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Editorial Calendar 2023

Domain Name System: Lessons from the topDNS Best Practice Webinars

eco Association has brought together several Internet industry members to collaboratively fight DNS abuse via its topDNS initiative. Numerous lessons and tips are now on hand from the topDNS Best Practice Webinars, as shared by Lars Steffen, eco’s Director International.

Branding

Safeguarding Your Brand in the Digital Age: Three Key Strategies for Online Brand Protection

In today's digital landscape, protecting your brand goes beyond reputation management. Learn how CMO Volodymyr Holovash at DomainCrawler advises businesses to secure their online presence through TLD gap analysis, defensive domain name registrations, and HTML content monitoring. Discover how these strategies not only shield your brand from threats but also enhance SEO and customer trust.

Cloud Native

Paradigm with Pitfalls: Cloud Native Saving IT Costs in SMEs

Cloud native solutions can be your path to cost savings and IT efficiency – as long as you identify and overcome any pitfalls, as advised by Nils Klute from EuroCloud.

DNS

6 tips for a fail-safe DNS

Klaus Darilion, DNS expert at nic.at, provides valuable tips and tricks on how to upgrade the security of your DNS infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence

How a European AI Can Succeed

Jan Oetjen, CEO of GMX on unlocking Europe‘s AI potential: Overcoming data challenges and shaping the future.

Domains

From Domain Names to Trademark Protection: Safeguard Your Brand’s Digital Identity

Simone Catania, InterNetX, outlines how to choose the perfect domain name, common issues to consider and exactly how to protect your digital identity.

Feature Energy Efficiency

Why the German Energy Efficiency Act Can Significantly Improve the Environmental Footprint of Digitalization

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Spokesperson of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, explores the transformative impact of the German federal government’s Energy Efficiency Act on the digital infrastructure landscape.

Data Center

A Day Without Data Centers

As data centers are essentially the foundation of interconnected life, what would a day without those actually look like? A concept explored by Jens-Peter Feidner, Managing Director at Equinix Germany.

Internet Industry

The Next-Generation Internet Exchange – DE-CIX Paves the Way for the Immersive Internet

Dr. Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX, spells out what steps Internet Exchange operators need to take to pioneer the seamless future of the immersive Internet.

Feature Digital Infrastructure

Leveraging Infrastructure Diversity for Business Success

Diversity is key for technical resilience. Where to start? Alleviate cloud concentration through a multi-cloud approach, advises Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX.

Edge Computing

Leveraging Edge Computing and Optimization for Improved Website Performance

In a relentless online services’ race, milliseconds can make all the difference. Enter edge computing & optimization, recommends Dmitry Samoshkin, CPO at Gcore.

Cloud Computing

A BIT of Support: Empowering FCBU Amidst the War in Ukraine

Els de Jong from Dutch BIT highlights how her company has forged a resilient alliance in IT infrastructure with the First Credit Bureau of Ukraine.

Connected Car

The Paradigm Shift: The Transformation of the Automotive Industry

Ralf Schädel, eco Association, on the fully connected cars of the future and seven trends for suppliers – driving change towards smarter mobility.

Digital Business Models

AI Assistants: A Balancing Act Between Data Security and Technological Progress

Simon Krannig, data scientist at ADACOR, shares insights into the transformative potential of open-source AI Assistants.

Digital Business Models

More Turnover and Better Margins With Machine Services in the SME Sector

Nils Klute, eco Association, looks at how data-based as-a-service business models help modern plants solve production problems and minimize risks.

Feature Gaia-X

The Tellus Project: Giving the Internet an Upgrade

DE-CIX’s Alina Rubina outlines how Tellus is creating a more powerful network infrastructure for the Gaia-X data-infrastructure ecosystem.

FinTech

The Digital Bank: Why Innovative Financial Institutions Urgently Need an Interconnection Strategy

Dr. Thomas King, CTO at DE-CIX, shows why interconnection via an Internet Exchange is so important for the future of banking.

