Policy & Law

Gcore Joins the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany

Gcore operates its own global IT infrastructure across six continents and is the newest member of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of eco. In this interview, Elena Simon, Managing Director of Gcore DACH, addresses the key challenges and significant advantages of Germany as a digital location.

date 2026/02/02

News

Networks

Network Resilience as a Key Pillar of Modern Infrastructures

Matthias Hahn (Nokia) speaks in an eco interview about current challenges for data centre and telecommunications networks, technological developments beyond pure bandwidth, and the importance of quantum-secure encryption for long-term network planning. He will discuss these topics at the eco Datacenter Plaza during fiberdays 26.

date 2026/01/29

News

Policy & Law

Resilience Requires Clarity: KRITIS Umbrella Act Should Be Consistently Implemented

With the adoption of the KRITIS Umbrella Act by the German Bundestag, a uniform nationwide framework for the protection of critical infrastructures in Germany is being created for the first time. What now matters is a practicable, real-world implementation.

date 2026/01/29

press

eco

eco Interaction Day 2026

Meet industry leaders, discover groundbreaking initiatives and services, and experience how eco is shaping the digital transformation in Germany and Europe with dedication and expertise.

date 2026/07/02 placeKöln

Event

Policy & Law

eco Survey Shows: Data Protection, No Thanks! Around 90 Per Cent of Germans Give Up When Faced on Long and Complicated Privacy Policies

A YouGov survey commissioned by eco on European Data Protection Day shows that only a minority reads privacy information completely. eco calls for more transparency, comprehensibility and user orientation.

date 2026/01/28

press

Future Skills - Unleash AI. Shape the Future.

Our tech industry is moving at breakneck speed, with artificial intelligence, innovation, and digitalisation transforming the world of work in amazing ways. At the same time, managers are doing their best to provide guidance, lead the way, and enable new developments. As the eco Association, we're working together with...

date 2026/01/27

News

Domains

2026 Abuse Workshop @ Nordic Domain Days

eco's topDNS initiative is once again a proud partner of the Nordic Domain Days and invites you to attend the workshop on fighting online abuse on the second day of the conference.

date 2026/05/26 placeStockholm

Event

Datacenter

eco & ITENOS Webinar (Episode 4): Endless cloud connectivity: Multi-cloud to the edge (German only)

This episode of our complimentary expert webinar demonstrates why multi-cloud strategies are no longer relevant solely to large corporations and how edge technologies are opening up new opportunities for SMEs as well.

date 2026/05/21 placeVirtuell

WEBINAR

Mobility

From Data Exchange to Mobility Ecosystem: An Interview with the New Leadership of Mobility Competence Group

Since January, eco’s Mobility Competence Group has been under new leadership: with Dr. Judith Puttkammer (Mobility Data Space) and Paula Böcken (Uber), it gains new perspectives from different but complementary areas of digital mobility.

date 2026/01/27

News

Networks

eco & ITENOS Webinar (Episode 3): Agents across the web: How AI begins to act on our behalf (German only)

In the third episode of our complimentary expert webinar, we explore how data, technology, and human intelligence are converging to create entirely new value chains.

date 2026/04/23 placeVirtuell

WEBINAR