Networks

OX Summit 2016

Summit, Executive Brunch & River Cruise OX Summit connects the key decision-makers from hoster, telco, cable and mobile carriers to exchange the valued business insight and technology expertise that regional and global providers need to transform their growth. This is the industry & portfolio showcase that connects...

date 2016/07/18

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Networks

OX Summit 2016

 Summit, Executive Brunch & River Cruise  OX Summit connects the key decision-makers from hoster, telco, cable and mobile carriers to exchange the valued business insight and technology expertise that regional and global providers need to transform their growth. This is the industry & portfolio...

date 2016/07/18

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Policy & Law

Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse Material: European Party...

The European People’s Party (EPP) focused on current developments in the fight against Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online in a <a href="http://www.eppgroup.eu/event/Hearing-on-combating-the-sexual-abuse-of-children-on-the-Internet">hearing on 29 June</a>. Representatives from Interpol, Europol and the...

date 2016/07/18

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Domains

Report: 56th ICANN Meeting

Community continues to drive IANA Transition forward Not yet implemented, but with good progress made in recent months, the transferal of the administration of the Domain Name System root zone away from US supervision to the ICANN community – the IANA Stewardship Transition – continued to be a defining topic at the...

date 2016/07/15

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Policy & Law

eco Criticizes the Return of the Blocking of Internet Content

“Blocking of Internet content is like a zombie,” is the analogy Oliver Süme, eco Director Policy & Law, uses. “The idea has been buried again and again, for good reasons.” From eco’s point of view, blocking Internet content is not a suitable tool in combatting illegal online content. Quite the opposite;...

date 2016/07/14

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Security

DE-CIX New York: From zero to number 7 in the US market...

DE-CIX New York has managed to grow to the second largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in the New York metro area within two years. This alone is amazing. If you look at the IXP market in the US in general, you can also see an outstanding result. Out of about 80 Internet exchanges (listed by TeleGeography)...

date 2016/07/13

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Security

DE-CIX Madrid exceeds all expectations

DE-CIX Madrid is exceeding the company’s initial expectations for growth, leading to the opening of a second enabled site. “We anticipated a strong demand from international content networks, Internet service providers in Spain and Portugal, as well as from West African ISPs reaching Madrid via Lisbon, but the...

date 2016/07/13

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Policy & Law

eco on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: An Important Step for...

eco welcomes the treaty on transatlantic data transfer Privacy Shield finally restores companies' legal certainty New data protection treaty has significantly higher level of data protection It was long-awaited good news for business: On 12 July 2016, the so-called Privacy Shield came into effect, after the Member...

date 2016/07/13

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Policy & Law

The Countdown Has Started: Blanket Data Retention is Turning...

eco calls for lawmakers to change course The requirements are causing financial ruin for small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs need financial compensation for the implementation and ongoing costs Legislator must define practical rules compliant with EU law At the latest a year from now, on 1 July 2017,...

date 2016/07/12

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Domains

Encryption: “It’s worth the effort”

Encryption is more important today than ever before. We spoke to Klaus Schmeh – cryptography expert, author, and consultant at cryptovision – to find out why it is not being used more widely. Klaus Schmeh deals with the topic encryption almost daily in his German-language blog, the Klausis Krypto Kolumne. Mr Schmeh,...

date 2016/07/11

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