Dietmar Kessler from Equinix explores services in the city of the future, and the digital infrastructure required as a foundation of the smart city concept. Read more on dotmagazine.

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of Digitalization, Cloud, & Innovative Business Models. Bring your voice into the mix!

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of IoT, Smart Environments, and Identifying People & Things Online.

Dr. Hendrik Rosenboom from DKV Mobility Services Group, on the role that logistics is playing in reshaping the transport and mobility sectors. Read more on dotmagazine.

Marco Müller-ter Jung from DWF Law looks at what data protection means for the development of new services in the area of the connected and autonomous car. Read more on dotmagazine.

The mobility of the future is connected, and offering the right vehicle, in the right place, and for every need is only possible and sustainable with the help of the Internet industry, says Alexander Rabe, Managing Director of the eco Association. Read more on dotmagazine.

With the guidelines on “Connected and Autonomous Mobility”, eco – Association of the Internet Industry supports the automotive industry with immediate effect in bringing the self-driving car onto the road with cyber security, data protection, and well-defined areas of responsibility and liability.

Connected and autonomous mobility is not only an important topic for the automotive and Internet industries. Thorsten Stucke, eco expert Mobility, talks to us about current trends, necessities, and comfort features.

Dr. Tibor Pataki looks at the ownership of data in the Connected Car market, and the impact of automated systems on vehicle insurance. Read more on dotmagazine. 

Gerd Simon from the Data Center Group, on how to build 5G networks that are reliable and energy-efficient and that will meet the needs of the future of mobility. Read more on dotmagazine. 

Harald A. Summa, CEO of the eco Association, explores the benefits of the Smart City and Mobility for solving the problems of increasing urbanization. Read more on dotmagazine.

Prof. Norbert Pohlmann from the eco Association looks at how the automative Internet industries should work together to improve Connected Car security. Read more on dotmagazine.

dotmagazine takes stock of the current developments towards the future of connected and self-driving car and the future of mobility - how companies and industries must collaborate to make it a reality, and what the rewards will be.

On 24.05.2019, eco will present its guidelines on “Connected and Autonomous Mobility” in Munich, inclusive of analyses and recommendations for action for the automotive industry

Lucia Falkenberg from the eco Association, on working with AI, valuing the work of humans, and the need for lifelong learning in a changing working world. Read more on dotmagazine.

Dr. Thomas King from DE-CIX on the company’s first forays into AI for network infrastructure to maintain high-quality interconnection services. Read more on dotmagazine.

Oliver Süme & Niels Töllner from Fieldfisher outline the interplay between smart data, AI & law, & the impact on liability, accountability & data protection. Read more on dotmagazine.

Henrik Oppermann from USU, on AI for industrial use cases, companies sharing data, & how AI can support humans without replacing them. Read more on dotmagazine.

Prof. Norbert Pohlmann, on the need for transparency in algorithms, and keeping the human being in the decision-making loop in the development of AI systems. Read more on dotmagazine.

Andreas Weiss from the eco Association allays fears about artificial intelligence, and looks at how AI can be used to the benefit of society and how it can help overcome future challenges. Read more on dotmagazine.

It used to be thought that IT security could be solved purely with technical solutions, but now it seems that the human element has become much more important. dotmagazine spoke to David Kelm, CEO of IT-Seal, to find out how they use machine learning as a means to train staff in secure online behavior. Read more on dotmagazine.

A brief history of the City of Kajaani and its journey to becoming the leading European HPC ecosystem - and an engine of AI - by combining bold regional development, higher education, readily available infrastructure, the right operators, and a winning mindset. Read more on dotmagazine.

Artificial Intelligence is writ large in the imaginations of many - but the fantasy is far from the truth. This month, dotmagazine looks at the reality of AI - what it can and can't do, what it needs to be a success, and how it can be used to the benefit of humans and society as a whole. Read more on dotmagazine.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to ensure the competitiveness of German SMEs in the long term. eco – Association of the Internet Industry is a network partner of a consortium which has developed a project proposal on how to best use AI to do so. The project has now been recommended for funding based on the positive reviews of the judges of the innovation competition “Artificial Intelligence as a Driver for Economically-Relevant Ecosystems” of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

The vast majority of decision-makers in German companies support digitalization, according to a current eco Association survey undertaken by YouGov. This finding, presented by the eco Association today as part of the eco://kongress in Cologne, is crystal clear.

So you’ve got a brilliant idea for a new IoT product? Sebastian Floss, Managing Director at ImagineOn, explains what’s involved in prototyping it to get it right.

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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.

In the smart city, the energy market segment in Germany is growing by 19.9 percent per year. So, what are the particular factors that are boosting revenues? Smart meters, a trend towards electromobility, and e-filling stations.

The great complexity of the technical processes used in connected and autonomous cars leads to complex legal requirements. Two attorneys-at-law from DWF Germany, Klaus M. Brisch and Marco Müller-ter Jung, explore the raft of associated implications – spanning contract and liability issues to issues of IT and data security – and conclude that legal innovations at European level might enhance further technical progress.

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When it comes to driverless cars, most of the talk is about high-precision sensors and AI. But a host of other enabling IT services bring their own risks. Marco Comastri of CA Technologies argues for the need for a paradigm shift among OEMs: one that would make cyber and network security as much of a core competence as engine control, airbags, or brakes.

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