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Gaia-X implementation phase starts for GXFS and SCS
Gaia-X
press release

Gaia-X implementation phase starts for GXFS and SCS

The two Gaia-X projects Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) and Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS), which are funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, are combined and tested together on open infrastructure in the now beginning implementation phase.

01.06.2022
Projekt Autowerkstatt 4.0 startet und erhält Förderung vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Artificial Intelligence
press release

Car Repair 4.0 Project Launches With Funding from the German Ministry for Economic Affairs

On 24 February 2022, Dr. Franziska Brantner of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), formally approved the funding for the Car Repair 4.0 consortium.  The platform is designed to enable independent car repair shops and SMEs to use AI-based diagnostic procedures to repair and maintain vehicles.

24.02.2022
Gaia-X Federation Services: Start for the Implementation Partners
Gaia-X
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Gaia-X Federation Services: Start for the Implementation Partners

T-Systems International, DAASI International, BigchainDB, Fraunhofer AISEC, ecsec and XLAB are the first to start with GXFS as implementation partners. A series of explainer videos are being released for the general public, and a new blog series about Gaia-X as well as a monthly newsletter keeps interested parties up to date.

21.02.2022
The Car Repair 4.0 Project Kicks Off And Will Develop Germany-Wide Data Platform for SMEs
Mobility
press release

The Car Repair 4.0 Project Kicks Off And Will Develop Germany-Wide Data Platform for SMEs

The starting signal has been given for the Car Repair 4.0 (Autowerkstatt 4.0) project. In it, a consortium of partner companies and research institutes is developing a Germany-wide platform for the trustworthy exchange of industry-specific vehicle data. With the help of the platform, car repair shops can use intelligent fault diagnosis systems

25.01.2022
eco Association Announces the 2022 Digital Trends
eco
press release

eco Association Announces the 2022 Digital Trends

This year, it’s not just the Covid-19 pandemic, but also the threatening climate change which will continue to drive forward digital transformation in the economy and society. “Digitalisation is part of the solution to many challenges,” says eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme.

19.01.2022
Gaia-X Federation Services: First round of specifications completed
Gaia-X
press release

Gaia-X Federation Services: Start of Implementation Phase

Milestone for Gaia-X: The implementation phase for the Federation Services has now started. A nine-page white paper has been published to further explain the features and benefits of Federation Services as the foundation of Gaia-X. This is now available to all interested parties for download from the GXFS website.

07.12.2021
2021 Gaia-X Summit: Europe Makes the Difference
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Gaia-X

2021 Gaia-X Summit: Europe Makes the Difference

Democratising national data marketplaces that make everyone winners, not just individuals – one of the focal points at the Gaia-X Summit 2021 was the difference Gaia-X is making with its foundation of European values and standards. Andreas Weiss (eco) presented the results of his work under the congress motto “Here to deliver”.

23.11.2021
Digitalisation: eco Association Formulates Top 5 Digital Policy Tasks for the next German Federal Government
eco
press release

eco Association Supports Mobility Data Space

eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme is a member of the newly founded Mobility Data Space Expert Council, which will be presented this week at the ITS World Congress in Hamburg. “The mobility of the future is digital and connected,” says Oliver Süme.  

15.10.2021
eco Association and Identity Valley Launch Cooperation for Digitalisation with Responsibility
Gaia-X

eco Association and Identity Valley Launch Cooperation for Digitalisation...

Development of a Digital Responsibility Guide for Gaia-X as first project objective Trust is the key to successful digitalisation. eco – Association of the Internet Industry has been advocating digitalisation with responsibility and in accordance with social values and standards for over 25 years. In order to push...

24.09.2021
EuroCloud Native Member in Interview: Stackable
Cloud Computing

EuroCloud Native Member in Interview: Stackable

An interview with Dr. Stefan Igel, COO at Stackable GmbH

19.08.2021
IKT-Sommertour: Minister Pinkwart zu Besuch
Policy & Law

ICT Summer Tour: NRW Minister of Economic Affairs Prof. Pinkwart Visits eco Association

On the ICT summer tour, Prof. Dr Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs in North Rhine-Westphalia, visited the eco Association on 11 August.  The key developments in digitalisation and the digital economy in NRW were discussed: innovative digital business models, IT security, mobile working and digital education.

17.08.2021
Data Management with Gaia-X: Betting on a Better Future
Gaia-X

Data Management with Gaia-X: Betting on a Better Future

Gaia-X is driving the data economy – and putting the economy to the test. “Digital value creation relies on cooperation, collaboration and coopetition,” says Michael Jochem, Member of the Board of Directors Gaia-X Association for Data and Cloud (AISBL) in this interview. He explains what data and agriculture have in common, and why the value of data must be measurable for Gaia-X to take off.

21.07.2021
eco and DE-CIX CEO Harald A. Summa elected as Chair of the Organization Member Advisory Council of the Internet Society
Gaia-X
press release

Harald A. Summa Elected to the Gaia-X Board of Directors

Summa one of 24 new Gaia-X AISBL Board Members DE-CIX as a blueprint for other Internet Exchange operators Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX, the operator of the world’s leading Internet Exchange in Frankfurt am Main, was one of 24 people elected to the Gaia-X AISBL Board during the organisation’s first general assembly...

15.06.2021
Gaia-X Federation Services: First round of specifications completed
Gaia-X
press release

Gaia-X Federation Services: First round of specifications completed

The project partners, coordinated by the eco Association, have completed the specification of the first four Gaia-X Federation Services. These form the technical basis for the development of a European data infrastructure for the secure digitalisation and networking of different participants.

