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GAIA-X Federation Services: eco Takes Over Project Management
GAIA-X
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GAIA-X Federation Services: eco Takes Over Project Management

eco – Association of the Internet Industry has taken on the specification of the GAIA-X Federation Services and has set up a Project Management Office (PMO) and defined five work packages. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is funding the project with around 13.5 million Euro.

26.01.2021
eco on the Amendment to the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB): “Harmonised EU Approach Instead of National Go-it-Alone Efforts”
Law & Regulation
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eco Association: “Amendment of the German GWB Act will harm Germany as a digital location”

In the planned amendment of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB), the eco Association still sees clear grounds for criticism. In its third round, the GWB amendment is expected to be passed by the Bundestag next Thursday.

14.01.2021
Service-Meister Presents Platform Architecture
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IoT
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Service-Meister Presents Platform Architecture

The Service-Meister Consortium announces it will unveil its 2020-developed platform architecture at the end of the year.  Service-Meister is developing innovations using AI to improve the service processes of SMEs.

17.12.2020
Marketing Managers are Missing Out on the Potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 1
Online Marketing
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Marketing Managers are Missing Out on the Potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI offers many exciting opportunities in the field of Marketing, but its use in practice lags behind. According to the eco study Digital Marketing Trends 2020, 22 percent of companies want to improve their marketing with the help of AI in 2020.

03.12.2020
Broadband Internet: Development of the technologies up until 2030 in Germany
Broadband Internet: Development of the technologies up until 2030 in Germany
eco
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Start Into a Digital Decade of Superlatives: New eco Study Expects Revenue Growth of 75 Percent for the Internet Industry in Germany by 2025

The Internet industry will be one of the most dynamic industries in Germany in the coming years, as a new joint study by the eco Association and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little shows. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, during which individual large segments of the Internet industry suffered slumps, an increase in revenue of almost 75 percent to approximately 253 billion Euro is expected by 2025.

22.09.2020
eco baut mit Partnern Framework fĂĽr Konsortial-Blockchain
Blockchain
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eco Builds Framework with Partners for Consortium Blockchain

The eco Association is working together with well-known partners on a Blockchain Governance Framework. Interested parties are invited to join the network of trust as consortium partners.

27.08.2020
Precise Delivery Times Decisive for the Final Click When Purchasing 3
E-Commerce
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Precise Delivery Times Decisive for the Final Click When Purchasing

Logistics is the bottleneck in e-commerce: Eight out of ten online shoppers (85 percent) would like to see a delivery time before the last click when making a purchase. If this information is missing, one in three (32 percent) discontinue their purchase. A trend that is actually intensifying for frequent customers: 44 percent will not snap up an offer on the web if it remains unclear when products will arrive.

25.08.2020
eco Survey Reveals: 85 Percent of the German Workforce Values the Opportunities of Mobile Working 2
New Work
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eco Survey Reveals: 85 Percent of the German Workforce Values the Opportunities of Mobile Working

85 percent of employees in Germany are in favor of virtual working in light of the current crisis situation, as a representative survey of some 2,500 employees reveals. Experts from the eco Association provide concrete tips on how companies can remain up and running, in spite of the coronavirus outbreak.

23.03.2020
AI-Project Service Master is Launched
eco
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AI-Project Service-Meister is Launched

The Service-Meister project was formally launched in Frankfurt am Main on 11 February 2020. Service-Meister was chosen for funding as part of the AI innovation competition of the German government.

18.02.2020
eco Association Smart Home Survey: Data Protection is Key to Acceptance
IoT
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eco Association Smart Home Survey: Data Protection is Key to Acceptance

As the IFA (the global innovations show) gets ready to open its doors in Berlin, an eco survey reveals that over a quarter of Germans are already using digital voice assistants. It also concludes: High data protection standards are key to the acceptance of AI.

05.09.2019
eco Whitepaper „Die Blockchain im Mittelstand“ veröffentlicht
Blockchain
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eco White Paper “Blockchain in SMEs” Published

Practical blockchain know-how for SMEs – 36-page white paper provides firsthand expert blockchain knowledge & application scenarios

19.08.2019
eco Association and YouGov: Online Grocery Retailing Winning Over German Customers
E-Commerce
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eco Association and YouGov: Online Grocery Retailing Winning Over German Customers

Those who have already bought groceries over the Internet are generally happy and want to order again online, with online grocery-shopping proving particularly popular amongst households with children.  Room for improvement exists in the areas of sustainable and organic products.

17.12.2018
The Time is Now: The Need for Government Blockchain
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Blockchain
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Blockchain Masters: “The Hype is Luckily Over”

On 11th December, around 100 experts met at the Blockchain Masters in Cologne, where it was agreed that, with the initial hype now behind us, more and more IT applications are now using blockchain technology as a given. In the future, this technology will even present alternatives to platform monopolies. Meanwhile, a focal point in 2019 will be asset tokenization.

13.12.2018
eco Announces the Nominees for the 17th eco://awards
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eco
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eco Announces the Nominees for the 17th eco://awards

On 28th November in Cologne, the eco Association will present one of the Internet industry’s most prestigious awards. In seven award categories, a jury of experts comprising of representatives from industry, academia, research, and politics has selected the three most promising submissions of 2018 and nominated them for the eco://award.

31.10.2018
eco Association: Promoting Trustworthiness of Online Shops
E-Commerce
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eco Association: Promoting Trustworthiness of Online Shops

On 13th September, the eco Association e-Commerce and Online Marketing Competence Groups led an expert discussion in Frankfurt on how online retailers and shops can signal their trustworthiness and reliability – with factors such as professional design and functionalities, customer ratings, and quality seals.