Digital Infrastructure

Infrastructure and Cloud Services: What Makes a Client Project Successful

Andre Reitenbach, CEO at Gcore discusses the impact of a provider’s infrastructure on critical aspects of cloud services, and how that affects clients’ businesses.

Feature Cloud Computing

SMEs and the Public Cloud: Business Opportunities for Providers and Customers

With cloud native technologies offering increasing advantages for SME business models, Nils Klute from eco highlights how growth opportunities can be achieved via a middle ground with the public cloud.

Digitalization

Business Apps: Luxury or Necessity for Your Company?

Marco Bellof, VS-Apps MD, on identifying your company's potential need for a custom business application and when (not) to use one.

Data Protection & Privacy

The GAFAM Cloud Risks: Why Consumers need European Alternatives

Privacy deficits and control of data: Jan Oetjen, GMX CEO, outlines why everyone should carefully consider which cloud services they use.

Feature Domains

.GIVING – There is no better way to give!

Public Interest Registry launches new .GIVING TLD to streamline the fundraising and donation experience.

Domains

Tokenization of the Internet Address Space

Alexey Shkittin, CEO of InterLIR, and Alexander Timokhin, COO, propose transitioning from a hierarchical to a decentralized IP registry system using blockchain technology.

Feature Women in Tech

Successful Women = Successful Business Models

An interview with Kiki Radicke from ADACOR on how business success in the tech world pivots on agility & gender equality.

New Work

Move With the Times, or the Times Will Move Without You

Why it pays to focus on corporate culture in the struggle for skilled workers, explains Andrea Trapp, Vice President of Business International from Dropbox.

Feature New Work

Building Trust in the Modern Workplace

Lucia Falkenberg, CPO of the eco Association, on how a team exchange on an equal footing is a key factor for mobilizing trust in present and future workplaces.

New Work

Organizational Trust Goes Both Ways

Tucows’ Head of Compliance, Reg Levy, argues that allowing employees to work from home can increase productivity and improve recruitment. Trust is crucial in this model, as is leveraging technology to foster cultural togetherness.

Feature Connectivity

When Time Stands Still: Why Redundant Connectivity Is Essential in the Digital Age

Dr. Thomas King, CTO at DE-CIX, explains why companies should secure their IT infrastructure via redundant lines, and what exactly lies behind the term redundancy.

Identity Management

Securing Hospital Workplaces

How can hospitals not just boost quality of care, but also upgrade security? Dr. Nils Kaufmann, OGiTiX Software, explains how the merger of two health tech giants creates a 360° IAM set of solutions for hospitals.

Feature Women in Tech

Five Tips: How to Launch a Women´s Network in Your Company

Hanna von der Au, eco Association, outlines how women’s networks can empower and support female professionals in the tech industry.

Women in Tech

Changes in Cultural Behavior Essential for Gender Equality in the Tech World

Vanda Scartezini, the co-founder of DNS Women, highlights how we need to delve deeply into cultural behavior to see as many women as men employed in tech.

Artificial Intelligence

A Woman in AI

In interview, Kim Dressendörfer, Senior Account Technical Leader at IBM, emphasizes how diversity in the team constitutes a good AI mechanism.

New Work

Hybrid Work is Here to Stay – How to Get it Right

Dr. Ralf Ebbinghaus, Enreach MD & CCO, maps out how to unlock the full potential of hybrid work with integrated communication tools.

Feature Service-Meister

AR and VR at Work: Industrial Service with Augmented Reality

Nils Klute on how AR and VR are being used to archive expert knowledge and train junior staff in the Service-Meister project.

Cloud Native

Farewell to Hyperscalers’ Wild West Times

Can cloud native and sovereign clouds possibly co-exist? This is one core topic discussed by Maximilian Hille from cloud ahead with Dr Nils Kaufmann, Head of EuroCloud Native.

Gaia-X

Gaia-X: “This Governance Process Is Unique in the World”

Why initiatives like Gaia-X represent a new form of international technopolitics. Andreas Baur reveals how political concepts are embedded in technology.

