Policy & Law

Digital Single Market: eco Warns Against One-Sided Interest-Driven...

On the strategy for a joint Digital Single Market introduced today by the EU Commission, eco Director of Policy and Law, Oliver Süme, states: “The Digital Single Market Strategy published today by the European Commission is an enormously important step towards a strong and competitive Europe which can assert its position...

date 2015/05/06

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Domains

How are the German Based Geographic gTLDs Fairing?

German based gTLDs and their activity – Volume 1 Now that the New gTLD Program has been active for over a year, there have been 45 Geographic gTLDs delegated in the root by ICANN. 34 of these are “City” designated gTLDs with nine more classified as “Regions”. DotBERLIN leads the way in total second-level domain...

date 2015/04/30

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ICANN Accountability

Status-Update: Day 1 in Istanbul Mathieu Weill, together with Thomas Rickert one of the Co-Chairs of the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN's Accountability, gives an update on the progress of the working group at the face to face meeting in Istanbul on 23 March 2015.

date 2015/04/27

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Getting a Foothold in the German Market

How to do business with German companies Dorothea Wohn, from eco Member Development, explains the challenges and rewards of making business contacts in German industry. Due to high rates of productivity and sustainable employment, Germany is attractive for many companies as a business location. And yet, there can be significant...

date 2015/04/22

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Policy & Law

eco Doubts Adequacy of Compromise on Blanket Data Retention

Guidelines attempt difficult balancing act between freedom and security Central technical and legal questions remain unanswered Uncertainty places burden on companies – now going into second round The highly controversial Blanket Data Retention is coming: The German Federal Ministry for Justice and the Ministry...

date 2015/04/21

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Security

New Peak at DE-CIX in Frankfurt: 3.9 Terabits per second

DE-CIX Frankfurt hit the 3.934 Terabits per second traffic peak on 19 April, once again a Sunday. While DE-CIX has announced new exchanges in Palermo and Marseille, and new peaks at DE-CIX New York and UAE-IX in Dubai made it into the news, DE-CIX Frankfurt is also growing too. No other Internet exchange in the world exchanges...

date 2015/04/20

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Datacenter

Ruth Plater about the strategies of peering

 Peering into the future  There are more than 400 Internet Exchanges (IXPs) around the world and, thanks to peering, interconnections between networks couldn’t be easier. Peering has typically had a cost benefit for many networks, but this isn’t the only reason network operators have a desire to peer....

date 2015/04/18

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Report: eco Dialog on the Future III – New Alignment of...

International community driving transition Berlin, 10.04.2015 – Who will, in what form, take over the supervision of the IANA functions from October 2015? The closer this date comes, the more intensive the discussion is becoming – after the US government announced at the beginning of last year their intention to withdraw...

date 2015/04/17

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eco International’s Talking Heads – Episode 2

Is encryption a tool or a philosophy? Interview with David Snead, I2Coalition Meet the movers and shakers of the Internet world in the new podcast series from eco International – Talking Heads. In this series, we explore topics with selected specialists, and look at the history and the future of the eco Association, in...

date 2015/04/17

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Domains

WHD.global 2015: eco new gTLD Panel Discussion

"New TLDs – 3.5 million names to 20 million in 2015?" Moderation Thomas Rickert, Director eco Names & Numbers Forum Panelists Alexander Schwertner, Director Products, OpenSRS Neha Naik, Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Radix Registry Oliver Elste, CEO, Smart-NIC Jeffrey Sass, CMO, .CLUB Domains Helena...

date 2015/04/17

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