Toggle navigation Names & Numbers Home News Events Topics Downloads Community GDPR Playbook topDNS News Das Algenative Rechenzentrum - Vom Consumer zum Prosumer Domains Help wanted... UASG Email Address Internationalization (EAI) Program The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) is a community initiative thatâs supported by ICANN with a goal of addressing Universal Acceptance â the idea that all domain names work equally well. EAI (Email Address Internationalization) is an important part of the UASGâs work. Our mission is to encourage wide implementation... Domains Domain Name Talks at WHD.global 2016 17 March 2016 â eco sessions at WHD.global WHD.global is first and foremost a world-class technology conference that brings together leading experts and insiders for high-value networking, informative discussions, and shared experiences. Over the last twelve years WHD.global has become the largest and most successful... Domains Conference: Domain Pulse 2016 1 â 2 February 2016 â The Forum of SWITCH, DENIC and nic.at Domain pulse will be held in the French-speaking part of Switzerland for the first time in 2016. The programme offers some interesting and even controversial content. The focus of the first day is on Internet security. Top security expert Mikko Hyppönen... Domains eco â Looking Back at the European Network Policy Topics of 2015 Looking Back: The four most important European digital policy developments in 2015 2015 was a year of change and turmoil in European network and Internet policy. eco â Association of the Internet Industry e. V. looks back at the four most important network policy developments and decisions at the European level. â2015... Domains Safe Harbor: New Agreement Well On Its Way, FTC says Negotiations about a new agreement replacing the Safe Harbor between Europe and America are âwell on their wayâ, according to Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. âIâm optimistic that weâre going to be able to find a solution to this, Iâm hoping by the end of this month,â she said while... Domains WHD.global 2016 15 â 17 March 2016, Europa-Park Rust WHD.global is first and foremost a world-class technology conference that brings together leading experts and insiders for high-value networking, informative discussions, and shared experiences. Over the last twelve years WHD.global has become the largest and most successful event... Domains NamesCon 2016 10 - 13 January 2016 The Domain Name Industry Event While NamesCon is held in Las Vegas every January, it is considered a global show with visitors from over 50 countries worldwide. With a meticulous attention to detail the layout and agenda are formulated to maximize high quality networking between first class contacts. Agenda,... Domains 55. ICANN Meeting Marrakech 18 - 22 October 2016 Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! You have requirements and feedback or questions about eco? We will be happy to be there for you! Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council & Co-Chair of the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Cross Community Working Group) and Lars Steffen (Member Services) will... Domains Addressing Europe through streaming media TV1.EU testimonial in EURid campaign We are happy to see two eco members from different internet branches cross-promoting each other. The leading streaming expert TV1 from Munich is using a .eu domain â the companyÂŽs CEO Michael Westphal explains why. Domains CCWG-Accountability briefing webinars Two webinars on Wednesday, 2 December 2015 The CCWG-Accountability offers its Draft Proposal for enhancements to ICANN accountability that have been identified as essential to happen or be committed to before the IANA Stewardship Transition takes place (Work Stream 1). The six Chartering Organizations for the CCWG-Accountability... Domains Sedo offers new numeric domain filter Plus special .Club numeric auction The worldâs leading domain marketplace and eco member Sedo just integrated a new feature: a search filter that will only show numeric domain names in the search results. This feature is not only valuable for all customers but especially for Sedoâs Chinese customers whose interest... Domains ePages launches epages.cloud partner portal As a .cloud Pioneer, ePages leverages one of the worldâs first .cloud web identities ePages (www.epages.com), a leading international provider of online , shop software, today launched a new partner portal â www.epages.cloud â as a new primary touchpoint and content hub for its global network of resellers. As one... Domains Universal Acceptance â How to enable the next billion users The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) of ICANN was having a session at IGF 2015 in JoĂŁo Pessoa, Brazil Domains Report: 54th ICANN Meeting The Community gets closer to a final vision of the future of coordinating the Internet Around 2,000 participants from almost 130 countries met in Dublin for the 54th ICANN Meeting in October. The topic of ICANN accountability dominated the conference in the Irish capital. The three technical communities put forward their... Domains Review: yummy domains for digital marketers BostonIvy, Donuts, Top Level Spectrum, Minds+Machines, .CLUB, Rightside & Sedo rock dmexco 2015 Sedo and their partners were having a joint booth at dmexco 2015 promoting several new top level domains to more than 42,000 visitors from online and digital marketing industry. There were lots of good discussions with... Domains Draft Data Retention Law on Trial Technical