Patrick Ben Koetter is an email expert and co-author of the global bestseller ‘The Book of Postfix’. He joined forces with other renowned experts a few years ago to found sys4 AG, of which he is now CEO. sys4 specialises in designing and building turnkey, high-performance email systems – from SMTP border filters and...

Join us for an exciting evening of tech insights and networking. This exclusive event is designed for CTOs, IT Managers, and Software Developers to come together, share knowledge, and explore trends: Gain expert insights on how AI is transforming software development and how to create AI-optimized, GDPR-compliant, and scalable infrastructure.

Email marketing is one of the most effective and cost-efficient marketing methods that can offer a high ROI. But to unlock the full potential of email marketing, it's important to follow best practices that help emails stand out from the crowd and delight customers. - update March 2025 -

The development of powerful large language models (LLMs) places high demands on computing capacity and energy efficiency. While leading global technology companies rely on their own supercomputers and specialised data centres, Europe must expand its strategic capacities in High-Performance Computing (HPC) in order to keep up with global competition.

On the occasion of yesterday's Germany's parliamentary elections, Oliver Süme, Chair of the Board at eco Association, is calling for clear structures and responsibilities for a Ministry of Digitalisation 2.0 in the new government. The upcoming legislative period must be guided by the motto: Less regulation – more innovation.

Christine Neubauer Project Manager Industry 4.0/Cloud +49(0)221 – 70 00 48 -160 christine.neubauer(at)eco.de

On Tuesday, 19 February 2025, the first meeting of the German Energy Board of the Data Institute took place. As a member of the board, eco’s Managing Director Alexander Rabe is overseeing the energy use case.

How can data centres (DC) be optimally planned and operated? What role does water cooling play and how does the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) affect the industry? In this interview, Peter auf dem Graben, Senior Data Centre Consultant at dc-ce DC-Beratung and expert in data centre planning and operation, explains why precise coordination between IT and facility management is crucial, which technologies drive energy efficiency and how operators should respond to increasing power densities.

Together with 192 other organisations, including Mozilla, Proton, WhatsApp and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), eco Association has signed an open letter to the British Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper.