Learn wherever and whenever you want Industry 4.0, AI, Cloud, cyber security, DevOps, smart IoT, Big Data and energy efficiency in data centers: the core issues of digital transformation are broad and increasingly important for companies that now have to deal with digital trends to remain competitive. eco – Association...

Planned well in advance or quick and dirty? An interview with Jens Weller, Managing Director of toplink GmbH, explaining how companies can master the challenges of working from home. toplink is a sponsor of the eco birthday campaign, 25 Years of eco – Internet with Responsibility.

Beyond, of course, the health consequences and the impact on public life, the worldwide spread of COVID-19 means that many people are now staying put at home. This also has an impact on Internet use: With 9.1 Terabit data per second, the Frankfurt Internet exchange DE-CIX set a new world record on 10 March. This shows that functioning digital infrastructures are indispensable for a functioning economic structure and social life and are needed more urgently than ever in Europe.

“Remote work is easier than you think, you just need up-to-date technology and the courage to adapt,” says Detlev Artelt, eco topic expert for remote working and author and editor of numerous publications on the topic. Artelt suggests five simple steps to provide practical assistance to SMEs looking at introducing remote work in light of COVID-19.

Today, the EU Commission is presenting its concepts for both an industrial and an SME strategy. The eco Association believes that an EU-wide strategy is urgently needed in the context of international competition, in order to maintain and strengthen the European economy in the long term.

The entrepreneur and German IT industry pioneer is an advocate of strong partnerships between Internet companies and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Study & Good Practice Guide Women in Tech A study by the eco Association presenting best practice tips for tech companies looking to recruit, retain and support the advancement of more women specialists. Women are seriously underrepresented in the IT and digital industry “The greatest potential that Germany has...

More than 90 percent of IT experts in Germany estimate that the general threat to Internet security is growing, according to the 2020 edition of the eco IT Security Study.