26.05.2021
eco at Hannover Trade Fair: Gaia-X Supports Sovereign IIoT, Cloud and Edge Computing
Gaia-X
press release

eco at Hannover Trade Fair on GAIA-X

As the Hannover Trade Fair 2021 has demonstrated, Internet-based solutions are gaining relevance and momentum in German industry. This means that increasing swathes of data are being generated by European companies, organisations and administrations. In the coming years, Gaia-X will help to maintain complete control over this data on a long-term basis and enable independent decisions to be made on who has access to it.

15.04.2021
GAIA-X Federation Services: eco Takes Over Project Management
Gaia-X
press release

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
We Must Deliver on the GAIA-X Value Proposition Together
Gaia-X

We Must Deliver on the GAIA-X Value Proposition Together

Andreas Weiss, Head of Digital Business Models at the eco Association, explains in an interview why we need a trustworthy digital space that is consistently oriented towards European standards and values.

25.01.2021
Developing GAIA-X’s Federated Services - Podcast with Andreas Weiss
Cloud Computing

Developing GAIA-X’s Federated Services - Podcast with Andreas Weiss

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

06.01.2021
“A Resource Without Which We’d Find It Hard to Tackle Our Problems”
eco

“A Resource Without Which We’d Find It Hard to Tackle Our Problems”

The motto of the German 2020 Digital Summit was “More Sustainability by Means of Digitalisation”. A large chunk of the agenda was taken up by the topic of GAIA-X. Harald A. Summa in interview on the initiative’s prospects and whether digital infrastructures can contribute to a more sustainable life and economy.

08.12.2020
eco at the German Digital Summit 2020: “More Sustainability by Means of Digitalisation” 1
IoT

eco at the German Digital Summit 2020: “More Sustainability by Means of Digitalisation”

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.

01.12.2020
GAIA-X Summit: What the Industry Can Expect from the Initiative
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Cloud Computing

GAIA-X Summit: What the Industry Can Expect from the Initiative

Politics, science and industry are currently meeting together at the GAIA-X Summit. The aim of the online summit: “We’re now laying the groundwork for all the services and functions that GAIA-X will offer going forward,” says Andreas Weiss from the eco Association. In his keynote, he's delving into what the industry can expect from the initiative.

14.11.2020
Europe and GAIA-X: A Platform for the Agile Data Economy 1
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Digital Business Models

Europe and GAIA-X: A Platform for the Agile Data Economy

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.

03.11.2020
eco on the Conference of EU Digital Ministers: GAIA-X Should Adopt an International Form
Policy & Law
press release

Digital Agenda Committee: eco Association Contributes Expertise to GAIA-X

On Wednesday, 28 Oct. 2020, the German government's Digital Agenda Committee discussed data sovereignty in connection with the GAIA-X project. Andreas Weiss, eco Head of Digital Business Models, took part in the committee’s technical discussion.

29.10.2020
eco on the Conference of EU Digital Ministers: GAIA-X Should Adopt an International Form
Cloud Computing
press release

eco on the Conference of EU Digital Ministers: GAIA-X Should Adopt an International Form

At a virtual conference of European digital ministers being held today, an agreement is to be reached on the merging of European cloud capacities. For the Association of the Internet Industry, GAIA-X is considered to be a flagship project in this realm, offering the potential to fully exploit the opportunities of the data economy while at the same time making a reality out of the Digital Single Market.

15.10.2020
NextGenerationEU: Working Together on the Future with GAIA-X
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NextGenerationEU: Working Together on the Future with GAIA-X

Climate, economy and coronavirus – in her first State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen not only addressed the major challenges facing the EU, but also solutions such as GAIA-X. OVHcloud and T-Systems are now exploring for the first time how the GAIA-X guidelines can be translated into concrete offers.

22.09.2020
16.06.2020 GAIA-X: Ministerial Talk and GAIA-X Virtual Expert Forum
Cloud Computing

GAIA-X: Ministerial Talk and GAIA-X Virtual Expert Forum

On 04.06.2020, an event took place in the premises of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) in Berlin to present the current status of GAIA-X. The German Minister for Economic Affairs, Peter Altmaier, and his French colleague, Bruno Le Maire, emphasised the great importance of an open, transparent and secure European data infrastructure.

18.06.2020
GAIA-X: Growing a Vibrant European Ecosystem by Creating a Federated Data Infrastructure
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Cloud Computing

eco on GAIA-X: Cloud Network Paves the Way for a New Level of Digital Sovereignty

eco Chair Oliver J. Süme: “GAIA-X paves the way for a new level of digital sovereignty, which at the same time goes hand in hand with high European data protection requirements and reliable IT security.”

10.06.2020
GAIA-X: Growing a Vibrant European Ecosystem by Creating a Federated Data Infrastructure
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Cloud Computing
press release

GAIA-X: Shaping Our Joint Opportunity on the International Stage

On 4 June 2020, Peter Altmaier, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, and Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of Economics and Finance, discussed the GAIA-X venture. Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Germany, participated in the subsequent Virtual Expert Forum.

04.06.2020
Policy & Law

Interview with Alexander Rabe: Internet with Responsibility and the Importance of Digital Sovereignty

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.

04.05.2020
Three Components for Digital Sovereignty in light of GAIA-X
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Cloud Computing
dotmagazine

Three Components for Digital Sovereignty in Light of GAIA-X

Thomas Niessen of the Trusted Cloud Competence Network and Andreas Weiss of the eco Association and Eurocloud Deutschland_eco outline aspects being considered in the framework for assessment of GAIA-X providers. Read more on dotmagazine.

20.04.2020

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