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Germany Needs Consistent Strategy for Digital Education and Further Education

The topics of securing specialist workers, New Work, and (further) education in the digital world of work are right at the top of the political agenda and also shaped the debate in the “New Work Check”, organized by the eco Association.

date 2018/11/09

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Report on 63rd ICANN Meeting

The 63rd meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) took place in Barcelona from 20th to 25th of October 2018. ICANN holds three international meetings per year, which rotate among five geographic regions and three meeting formats with different subject areas of focus. With an attendance...

date 2018/11/05

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Security

CG Security Report: Artificial Intelligence and Security

For many years already, artificial intelligence (or machine learning/deep learning) has been playing an important role in the area of IT security. It helps in the process of detecting anomalies in networks and tracking down intruders, it optimizes spam and virus filters, and it supports authentication procedures.

date 2018/10/31

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eco Announces the Nominees for the 17th eco://awards

On 28th November in Cologne, the eco Association will present one of the Internet industry’s most prestigious awards. In seven award categories, a jury of experts comprising of representatives from industry, academia, research, and politics has selected the three most promising submissions of 2018 and nominated them for the eco://award.

date 2018/10/31

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Nominees 2018

In addition to the cross-category criteria, the following aspects are especially important for the jury's evaluation: Usability How well is the service or product explained for the customer? How easy is it for the customer to complete the purchase process? How fast and how well are customers helped when they have problems? Quality...

date 2018/10/30

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Policy & Law

eco: European Digital Tax Damaging for Industry Location

Commenting on plans currently under discussion to introduce a tax for digital companies, eco Süme, Chair of the Board at eco, has the following to say: “The plans currently under discussion at EU level to tax digital companies are misguided. We need a coherent tax system that applies the same fair and comprehensible rules to all market participants.”

date 2018/10/30

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eco Association Congratulates the Internet on Its 49th Birthday

29.10.2018 is World Internet Day. With the Internet, email began its triumphal ascent in the 1990s. Today, 280 billion emails are sent every day by people all over the world.

date 2018/10/29

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Having a Voice as a Stakeholder in the Internet

Helping to define the digital world of the future: Michael Rotert, Honorary President of the eco Association, explains how each of us can have a voice in global Internet governance discussions.

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date 2018/10/26

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5 Sterne für RZ-Cluster in Nürnberg

Erfolgreiche Zertifizierung der noris network-Rechenzentren in Nürnberg Nürnberg, 28.06.2018 – Im Rahmen der 25-Jahr Feier der noris network AG konnten die Ansprechpartner des eco Verbands den Vertretern des Nürnberger Cloud- und Managed Service-Providers wieder zu einem herausragenden Auditierungsergebnis gratulieren. Die...

date 2018/10/22

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Understanding and mitigating risks to to Data Center Operations

Interview with DCSA Lead Auditor Gerd Simon Given the strategic value of data centers to digital transformation, it is important for data center operators to have a very clear view of the risks they face – ranging from DDoS to the GDPR – according to Gerd Simon, Independent Consultant and Lead Auditor for the eco...

date 2018/10/22

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