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Parallel Operation of IPv6 and IPv4 Not an Option in the Long Term
Networks

Parallel Operation of IPv6 and IPv4 Not an Option in the Long Term

IPv6 has been gaining ground at protocol level for around 10 years. But what will it take for IPv6 to not only overtake the old protocol standard, but also replace it completely? Wilhelm Boeddinghaus, CEO of Route 128 GmbH and eco Internet expert, provides answers about IPv6 in an interview.

10.03.2025
5 Questions for Christof Denk, LEW TelNet
eco

5 questions for Christof Denk, LEW TelNet

In this interview, telecommunications expert Christof Denk from LEW TelNet talks about the future of digital networking, innovative technologies, and the challenges facing the telecommunications industry.

17.12.2024
More Redundancy – More Resilience
Security

More Redundancy – More Resilience

Natural disasters, accidents, or sabotage – while our digital infrastructures are secure, they are not invulnerable. Gerald Miersch of PFALZKOM explains how data centres achieve the highest levels of resilience and highlights the vital role of georedundancy.

09.12.2024
7 Reasons for Future-Proof Data Spaces in the Automotive Market
Mobility

7 Reasons for Future-Proof Data Spaces in the Automotive Market

To realise the true potential of this technology, a solid foundation is needed – a scalable and secure data infrastructure. This is where, for example, Gaia-X, Europe’s pioneering initiative for a sovereign digital infrastructure, comes into play. Here are seven reasons why Data Spaces, according to Gaia-X standards, could be the key to success.

26.11.2024
eco Survey: Germans Wish for Better Internet When Travelling
eco
press release

eco Survey: Germans Wish for Better Internet When Travelling

A recent survey by eco – Association of the Internet Industry shows that many people in Germany are still dissatisfied with the digital infrastructure. This is particularly true for train journrys, where one in three (35.5%) say they would like better mobile Internet.

08.07.2024
Resilient Infrastructures, 3 Questions for Jörg Steins, Managing Director LEW TelNet
Foto: Brechenmacher&Baumann/LEW
Networks

Resilient Infrastructures, 3 Questions for Jörg Steins, Managing Director LEW TelNet

How can resilient infrastructures be designed? Experts from the eco Networks Competence Groups and KRITIS will discuss this on 16 April at the DE-CIX MeetingCenter in Frankfurt. One of the panellists at the German-language event Resilience Recommendations in the Context of Municipal Network Infrastructures: Municipalities...

25.03.2024
Resilient Infrastructures: 3 Questions for Lorenz Grehlich, M-net
Lorenz Grehlich
Networks

Resilient Infrastructures: 3 Questions for Lorenz Grehlich, M-net

How do energy suppliers, who are also telecommunications providers, shape resilient infrastructures? Experts from the eco Networks and KRITIS Competence Groups will discuss this on 16 April at the DE-CIX MeetingCenter in Frankfurt. One of the panellists of the event is Lorenz Grehlich from M-net. In this interview, he provides tips for resilient network infrastructures.

20.03.2024
Falk von Bornstaedt on Strategies for the Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 
Networks

IPv6: Three Questions for Dr Falk von Bornstaedt

In an eco-interview, Dr Falk von Bornstaedt,  Head of the eco Networks Competence Group, explains how this can be achieved.

09.02.2024
Four Questions for Dr Sebastian Lissek, envia TEL
Foto: envia TEL
Networks

Four Questions for Dr Sebastian Lissek, envia TEL

How can a network operator optimise resilience in the network? Dr Sebastian Lissek, Head of Network at envia TEL GmbH, talks about this in an interview: Dr Lissek, how does envia Tel define resilience for infrastructure? Resilience is the ability to identify cyberrisks, disruptions and exceptional events, to react to...

05.10.2023
Three Questions for Wolfram Rinner, GasLINE
Networks

Three Questions for Wolfram Rinner, GasLINE

How can an infrastructure provider optimise resilience in the network? Wolfram Rinner, Managing Director of GasLINE GmbH & Co KG, talks about this in an eco interview.

05.10.2023
Digital Infrastructure as the Basis for Smart Home Applications 5
IoT

Digital Infrastructure as the Basis for Smart Home Applications

At the cross-competence group event titled to “IoT Competence Group/Networks CG: Digital Infrastructure as the Basis for Smart Home Applications”, jointly organised with Huawei Germany, eco engaged in discussions with various experts from the IoT and network fields, regarding the importance of digital infrastructure and its necessity for the smart home.

29.09.2023
Lorenz Grehlich
IoT

Interview with Lorenz Grehlich

On 12 September 2023, the eco Networks and IoT Competence Groups will come together at the Huawei OpenLab in Ismaning to discuss groundbreaking key topics of current and future smart home applications under the motto of "Digital Infrastructure as the Foundation of Smart Home Applications". In the run-up to the event, we’ve had the opportunity to talk to Lorenz Grehlich, Head of Planning and Implementation at M-net.

23.08.2023
Digitalisation: eco Association Formulates Top 5 Digital Policy Tasks for the next German Federal Government
Datacenter
press release

eco Study: 30 Percent Less Emissions by 2050 Through Digital Levers...

eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme: “Sustainability and digitalisation are two sides of the same coin – digital technologies and applications are part of the solution to achieve the climate goals.” The study conducted by eco and Arthur D. Little examines the impacts of digital transformation on resource efficiency...

30.06.2023
Three Questions for Dr Eric ten Have, Laser Expert
Networks

Three Questions for Dr Eric ten Have, Laser Expert

The eco Competence Group Networks is offering an exchange on laser safety on 5 May from 11.00-12.30, where laser expert, Dr Eric ten Have, Development Associate at Corning Optical Communications, will share his expertise.

