eco Managing Director Calls for more Strategic Foresight for Digital Policy in the 21st Century
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eco Association: Digital Technology Funding in Europe Must Be Strengthened

Negotiations are currently underway on the size of the budget for the EU's “Horizon Europe” research framework programme. The many announcements and assurances at European level on strengthening digital performance and sovereignty now need to be followed up with concrete funding policy initiatives; only by doing so can Europe be made internationally fit for the future as a digital location.
date 2019/02/19
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eco: Plan by Ministers of the Interior to Delete Terrorist Content Is Unrealistic and Will Promote an Indiscriminate Culture of Deletion on the Internet
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eco Criticizes Planned German-French Compromise Inclusive of Upload Filter

A proposal by the Romanian Council Presidency is currently circulating which sets forth the result of the agreement between France and Germany on the sticking points of the Copyright Directive. The proposal reveals a weakened German position in the negotiations on a European ancillary copyright law, including that of an upload filter. The smallest, small and medium-sized companies will essentially be those who take the hit – as will the Internet itself.
date 2019/02/07
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eco Association Introduces First Members of the New Presidency Committee 1
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eco Association Introduces First Members of the New Presidency Committee

On the occasion of its New Year's reception in Cologne, eco – Association of the Internet introduced the first three members of its recently established Presidency Committee. The role of this committee is to promote interdisciplinary exchange on current digitalization questions. In the coming Presidium meetings, the Association plans to identify the first joint projects requiring the cooperation of all societal stakeholders in the field of digitalization.
date 2019/01/17
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Colocation Data Centers Tagged for German Blue Angel 3
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Colocation Data Centers Tagged for German Blue Angel

The Blue Angel, which has been awarded to particularly environmentally-friendly products and services since 1978, also has colocation data centers in its sights. The German Federal Environment Agency is currently working with interested experts to develop an appropriate concept. The eco Association welcomes the opportunity for German data center operators to pit energy efficiency as a competitive advantage.
date 2019/01/17
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eco Association Comment on European Commission Proposal for .eu Domain Names in a Post-BREXIT Scenario
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eco on the Brexit vote: "Use the time to create legal certainty for the digital industry"

Today's decision by the British Parliament has once again delayed Britain's withdrawal agreement with the EU. The eco Association also sees an opportunity here – namely, that legislators on both sides of the English Channel have gained more time to come up with relevant deals in the areas of data flow, business processes, and the regulation of contracts. Regulation of these areas is of central importance to the digital industry’s ability to continue to work effectively.
date 2019/01/16
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Artificial Intelligence “Made in Germany” Needs High-Performance Digital Infrastructures 1
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Artificial Intelligence “Made in Germany” Needs High-Performance Digital Infrastructures

The main topic of the Digital Summit taking place in Nuremberg on 3 and 4 December is  that of artificial intelligence. AI is a decisive future technology and represents a crucial market for Germany as a digital location. In order to conquer this important technology field, the Alliance to Strengthen Digital Infrastructures in Germany argues that an integrated AI strategy is needed, with high-performance digital infrastructures being a crucial pillar of such a strategy.
date 2018/12/04
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eco: German Federal Government Needs Holistic Thinking on AI
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eco: German Federal Government Needs Holistic Thinking on AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a decisive future-oriented technology and an important market for Germany as a digital location. In the view of the eco Association, in order to occupy this important technological field and turn AI into a core competency of German industry, a holistic AI strategy is needed which not only depends on targeted research and development but also high-performance digital infrastructures, and supports the societal acceptance of AI technologies.
date 2018/11/14
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Secure Digital Infrastructures: Majority of Users Prefer Domestic Data Storage
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Secure Digital Infrastructures: Majority of Users Prefer Domestic Data Storage

From 9th to 11th October 2018, experts and companies from all over the world will be exchanging views and experiences on new solutions and issues relating to IT and Internet security at it-sa – the largest European trade fair for IT security. eco – Association of the Internet Industry and the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures point out in this context that Internet security already starts at its foundations: namely, with data centers and other operators of digital infrastructures.
date 2018/10/09
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