Sustainability

How to Approach Sustainability in the Network Industry

Planning to incorporate sustainability into your business models? Pick up on tips for a framework devised by Inter.link, ranging from certification standards to monitoring software.

Energy Efficiency

Green and Affordable: Reducing Electricity Costs by Archiving Data on Tape

Do you need to store data in the long-term? Then save electricity and CO2 emissions through tape technology, as recommended by Melina Schnaudt from FUJIFILM.

Energy Efficiency

Using Fiber to the Edge to Cut the Carbon

Piers Benjamin illustrates how Corning saved energy and money by installing FTTE in their sustainably-built global HQ.

Feature DNS

DNS Cookies: The Transaction Mechanism to Protect the Namespace

Although they are not the cure for all name server problems, DNS cookies offer an extra layer of protection and are particularly effective against off-path attacks. Simone Catania, InterNetX, looks at how DNS cookies can make DNS transactions more secure.

Feature Smart City

The Smart City: What Is the Role of the Public Sphere?

Harald A. Summa, CEO of the eco Association, explores the role of cities and regional authorities in laying the foundation for the smart city.

Feature Digitalization

Digital Villages Research Project

How can innovative digital technologies help to ease the lives of people in rural areas? Learn more from Hanna von der Au’s interview with Fraunhofer Institute on the German “Digital Villages” research project

Feature Digitalization

Digital Business Models & Ecosystems – Call for Contributions

New digital business models and ecosystems will affect not only our way of work and doing business, but our daily life as well. dotmagazine’s Call for Contributions on how business models and ecoystems enable innovation and revolutionize society and the economy.

Feature Digitalization

Industry as a Driver for the Digitalization of the European Economy?

Why the “old economy” is driving the digital transformation in the Old World, reveals Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, German Economics Ministry, in an interview with Andreas Weiss and Thomas Sprenger, GXFS-DE.

Digitalization

IRMA: How Digital Wallets Contribute to Digital Sustainability

Peter Eikelboom, SIDN, on how digital wallets will contribute to innovation and data sovereignty, increasing the opportunities for all.

Internet Industry

Is the Internet Fragmenting or Just Evolving?

Are the worries about the Internet becoming increasingly fragmented unfounded? Is it just evolving? ISOC’s Robbie Mitchell reports.

Feature Energy Efficiency

Abundant Energy Potential through Utilization of Data Center Waste Heat

Data centers & society have much to gain from waste heat utilization, as illustrated by Dr. Béla Waldhauser from Telehouse & the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures.

Artificial Intelligence

From AI to the circular economy: How digital technologies redefine sustainable value creation

How artificial intelligence, data and Gaia-X are weeding, securing harvests and implementing the circular economy. Nils Klute reports.

Cloud Native

Cloud Native: More Responsibility via Decoupling Software Building Blocks and Connectivity

Headless CMS enhances responsibility on the strength of cloud native, a development spelt out by Nils Klute from EuroCloud

Feature Sustainability

Hosting in the Wind Turbine

Hanna von der Au from eco reports on the climate-neutral television of the future, empowered by Zattoo via the windCORES project of WestfalenWIND.

Feature IoT

IT Security Label as a Framework for More Security in IoT

Tatjana Hein from eco reports on the development of a security label for IoT devices by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

Feature Cybersecurity

Ransomware Has Not Just Been Around Since Yesterday

Michael Weirich from the eco Association, on the impact of ransomware on companies and the need for a contingency plan.

Security

The Sectors at Risk from DDoS and Bot Attacks: How to Stop them

Andrew Slastenov from Gcore, on the risks of DDoS and bots and how to protect company systems and networks.

Feature DNS

Next Steps in Combatting DNS Abuse

Thomas Rickert and Lars Steffen from the eco Association take stock and give an outlook on collaborating in the fight against abuse involving the DNS.

