Policy & Law

New Tasks for the Digital Services Coordinator – Bottlenecks Threaten Without Adequate Resources

Regarding the draft law on transparency and targeting of political advertising from the Federal Ministry for Digital and Public Administration, eco warns of massive understaffing of the responsible authorities. In the future, the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) is to function as the coordinating body for digital services – however, this does not even achieve half of the originally calculated staffing requirements.

date 2025/09/01

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New gTLD Provider Directory

Community of Experts The 'New Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Programme: The Next Round' initiative launching in April 2026, led by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), aims to expand the internet's domain name system (DNS) by introducing new top-level domains.With more than 70% of all domain...

date 2025/09/01

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eco

Diversity Is The Driving Force Behind Innovation: An Interview with eco Board Member Silke Kanes

Silke Kanes is the latest addition to the eco Association's Board. In this interview, she discusses her motivation for playing an active role in shaping digital transformation, the opportunities presented by the rapidly growing SaaS market, and the importance of diversity and corporate culture in driving innovation.

date 2025/09/01

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eco

eco – Association of the Internet Industry Expands Its Board Member: Silke Kanes Takes On New Portfolio for SaaS as Well as Diversity and Corporate Culture

At today’s eco General Assembly, Silke Kanes was elected as a new member of the Board. With her appointment, the Association of the Internet Industry is expanding its Executive Board with a portfolio for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as well as diversity and corporate culture, which Kanes will now take on.

date 2025/08/29

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Events

The FAME Marketplace and Data assets indexing

Join us for an insightful webinar to find out more about the FAME Marketplace and Data Assets Indexing (https://marketplace.fame-horizon.eu/). This event features expert speaker Nicolas Zafeiropoulos (UPRC).

date 2025/10/06 placeOnline

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Events

Beyond Traditional ESG Screening: MarketSenseAI-Driven Adaptive Portfolio

Join us for an insightful webinar titled "Beyond Traditional ESG Screening: MarketSenseAI-Driven Adaptive Portfolio Optimization". This event features expert speaker Kostas Metaxas, Co-Founder and CEO of KM Cube Asset Management.

date 2025/09/16 placeOnline

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Security

Mixed Forest Instead of Monoculture: Resilience as the Key to the Digital Future

Digital resilience is more than just a buzzword: it determines whether companies remain capable of acting in times of crisis. In this interview, Katharina M. Schwarz from Myra explains why we need to focus on a “mixed forest” instead of technical monocultures – and how true digital sovereignty can be achieved.

date 2025/08/28

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Datacenter

Energy for Digital Structural Change: Emil Issagholian (Rheinenergie) in Conversation

With the AI transformation and structural change, the Rhineland region is developing into a digital hub in the heart of Europe. In an interview with eco, Emil Issagholian (RheinEnergie) explains the role of energy infrastructure in this development.

date 2025/08/27

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eco

eco Managing Director Andreas Weiss Takes Stock of the New members+ Portal

The new members+ member portal enables direct interaction and collaboration for the eco community in the digital space and provides access to exclusive information and material. After the first few months, eco’s Managing Director Andreas Weiss takes initial stock of the portal in an interview.

date 2025/08/26

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Policy & Law

Federal Data Centre Strategy: eco Association Presents 5-Point Plan for a Future-Proof Data Centre Location

Data centres are a key growth driver for Germany as a business location. To enable Germany to realise the full potential of artificial intelligence and digital innovations, eco has formulated five key requirements for a data centre strategy of the German federal government.

date 2025/08/25

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