Andreas Weiss on Uptime Punks Podcast – offering an update on the GAIA-X project.

The quintessential message of eco at the German federal government's Digital Summit, titled “More Sustainability by Means of Digitalisation”: Digitalisation holds enormous potential for sustainability and climate protection.

Reducing technological dependencies and networking linear value-added chains in the digital single market more easily – GAIA-X creates the self-determined and sovereign data space for this. Andreas Weiss spoke to a committee of the German parliament about how exactly the initiative will do so.

In this issue, dotmagazine looks at how the world has changed in recent decades, how the Corona crisis has turned our world upside-down, further changes that are still needed to make society and business more equitable, and how digital infrastructure is supporting us in mastering the challenges of this transformation.

Working groups, meetings, round tables, workshops: Many events that can no longer take place in the real world due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being recreated online. For online collaboration to be as productive as live on site, it takes more than video telephony and chat functions. The eco expert for online work and managing director of aixvox GmbH Detlev Artelt explains the secret of successful online events.

eco is celebrating its 25 years of existence this year under the motto of “Internet with Responsibility”. At the same time, the concept of digital sovereignty is being discussed increasingly in the media, politics, and parts of the Internet industry. But what does digital sovereignty actually mean and how does it relate to the anniversary motto? We asked Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, for his thoughts.

Planned well in advance or quick and dirty? An interview with Jens Weller, Managing Director of toplink GmbH, explaining how companies can master the challenges of working from home. toplink is a sponsor of the eco birthday campaign, 25 Years of eco – Internet with Responsibility.

“Remote work is easier than you think, you just need up-to-date technology and the courage to adapt,” says Detlev Artelt, eco topic expert for remote working and author and editor of numerous publications on the topic. Artelt suggests five simple steps to provide practical assistance to SMEs looking at introducing remote work in light of COVID-19.

Andreas Weiss, Head of Digital Business Models at the eco Association, explains what AI is currently capable of, and what impact it will have on the world of work in the future.

In this issue, dotmagazine sheds light on the business potential of AI, and investigates what Europe needs to do to develop a thriving AI industry and support digital innovation.

Trust in digital has become business critical, Lars Steffen, Director of eco International, says - because bad user experience does not induce customers to buy. Read more on dotmagazine.

Worldwide, artificial intelligence (AI) is the uppermost digitalization topic of the future, and is one with which policy-makers must also get to grips with on a consistent basis.  eco – Association of the Internet Industry is driving forward the political dialogue on the responsible handling of data for new innovative AI business models.

Member of the eco Association Presidency Committee Stefanie Kemp reports on the state of trust in online services and its impact on business. Read more on dotmagazine.

Kevin Wittek from if(is) outlines the possibilities for creating a federated blockchain operated by infrastructure providers who are eco members. Read more on dotmagazine.

Digital economist Holger Schmidt explains the three waves of digital transformation and how platform-based business models evolve. Read more on dotmagazine.

Volker Zinser from Ubisecure looks at how best to implement customer ID management sustainably and how to leverage the process for greater business success. Read more on dotmagazine.

Sebastian Beyer from CERTIVATION GmbH explains how digital identities and blockchain could make our lives easier. Read more on dotmagazine.

dotmagazine explores the interplay between online and offline identities, identity management & authentication, and compliance with eIDas & the GDPR.

Katrin Ohlmer from DOTZON explains how a city can develop and exploit a stable digital identity through a GeoTLD. Read more on dotmagazine.

eco – Association of the Internet Industry are delighted to welcome their new team member Sebastian Kluth, Technical Lead with the Certified Senders Alliance (CSA). In a brief interview, Sebastian gives us an insight into his background – and what this can contribute to the CSA.

Our #LiT Ladies in Tech interview series features outstanding and inspiring female professionals and executives from the Internet industry. This time: Katja Tietze, Blockchain Consulting and Business Development at T-Systems Multimedia Solutions.

Magnus Eén from Westwing and Dr. Conny Junghans from 1&1 spoke to Julia Janssen-Holldiek (CSA) about introducing schema.org to enhance commercial emails. Read more on dotmagazine.

Tobias Herkula from Cyren explains to Julia Janssen-Holldiek (CSA) why marketers need computational trust to protect their brand online. Read more on dotmagazine.

Mark Robbins from Salesforce explains how interactivity is breathing new life into email, and its impact on conversions, spend, & customer relationships. Read more on dotmagazine.

Email has become a vital e-commerce tool, and new initiatives are set to improve security, user experience, and ROI, say Marcel Becker from Verizon Media Group and Seth Blank from Valimail. Read more on dotmagazine.

Leonie Jonker from Paula’s Choice Skincare, on email’s power to retain customers and improve communication and interaction through customer feedback. Read more on dotmagazine.

Julia Janssen-Holldiek, Director of the CSA, on the exciting future of individualized email, and why marketers should find email standards sexy. Read more on dotmagazine.

A broad alliance from politics, industry, academia, and society advocates for a mutual and comprehensive understanding of education in the digital world. The German Society for Informatics (Gesellschaft für Informatik – GI) launched a charter to this effect on 14 August. The charter, which eco has also signed, expresses the mutual understanding of the signatories of education in a world shaped by digitalization.

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of New Work and Digital Communications Read more on dotmagazine.

Blockchains have not yet developed a unified naming convention, and it’s time they did, argues Christa Taylor from Minds + Machines.

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