How much control do we really have over our digital identities? At a Berlin panel hosted by ICANN and eco, experts showed why domain ownership and TLDs are becoming a cornerstone of email security, digital sovereignty and trust in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape.

International crises, the energy transition, structural change, concerns about economic growth and recession, demographic change and securing prosperity are the major challenges that Germany currently faces and must overcome. Ten requirements of the Internet industry for a Digital Germany 2030.

Executive Summary: The Internet Industry in Germany 2025-2030: Future Prospects for Digital Infrastructures

EuroCloud Deutschland has presented a white paper “Confidential Computing: Secure and Sovereign in the Cloud”. This demonstrates how companies and organizations can use this key technology to meet data protection requirements, strengthen digital sovereignty, and safely drive innovations.

With the report “State of the DNS in 2025”, the topDNS Initiative of eco publishes a current assessment of efforts to combat DNS abuse. The report is based on the results of a workshop with representatives from the European Union and the Internet industry.

This study examines the effects of digital transformation in the areas of Industrial, Urban and Rural on resource efficiency and CO₂ emissions. The focus is on the application of innovative technologies based on digital infrastructure. The study forecasts CO₂ emissions for Germany in 2050.

DMARC collects data generated during the delivery of email, processes it to create reports and sends these reports to specific recipients. This expert opinion examines the question of whether and under what conditions the collection, processing, sending and receipt of such reports is legally permissible.

Due to the marked gender imbalance in the IT industry, this paper was released on the occasion of Girls' Day 2022. The paper is founded not just on research studies, but also on insights from 15 role models, and sets out recommendations for companies, policymakers & educators.

Across Europe, CO2 emissions from data centres will fall by 30 percent by 2030. These are the findings of a study commissioned by the eco Association for the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany and conducted by the Borderstep Institute with the support of the Vodafone Institute.

Without data centres, no societal or economic sector could today guarantee the provision of essential services. In the past few years, data centres have come under greater political and public scrutiny due to their unquestionably high energy consumption and growth.

Electronic services based on a secure, single, digital identity are a core element of the future. This is the conclusion of the joint study by eco Association and techconsult. The results indicate great potential for the future use of digital identities, both for digital business models and e-government services, but also highlight existing obstacles concerning legal issues and technical implementation.
 

The Smart City market is booming: The study by the eco Association and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little forecasts an average annual growth in Germany of over 17 percent. This corresponds to an increase in revenues of over 46 billion Euro within five years. Market drivers, trends and challenges for a total of nine segments of the German Smart City market are described in detail.

Which best practices can already be tapped into to identify technological development potential and political recommendations for action for the data centres of the future? To find answers, you can download Part 2 of the study "Data Centres in Europe - Opportunities for Sustainable Digital Digitalisation".

The study shows how German cities are using the Internet of Things to solve the challenges of progressive urbanisation. Based on the analysis of numerous international case studies, the study identified five critical success factors for successfully developing a city into a Smart City and positioning it as a company.

To support companies in their efforts to access the world’s greatest untapped pool of talent, the eco Association has published a study and guide “Women in Tech Across the Globe: A Good Practice Guide for Companies”.