Digital infrastructures encourage growth and employment on location and have a comparable economic importance to streets, public transportation networks, and water and power supply. Data centers in particular form the basis of the digitalization of society and the economy and provide the foundations for successful metropolitan areas.

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The exponential growth in data collection and processing has been accompanied by a colossal use of energy. Lex Coors of Interxion describes a new standard that helps data centers to strike a balance between the principles of availability and sustainability.

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How Europe's leading hyperscale cloud provider, OVH, uses climate-friendly techniques to cool its servers – good for the environment and the pocket, as Dr. Jens Zeyer from OVH Germany explains.

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Digital infrastructures have an enormous economic importance, with data centers in particular providing the foundations for the digitalization of society and the economy. This month, dotmagazine explores what it takes to ensure successful digital transformation.

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Well-functioning and high-performance digital infrastructures act as the basis for Germany’s successful digital transformation. Operators of digital infrastructures, such as data centers, are both growth and innovation drivers, as well as multipliers for other industry sectors and guarantors for tax revenues and employment.

Digital infrastructure, like data centers, networks, and the domain name system, is the unseen enabler of modern digital life and business. A look at how the eco Association is working to raise digital infrastructure to center stage in 2018.

eco's monthly English-language in-depth magazine opens its call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of Data Center Risk Management / Insuring Digital Transformation.

For the May 2018 issue focus topics will include Risk Management.

Some of the promises that we've been hearing about for a long time now are finally coming to fruition, says Harald A. Summa, CEO at eco. In an interview, he explains what role the latest Internet trends play and how companies and their employees can benefit from them. Mr. Summa, the Internet trends for 2018 are smart...

From Working Group to Expert Network – An Outlook on the Industry’s Future The eco Datacenter Expert Group can now look back on ten extremely successful years. Established as the Datacenter Working Group on 8 November 2007 by Patrick Pulvermüller, SVP Head of GoDaddy EMEA, the committee set itself the goal of promoting...

Data centers provide the basis for success of metropolitan regions Digital infrastructures boost local growth and employment Frankfurt benefits as Germany’s largest data center location Digital infrastructure such as data centers contribute significantly to the prosperity of a region – both initially...

The enduring attractiveness of Germany as a location will depend, among other factors, on its digital infrastructure. The question of digital sovereignty also plays an important role, maintains Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Datacenter Infrastructure. In a short interview, he also expounds on the...

Live Streaming from the Video Cube Member discounts for eco and EuroCloud Deutschland_eco members On 27 and 29 November 2017, the Data Centre World Frankfurt will open its doors once again and offer decision-makers and users the opportunity to get to know solutions and services from the data center world. Following...

Independent consultant Gerd Simon in conversation with Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse and KDDI Deutschland, on the booming colocation market in Frankfurt, declarations of war, and keeping up with demand for data center capacities. © VObada | istockphoto.com

joining the dots in the Internet industry... “Interplay”, the September 2017 issue of dotmagazine, explores a wide range of Internet industry topics, from the burning issue of how national law is extending past its borders and encroaching on global cyberspace, to blockchain, the evolution of interconnection, and the...

 Alexander Frese, Strategic Marketing Manager ITENOS GmbH, about IoT and Industry 4.0  All communication services from one single source and via one single port – a practical solution to the growing data volume thanks to Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0. The volume of digital data generated worldwide...

 Interview with Andy Long from Nordic Colocation Provider Hydro66  Testing, modelling, simulations – innovations in fields as disparate as blood circulation and aviation depend on high-powered computing applications to crunch the numbers and analyze the vast quantities of data produced in the development...

Data centers have to adapt to new business strategies and adopt new technologies to keep pace with their customers’ needs. Anthony Robinson from Corning Optical Communications explains how data centers can facilitate the rapidly increasing data traffic from the always-on consumer. Enterprise data centers have traditionally...

Keeping your online business afloat and your customers happy requires constant availability, fast load times, and the flexibility to handle surges in demand. A scalable and flexible infrastructure is essential to survive in the competitive world of e-commerce. dotmagazine spoke to Dr. Thomas Fischer, Principal IT Architect...

 Interview with Bruno Fery, Head of Data Centre Services, EBRC  Judith Ellis from dotmagazine.online talks to ebrc's Bruno Fery about the advantages of going green. Making a data center environmentally friendly and energy efficient offers a range of advantages for the operator. The reduction in power consumption...

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...

“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...

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...

Speakers sought for four focus topics Conference, exhibition and networking on today’s and tomorrow’s security trends on 28-29 September 2017 German-language conference, but English-language papers also accepted From 28 to 29 September 2017 eco – Association of the Internet Industry and heise Medien invite...

Recent major deals, like the takeover of Host Europe Group by GoDaddy demonstrate the consolidation trends in the Housing and Hosting sector Providers want to exploit economies of scale and expand geographically The beginning of December 2016 has seen two major deals in the Housing and Hosting sector: GoDaddy...

 Summit, Executive Brunch & River Cruise  OX Summit connects the key decision-makers from hoster, telco, cable and mobile carriers to exchange the valued business insight and technology expertise that regional and global providers need to transform their growth. This is the industry & portfolio...

econnect 2016 – Lessons on Doing Business with Germans Cologne, 23 June 2016 – "Be well prepared, be on time, back up what you say with facts, try to build trust, do not be offended by the directness of Germans putting the finger into the wound right away" was how Rolf Claessen, patent lawyer and partner at the...

econnect 2016 – Lessons on Doing Business with Germans Cologne, 23 June 2016 – Preparation, punctuality and getting to the point are the keys to doing business with Germans. The members of the panel discussion on the Do’s & Don’ts of Doing Business in Germany, mentioned these three ‘p’s several times in their...

Interview with Dean Belev, NetIX  In this Podcast Dean Belev, Vice President Sales NetIX, talks to Judith Ellis about he main security threats, network security and distributed peering. NetIX is an internet pioneer based in Sofia (Bulgaria). The company is specialized in offering carrier-grade network security...

Interview with Ken Lefkowitz, CEO of NetIX  For the relative peering-newcomer Ken Lefkowitz, the peering landscape “is more of a community than an industry", and he sees it as very important to be active and take part in this community. In this interview, Ken talks about the changing peering and interconnection...