and Legal Barriers to Implementation With the German Federal Government's decision to reintroduce Blanket Data Retention, questions have arisen as to the constitutionality of the law and the practicability of implementing it. eco explored the issues in a recent "Politikbrief" newsletter. Here, we look at a few... Energieeinsparung durch innovative RĂŒckkĂŒhlung Domains Safe Harbor: eco Calls for Swift and Practicable New Agreement The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has today declared the Safe-Harbor Agreement for the exchange of data between the USA and the EU to be invalid. The EU Commission, according to the ruling, does not have the competence to limit the powers of the national data protection supervisory authorities through the agreement. With... Domains ICANN and UASG Announce Results of Universal Acceptance Study for... ICANN, in conjunction with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced the availability of a new report: An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance. Universal Acceptance (UA) is the concept of removing all technical barriers that might hinder a user from accessing any name in any top-level domain (TLD) from... Vorstellung: CISCO Domains New gTLD Registrations Surpass 7.3 Million Registrations Analyzing growth rates & business models Nineteen months since new gTLDs were made available to the public, total registrations now exceed 7.3 million according to ntldstats.com while other registration stats tracking sites show 6.9 million. Why the 400,000 difference? Ntldstats.com uses the registration status of names... Domains Who Should Control the Internet â Have Your Say! Reform of Internet Administration â Current Status, Explanation, and A Request for Input Thomas Rickert, Leader of the eco Names and Numbers Forum, is actively involved in the reform process which will decide who will have supervision and control over the Internet in the future. In this open letter, he asks for your... Domains ICANN Webinars: ICG & CCWG Keep up-to-date on the developments of the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability Webinar 1: CCWG on Enhancing ICANN Accountability 7 August 2015 07:00 - 09:00 UTC Your host: Thomas Rickert, eco Names & Numbers Forum Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/si-webinar/ Webinar 2: IANA Stewardship Transition... Domains 54. ICANN Meeting Dublin 18 - 22 October 2015 Meet the eco Names & Numbers Forum! You have requirements and feedback or questions about eco? We will be happy to be there for you! Prof. Michael Rotert (Chairman of the Board) Oliver SĂŒme (Deputy Chairman of the Board) Thomas Rickert (GNSO Council & Co-Chair of the Enhancing... Domains 54th CENTR General Assembly 7 October 2015, Registrar Day The eco Names & Numbers Forum will be represented by Thomas Rickert and Lars Steffen at the Registrar Day when the 54. CENTR General Assembly takes place in Brussels. We are looking forward to valuable talks, interesting speeches and and a glamorous CENTR Awards Ceremony! Location Further... Domains WHD.local Frankfurt 2015 10 September 2015: Register now to secure your place Registration is now open for one of the most important cloud and hosting event tours in Europe. Join up to our partner WHD.local free of charge today to learn and network with some of the biggest names in the business. WHD.local brings together some of the industryâs... Domains WHD.local Amsterdam 2015 3 September 2015: Register now to secure your place Registration is now open for one of the most important cloud and hosting event tours in Europe. Join up to our partner WHD.local free of charge today to learn and network with some of the biggest names in the business. WHD.local brings together some of the industryâs... Domains XENITH DINNER 2015 UNIFYING PRIVACY'S VOICE TO CHANGE The Xenith Dinner from OPEN-XCHANGE has a simple aim: Unite privacy issuses with the people searching for â and those developing â the tools to reclaim the internet. Access to online platforms which allow people to create and share knowledge is mandatory in the digital age. Limited... Domains OPEN-XCHANGE SUMMIT 2015 Be open or be history OXS15 Compelling Keynotes, Showcases  & Networking Summit keynotes put the sharpest minds and working models in front of the leaders shaping the sustainable Internet. True business insight doesnât get exchanged more open than this. Demonstrations on the latest protocols ans technology standards... Domains Report: 53rd ICANN Meeting IANA and the Administration of the Internet determine the continuing discussion in Buenos Aires The focus of the 53rd ICANN conference, which took place from 22-25 June in Buenos Aires, was again the discussion on the âIANA Stewardship Transitionâ. Since the USA announced in March 2014 their intention to relinquish... Domains Report: econnect Tour â Day Two A Whirlwind Tour Through German IT and Culture The Thursday began with a relaxed meeting at Plantronics, the UCC headset specialists, on the banks of the River Rhine in the south of Cologne. Oliver Jungklaus, Senior Marketing Manager at Plantronics, gave participants a tour of his Smart Office installation, with explanation... E-Commerce Report: econnect Tour â Day One A Whirlwind Tour Through German IT and Culture The two-day exclusive executive-level international event econnect took place on 24 to 25 June in Cologne. The focus of this event was offering our International members and contacts insight into the German IT market â for companies who wish to get a foothold in the German... show more