18.09.2018
Webshops - Tactics for Smaller Merchants
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E-Commerce
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Right to Return Fosters Growth in Online Retail

The Internet as a retail path for goods of all kinds is growing strongly, but at the same time, returns present online retailers with challenges. A new study, however, has found that consumers are only making moderate use of their right to return articles and that returned articles are almost all resold.

20.06.2018
Security and Privacy in Blockchain Environments
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Blockchain
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“Blockchain Will Shape Digitalization”

Blockchain technology will have a decisive impact on the future of the mega-trend digitalization: this was a key message of the Blockchain Masters 2018 in Hamburg. Blockchain is regarded as offering massive potential for supporting transparent supply chains and public administration.

14.05.2018
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Blockchain
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eco Association: Companies Would Like Public Authorities to Use Blockchain

70 per cent of German companies would like public authorities to offer the option of exchanging data via blockchain: That is the main finding of a survey undertaken amongst companies by eco and YouGov. Effectively, the business sector in Germany are looking to administrative authorities to act as blockchain pioneers.

25.04.2018
eco Verband nennt drei Voraussetzungen fĂĽr weiteren Fortschritt der E-Rechnung 1
E-Commerce
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eco Association Specifies Three Requirements for Further Progressing E-Invoicing

The discussion around electronic invoicing has picked up considerable momentum in recent weeks. The eco Association calls for stronger upskilling of users, a greater tailoring to practical user needs, and a certification of the quality of systems.

12.04.2018
eco Verband: Einzelhandel profitiert von Smart-City-Wachstum
E-Commerce
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eco Association: Retail Sector Benefiting from the Growth of the Smart...

A multitude of new business concepts are emerging in the retail sector based on the growth in connection into the Internet of Things eco study recommends cross-segmental cooperation with other providers Development concepts aimed at making cities more efficient, progressive, and sustainable: this is what the term...

16.03.2018
CSA SUMMIT 2018 4
E-Mail
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CSA Summit 2018: Email Marketing Traversing the GDPR and Technical Innovations

The declaration of consent of email recipients is the basis for legally compliant email marketing. This will apply in particular from 25 May 2018 – on this date, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will enter into force throughout Europe. Many companies are now asking how a declaration of consent needs to be formulated in order to be GDPR-compliant – given that the new regulation ...

07.03.2018
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Chain link on the floor
Blockchain
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Blockchain Will Revolutionize the Internet of Things in 2018

Technical platforms based on blockchain will in particular support business applications and intermediary wants to create trust and process transactions. “New platforms are solving current problems in the areas of performance and scalability. So they will be able to take on more and more tasks in day-to-day business,” according to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Prinz, Vice Chair of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT in Sankt Augustin.

07.12.2017
Predictive Targeting Increases Competitiveness
Online Marketing
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Predictive Targeting Increases Competitiveness

Growing amounts of data confront many German companies with an impossible task, forcing them to squander their business potential The targeted customer approach is an underestimated competitive factor, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises Data should be used exclusively in the interests of the...

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Chain link on the floor
Blockchain
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eco Association: Is there a blockchain revolution pending for administration?

Blockchain can automate essential processes of public administrations in a manner which is tamper-proof eco Association calls for an innovation-friendly climate for testing blockchain solutions amongst authorities and administrations It enables publicly transparent, tamper-proof, and failsafe transactions: Blockchain...

Creative Commons Bild Chain
Blockchain
press release

Blockchain – the Technology for the Energy Transition?

Blockchain technology could enable direct transactions between energy provider and consumer in the future Blockchain business models facilitate decentralized energy supply and fosters the energy transition Legal barriers along the path to the blockchain-based energy market Will the electricity market of the future...

Julia Janssen-Holldiek
Online Marketing
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CSA: Increase Email Campaign Success and Avoid Legal Risks

CSA at the dmexco in Cologne with expert presentation on email marketing CSA experts at the CSA booth offer tips on how senders can avoid legal infringements, damage to reputation and fines running into the millions The Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) supports trustworthy customer communication by email, by helping...

Electronic Invoices Becoming Obligatory in German Public Sphere
E-Commerce
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Electronic Invoices Becoming Obligatory in German Public Sphere

eco Association welcomes Ministry of the Interior’s draft legislation Finally investment security for digital transformation in companies A breakthrough in Berlin for electronic invoices: The public sector wants to create the possibility and the obligation to submit electronic invoices to public contracting bodies...

02.08.2017
Blockchain könnte die deutsche Wirtschaft grundlegend verändern 1
Blockchain
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Blockchains: “A kind of Jack-of-all-trades”

Blockchains have become known as the backbone of bitcoin and other digital currencies. However, their decentralized data structure offers an abundance of other possibilities for application. What these are, and why they are especially interesting from small and medium-sized companies, Stephan Zimprich, Leader of the eco...

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Blockchain
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eco and YouGov: Small and Medium-Sized German Companies Believe in...

Blockchain is beginning to become established – this is the view of 44 percent of SMEs in Germany, according to a YouGov survey Nine percent of companies surveyed are planning specific use of blockchain Blockchain is becoming established for specific use cases and sectors – this is the view of 44 percent of representatives...

André Görmer
E-Mail
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Tips for E-Mail Marketing for Companies

eco offers expert advice for successful marketing emails More revenue potential for SMEs with email campaigns Simple measures for increasing reputation, ensuring legal certainty and protecting against tampering Using the tips in this guide, bulk emails actually land in the inbox of the recipient: eco – Association...

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