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Report: econnect Tour – Day Two

A Whirlwind Tour Through German IT and Culture The Thursday began with a relaxed meeting at Plantronics, the UCC headset specialists, on the banks of the River Rhine in the south of Cologne. Oliver Jungklaus, Senior Marketing Manager at Plantronics, gave participants a tour of his Smart Office installation, with explanation...

date 2015/07/08

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E-Commerce

Report: econnect Tour – Day One

A Whirlwind Tour Through German IT and Culture The two-day exclusive executive-level international event econnect took place on 24 to 25 June in Cologne. The focus of this event was offering our International members and contacts insight into the German IT market – for companies who wish to get a foothold in the German...

date 2015/07/08

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Policy & Law

eco: Modern Media Regulation Must Ensure Diversity and Encourage...

New eco Position Paper on Media Convergence formulates central demands of Internet industry Existing liability framework of German Telemedia Act must be retained Telemedia supervision as one integrated whole and internationally compatible Internet telephony, web TV and radio apps on the mobile phone – all these...

date 2015/07/07

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eco Internet Awards 2015 – Domains

Public Interest Registry wins Award for OnGood Jury: “OnGood connects NGOs worldwide over a unique Online-Platform, through which they not only gain support, but they can also cooperate more strongly at the global level.” On 25 June eco – Association of the Internet Industry e. V. presented the eco Internet Awards,...

date 2015/06/29

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ICANN Accountability Group Drops Member Model

Scraps With Board Over New Queries Reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 20 ECLR 895 (June 24, 2015). Copyright 2015 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com> The Cross-Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability has backtracked away...

date 2015/06/25

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Datacenter

A Whirlwind Tour Through German IT and Culture

Successful premiere for econnect on Tour 2015 Cologne, 25 June 2015 – The two-day exclusive executive-level international event econnect took place on 24 to 25 June in Cologne. The focus of this event was offering our International members and contacts insight into the German IT market – for companies who wish to...

date 2015/06/25

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Enhancing ICANN Accountability

Thomas Rickert explains Draft of Cross Community Working Group At ICANN from 21 to 25 June in Buenos Aires the IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability are the central topics of the agenda. Thomas Rickert, Co-Chair of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Director Names &...

date 2015/06/24

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hostingcon europe 2015

Conference and Trade Show for Cloud & Hosting hostingcon europe is the european spin-off by one of the largest Hosting- and Cloud-Events in the world. Look forward to one of the most interesting and inspiring meetings for the industry with insights to the hottest trends, products and movements on the market. Join exciting...

date 2015/06/15

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Policy & Law

IT Security Act: Legislation Must Place Focus on Unregulated...

“We welcome that fact that several amendments were included in the draft law concluded today that lead to a more precise and more practical regulation,” says Oliver Süme, eco Director of Policy and Law. The newly introduced evaluation of the obligations for the operators of critical infrastructure, and the narrower...

date 2015/06/12

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Policy & Law

Data Retention: Draft Law Proposes Retention to Never-Before-Seen...

eco suggests exclusion of Internet services Modification of the technical requirements for retention as baseline solution At least 2,500 companies affected: The state must cover the costs Implementing the reintroduction of Blanket Data Retention, agreed upon by the German Federal Government on 27 May, will mean that...

date 2015/06/12

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