OT devices – and their security – urgently need to step out of the shadow of traditional business IT. After all, OT is now connected, vulnerable and business-critical. A rethink is needed: eco's Security and IoT Competence Groups have taken on this task and raised awareness of the issue with a dedicated event.

Cyber Resilience Act, Data Act, AI Act & Co: Which new requirements are relevant for IoT companies, what is behind the individual laws – and why it pays to understand regulatory objectives. The eco Competence Group IoT is here to guide you through the regulatory jungle. From data protection, data law and cybersecurity...

eco is delighted to welcome Dr. Michael Opitz as the new Leader of the eco IoT Competence Group. He heads the TIME (Telecommunications, Information Technology, Media & Electronics) industry group in Germany and Switzerland at the strategy consultancy Arthur D. Little. In this interview, he reveals how he intends to drive the industry forward together with Leader of the eco IoT Competence Group Giovanni Coppa.

Touch panels on machines, telecontrol stations and edge gateways for IoT data: An industrial site such as a smart factory can quickly have up to 500 individual OT devices in use – enough of a target for hackers and cybercriminals. These are seven challenges that organisations should have on their radar today. The security...

Since March 2025, Ioannis Lalissidis has been part of the five-member Advisory Board of the eco Mobility Competence Group (CG). In this interview, he introduces himself and his goals.

The eco Mobility Competence Group is pleased to welcome its new Advisory Board Member, Dr. Julian Weber. As Senior Consultant for In-car Data, Cybersecurity & AI at the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), he aims to expand the potential of smart mobility, protect it against risks and work with the industry to make it fit for the future – together with key stakeholders.

Philipp Merlitz on his goals as a new Advisory Board Member of the eco Mobility Competence Group.

To ensure that projects leveraging the potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are truly successful, companies require a holistic approach.

From the Data Act to the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA): Giovanni Coppa, Leader of the eco Internet of Things (IoT) Competence Group, explains which regulations particularly affect the IoT industry and what new obligations arise for it. He will moderate the webinar ‘EU Data Protection Law at a Glance for IoT Companies’ (in German) on 2 April – participation is open to everyone.

The link between high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important. Training large AI models in particular requires immense computing capacities, which are provided by high-performance supercomputers. At the online seminar of the eco initiative ‘AI in Practice’ on 13...

MISSION KI strengthens Germany’s digital competitiveness through better data utilisation, trustworthy AI standards and the promotion of innovative AI solutions. In an interview, Simon Boffen shares insights into its goals and actions.

The development of powerful large language models (LLMs) places high demands on computing capacity and energy efficiency. While leading global technology companies rely on their own supercomputers and specialised data centres, Europe must expand its strategic capacities in High-Performance Computing (HPC) in order to keep up with global competition.

How can data centres (DC) be optimally planned and operated? What role does water cooling play and how does the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) affect the industry? In this interview, Peter auf dem Graben, Senior Data Centre Consultant at dc-ce DC-Beratung and expert in data centre planning and operation, explains why precise coordination between IT and facility management is crucial, which technologies drive energy efficiency and how operators should respond to increasing power densities.

Imagine a seamless journey from Budapest to Madrid in a fully autonomous car. The car navigates every twist and turn, adjusts its speed to traffic and makes real-time decisions, all powered by continuous data processing from a network of cloud and edge providers. This vision of intelligent, cross-border digital infrastructure...

eco and neuland.ai are launching the new “AI Officer” certification course. This two-day German-language course enables professionals and companies to meet the regulatory requirements of the EU AI Act and optimally prepare for the future of AI implementation.

Quantum technology is no longer just a vision of the future, but will soon become a central driver of digital transformation.  eco founder and honorary president Harald Summa sums up the recent event ‘Quantum Technology - The Next Stage of the Digital Revolution’: "The presentations and contributions highlighted the amazing progress and enormous potential of the technology, but also made the existing challenges clear."

In this interview, Axel Föry, Executive Vice President Strategy and Business Development at ID Quantique, explains how quantum keys protect highly sensitive data, what practical applications already exist and why companies should start using quantum encryption today.

In this interview, Matthias Reidans, Senior Project Manager Service at Rosenberger-OSI and an expert in quantum innovation, highlights which industries are already developing initial use cases, which infrastructural requirements companies need to create, and how the journey “from lab to fab” can succeed.

In this interview, the pioneer of digital transformation, Harald Summa, talks about the future of quantum technology, explaining how qubits, quantum computers and new encryption methods could change our world in a sustainable way.

dotmagazine is the online international magazine covering Internet industry topics. It features exciting articles from members & partners and covers the entire spectrum of the Internet industry. In this dotmagazine issue, nine leading experts reveal how resilient digital infrastructure is the essential foundation powering innovation, sustainability, and the digital future.

Combining being green and being digital to act more responsibly towards the climate, environment and people has emerged as a factor in competitive markets. How data can be used to achieve environmental goals. And how the TANGO project aims to achieve optimal performance with lower hardware requirements. Read more on tango-project.eu.

Doing the same with less energy: Over the next three years, the TANGO project will work on a cross-sectoral data platform. The goal is the development of particularly energy-efficient algorithms. Why energy-saving AI belongs under every bonnet. And how the eco – Association of the Internet Industry supports the project...

Showcase your skills and creativity at the 2023 .eu Web Awards! This year marks the 10th anniversary of this prestigious event, presented by longtime eco member EURid, and they're looking for the most impactful, innovative, and stunning .eu, .ею, and .ευ websites out there.  

Alexander Steiner explains in an interview how digital solutions can help to master this challenge. He works as Head of Operations, Partnership & Marketing at Findustrial GmbH. In his opinion, Equipment-as-a-Service offers more flexibility.

Business models in the cloud follow their own rules. In this respect, they challenge people and technology in equal measure. With a new initiative, EuroCloud Deutschland aims to help SMEs IT providers master the transformation. Recently, the EuroCloud Next leaders met as a forum for for the kick-off of IT entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

The AI Campus learning platform(www.ki-campus.org) has set itself the task of explaining the technical principles behind AI tools in a comprehensible way and strengthening AI skills in society. For this purpose, the AI Campus develops free online courses, videos and podcasts for beginners and advanced learners in English...

eco’s Managing Director Alexander Rabe is a new member of the jury for the Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award. The members of the jury represent a cross-section of the innovation landscape as well as the five clusters of the capital region.

We launched a new website for the Car Repair 4.0 project in English. Readers can expect a varied range of articles on topics such as artificial intelligence, Gaia-X, workshop service and much more. The Car Repair 4.0 project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), is researching...

Our world is facing significant challenges. As players in the Internet industry, we are part of the solution. eco’s Managing Director Alexander Rabe how member companies can get involved in the campaign “We are part of the solution – the Internet Industry”, which focuses on the positive sides of digitalisation.

Whether it’s vaccination certificates, ID cards, driving licences or school reports: Our everyday life is still too heavily reliant on physical documents, thus inhibiting digitalisation. This is the view expressed in interview by eco Board Member Prof. Norbert Pohlmann. But with Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), processes in public administration, business and society can be massively simplified and many processes can now be digitalised in a trustworthy manner.