselves to high standards in...

“Powering and Greening IT”: The latest issue of eco's English-language e-magazine, dotmagazine, is now online. How compatible and complementary are the needs to ensure a stable supply to meet IT’s ever growing demand for energy and to find a sustainable and environmentally-friendly approach to energy usage? The April...

Law encourages indiscriminate culture of deletion in the Internet Rather fast than thorough: notification before the end of the consultation period Sufficient legal regulation, enforcement must remain with the state The draft legislation presented by the German Federal Justice Minister for the so-called “Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz”...

eco - Association of the Internet Industry e.V. - Europe’s largest Association serving the interests of the Internet Industry, with more than 1,000 members from more than 60 countries - and the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition), a rapidly growing association with 100+ of the largest and most influential...

A complete eco Team is at the WHD.global from 25 to 31 March in Europa-Park, in Rust. One of the team is Roland Broch, Head of Member Development, who has visited the event regularly since 2009. In this interview, he explains how the WorldHostingDays have changed, what highlights are in store for visitors this year, and...

ICANN continues work after the IANA transition With precisely 2,086 participants, the 58th ICANN meeting took place in Copenhagen last week. Now, around six months ago, the IANA transition was completed. However, ICANN have not yet been able to return to “business as usual”, but there was again more room for other...

27 March 2017 – Hotel El Andaluz, 10:00 PM The day is just not long enough! One of the most popular features at WHD.global has become the nightTALKs. Where Your Next Billion Customers Will Come From There’s one roadblock that keeps the next billion cloud and hosting companies from beating down your door – and...

• Banking Trojans are still installed on thousands of computers in Germany • Many users ignore warnings of their Internet providers • Numerous Android smartphones are still affected Many PCs and smartphones in Germany are still infected with malicious software which was distributed through the Avalanche botnet....

Corporate culture is fundamental for a holistic IT security approach In so-called “CEO fraud” cyber criminals exploit the helpfulness, curiosity, and anxiety of their victims In terms of IT security, many medium-sized enterprises still rely too heavily on purely technical solutions. In particular, the human factor...

Today, eco celebrates women who are moving and shaking the Internet industry and making the Internet a better place to be. Dr. Katharina Küchler Lawyer, Expert in Data Protection "Protecting privacy and supporting companies to act legally." Find out more about Dr. Küchler's activities for eco and for the Internet...