Policy & Law

eco Chair of the Board Süme Welcomes the German Minister of Justice’s Quick Freeze Proposal

Commenting on the proposal for a new quick freeze procedure presented on Tuesday by the Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann, eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme welcomes the approach and the related planned repeal of data retention in Germany.

date 2022/10/26

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Cloud Computing

CLOUD EXPO EUROPE FRANKFURT

Cloud Expo Europe Frankfurt returns on 10-11 May 2023, bringing together cloud innovators, technologists, and business leaders, to help them shape their future and deliver successful digital transformation. We look forward to seeing you at Cloud Expo Europe Frankfurt 2023, taking place once again at Messe Frankfurt on 10-11 May 2023!  

date 2023/05/10 to 2023/05/11 placeFrankfurt

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Gaia-X

#GaiaX #Summit22

The 3rd edition of the Gaia-X Summit is here. This year’s Summit will take place in Paris, France between the 17 and 18 of November, concluding the adoption year of the Gaia-X Framework and bridging the latest releases of the Gaia-X framework, governance, specifications, technology solution, and business Lighthouse impact.

date 2022/11/17 to 2022/11/18 placeParis

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Datacenter

Draft of the German Energy Efficiency Act is technically and economically unfeasible

The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, warns against unrealistic obligations for data centre operators under the planned German Energy Efficiency Act. As part of the recently released draft act of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, waste heat levies of up to 40 per cent are included.

date 2022/10/25

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Artificial Intelligence

Service-Meister Offers E-learning Course on the Use of Artificial Intelligence In SMEs

The consortium of the Service-Meister funding project published their new German-language e-learning course for technical service professionals in October 2022. In it, skilled personnel will be trained in the use of artificial intelligence in industrial applications.

date 2022/10/25

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Datacenter

eco Association: German federal government must embed the system-relevance of data centres in energy crisis emergency plans

An electricity shortage in the energy crisis could have a negative impact on the operation of data centres and become a risk factor for user companies. Companies fear serious consequences for their business and call on the German federal government to include data centres in emergency plans.

date 2022/10/25

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Domains

topDNS Abuse table

topDNS Abuse Table

date 2022/10/25

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Datacenter

Digital Ecosystem Development in the Rhineland

Opencast lignite mining for power generation shaped the Rhenish region in the west of Germany for many decades. With the energy transition, the region is facing an economic structural change. But how can the former coal-mining region be transformed into an “Innovation Valley Rhineland”? Around 70 experts from the digital industry discussed this in Bedburg in October.

date 2022/10/24

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Domains

What is DNS Abuse – And What is Not?

The eco topDNS Initiative has published an Abuse Table to provide guidance on which cyber threats are considered to abuse the Domain Name System – and which do not.

date 2022/10/19

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Policy & Law

Last Opportunity for the Digital Decade – eco on the EU Commission’s 2023 Work Programme for 2023

The year 2023 will be decisive in determining whether the EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen can implement its digital policy goals before the next European elections. The related Work Programme is thus the last opportunity to get the digital decade underway in this legislative term.

date 2022/10/18

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