03.05.2023
Falk von Bornstaedt on Strategies for the Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 
Networks

Falk von Bornstaedt on Strategies for the Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 

IPv6 should soon become the predominant transport protocol, demands the Networks Competence Group in the eco Association. An eco survey is trying to determine which obstacles are currently preventing companies from switching completely from IPv4 to IPv6. Leader of the eco Networks Competence Group Falk von Bornstaedt explains the background in a short interview.

27.01.2023
Peak, After Peak, After Peak at the DE-CIX Internet Exchanges
Networks

Peak, After Peak, After Peak at the DE-CIX Internet Exchanges

Dallas 560.17 Gbps, Frankfurt 12.43 Tbps, Hamburg 280.2 Gbps, Marseille 170.16 Gbps... and that's just this week. It might be the core season for holidays in northern hemisphere, but the data throughput at DE-CIX Internet Exchanges keeps on growing.

31.08.2022
Bela Waldhauser
Datacenter
press release

5 Facts on the Sustainability Effects of Data Centres: eco Alliance for Digital Infrastructures Calls for Rapid Roll-out of Renewable Energies

The digital transformation has an impact on various aspects of sustainability, meaning that the new German traffic light coalition is closely interlinking the topics of digitalisation and sustainability. The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany warmly welcomes this development and emphasises just how important the rapid roll-out of renewable energies in Germany is.

16.02.2022
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
Smart Villages – Wasn’t That the Promise of the Internet?
IoT
press release

Smart Villages – Wasn’t That the Promise of the Internet?

At the 26th Broadband Forum of the German ict + medienakademie on 10.11.21 in Cologne’s MediaPark, the question was explored as to why Germany is finding it so difficult to tap the potential for growth and prosperity that lies in the “Smart Rural Areas”.

16.11.2021
Global Carrier Awards 2021:   DE-CIX honored as Best Internet Exchange operator and for Best Marketing Campaign of the year
Networks

Global Carrier Awards 2021: DE-CIX honored as Best Internet Exchange operator and for Best Marketing Campaign of the year

The world’s leading Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX has been honored in the  Global Carrier Awards 2021 in the categories Best Internet Exchange operator and Best Marketing Campaign.

22.10.2021
Harald Summa
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
Protecting User Privacy Online: Who sees where you’re going online?
Domains
press release

DNS over HTTPS: Spanish Version of eco Discussion Paper on DoH available

 DoH improves the privacy and security of users eco Discussion Paper on DoH explains complexities and provides recommendations Paper – first published in September 2020 – now available in Spanish Throughout the history of the Internet, traditional DNS traffic – for example, when a user types a website name...

08.04.2021
Study: 100 Top Decision-Makers Attest to Cologne’s Digital Resilience in the Area of Mobile Working
Networks
press release

Study: 100 Top Decision-Makers Attest to Cologne’s Digital Resilience in the Area of Mobile Working

A study published this month by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology shows that digital resilience in Cologne is high, but varies greatly across sectors. Supply chains, for example, are described by 82 percent of decision-makers as being efficient even in the pandemic.

29.03.2021
Christoph Dietzel
Networks

“The Internet defies the pandemic” – Monumental Growth in 2020

DE-CIX study provides scientific evidence for the first time: The Internet is capable of bearing the burden of Corona – results allow us to breathe a sigh of relief.

10.12.2020
Global Carrier Awards 2020: DE-CIX Honored as Best Internet Exchange of the Year
Networks

Global Carrier Awards 2020: DE-CIX Honored again in 2020

The world’s leading Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX was honored at this year’s Global Carrier Awards in the category Best Internet Exchange & Best Internet Exchange Innovation 2020. DE-CIX has now earned this important industry award five times since its inception in 2015.

22.10.2020
Klaus Landefeld
Networks

DNS over HTTPS (DoH) – DNS Encryption Entering the Mainstream

With large-scale Internet companies currently implementing DNS over HTTPS (DoH), Klaus Landefeld, Vice-Chair of the eco Association, explains the significance of the move, and why network operators and ISPs should be working on implementation themselves.

08.09.2020
Protecting User Privacy Online: Who sees where you’re going online? 1
Networks
press release

DNS over HTTPS: eco Discussion Paper Makes Recommendations for More Security in Network Environments

The DoH protocol, designed to improve user privacy and security, has both its upsides and downsides. A new eco Association paper sets out to clarify some of the complexities and provide recommendations for implementation and deployment.

08.09.2020
Klaus Landefeld
Policy & Law
press release

eco Welcomes the German Federal Network Agency’s Security Catalogue: Transparent 5G Network Roll-out Without Discrimination

The German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) today published the latest draft of its security catalogue. eco welcomes the fact that the BNetzA has not succumbed to political pressure and has focused on appropriate criteria for the security of telecommunications networks.

12.08.2020
Bela Waldhauser
Datacenter

Energy Efficiency 2050: Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures Represents eco in the German Federal Government’s Working Group on Digitalisation

The goals that the German federal government is pursuing with its National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency Strategy 2050 are certainly ambitious. As a member of the government’s Working Group on Digitalisation, eco too is participating in the dialogue process to bring life to these goals.

17.06.2020
“The Internet was built for this” 2
© vitacopS | istockphoto.com
Networks
dotmagazine

“The Internet was built for this”

John Graham-Cumming, CTO of Cloudflare, offers insight into the changing traffic patterns and changing online behavior through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Read more on dotmagazine.

10.06.2020

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