Internet Governance

ICANN’s Accountability & Transparency

In examining several real-world situations, Keith Drazek from Verisign displays ICANN’s accountability and transparency.

Women in Tech

Building Trust for Women in Tech

To raise women's enthusiasm for the tech industry, key actions are required, as highlighted by Christine Serrette from ITZBund.

Feature Email Marketing

Digital Responsibility in Email Marketing Pays Off

Julia Janssen-Holldiek, Director of eco’s Certified Senders Alliance, on the clear benefits of embracing digital responsibility for commercial emailing.

Feature Data Center

Data Drives Mobility

Tatjana Hein, eco Association, on digitalization and data use as drivers of sustainable, innovative and multimodal mobility solutions.

Digitalization

Public Utilities: Central Architects of the Digitalized City

Andreas Weiss from eco & Dalibor Dreznjak from Stadtwerke Wolfsburg, on the opportunities & challenges of new infrastructures & technologies for the Smart City.

Feature Connectivity

How to make Connectivity Fit for Digital Business

Dr. Christoph Dietzel from DE-CIX on the interconnection needs of modern enterprises & the importance of resilience & flexibility for data to flow.

Cloud Native

Sustainable Cloud Native Software: Intelligently balancing economy and ecology

Nils Klute talks to Marc Schröter, globaldatanet, and Sebastian Ullrich, PROTOS Technologie, about how cloud native technology makes IT more sustainable.

Feature Digital Communication

How to Communicate to Build Trust

Hanna von der Au, eco Association, on why trust is essential for digital transformation and what communication can do to build trust.

Internet Governance

ICANN’s Accountability and Transparency: A Retrospective on the IANA Transition

Keith Drazek from Verisign provides a core review of ICANN’s current governance model, accountability, and transparency.

Domains

Developing Domain Name Renewal Rates for Trust & Future Success

Danny Aerts & Rickard Vikstrom from DomainCrawler, on why models for the prediction of domain name renewal rates are key for the industry in assessing trust.

Diversity

Spotlight on Employees: The Advantages of a Conscious Diversity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing Strategy

Diversity & inclusion are not just buzz words, but must be a part of daily business, a fact highlighted by Dietmar Kessler from Equinix Germany.

Women in Tech

Girls in Tech: Play, Fail & Learn

Reg Levy from Tucows provides inspiring insights into how to best attract and support young women in tech.

Feature Multi Cloud

Value Creation in the Multi-Cloud Ecosystem

Companies often need outside help to manage cloud transformation, but even their service providers need support, clarifies Mareike Jacobshagen from DE-CIX.

Smart City

Enabling Smarter Offices With Fiber to the Edge

FTTE is future-flexible, delivering connectivity, bandwidth & safe power in an office building, discloses Piers Benjamin from Corning Optical Communications.

Feature Recruitment

7 Tips for Finding Skilled Workers in 2022

Trust, personal responsibility, and meaningful work form the basis for positive employer branding, explains Lucia Falkenberg, CPO of the eco Association & DE-CIX.

Artificial Intelligence

Finding and Training Up Skilled Workers with AI: How Car Repair 4.0 is Laying the Groundwork

Juan Hahn from the Car Repair Shop 4.0 consortium assesses the short supply of skilled workers in the car repair sector and the positive impact of AI support.

Feature Women in Tech

Time to Shift the Dial for Women in Tech

What can be the make or break for an IT or tech company? Diversity, as spelt out by Eilín Geraghty & Lars Steffen from the eco Association.

Women in Tech

Seeing Real Women Succeed in Real Jobs

As eyeo’s COO Jutta Horstmann points out, breaking down gender inequality in the tech realm requires strong and conscious efforts.

Diversity

A Special Culture: Diversity as Enrichment, the Internet as the Future

Lucia Falkenberg and Selin Gueldner from DE-CIX, on the importance of diversity, interculturality, and flexible working styles for company culture.

Feature Digital Resilience

Lessons learned from the crisis? A study on digital resilience

Ekkehart Gerlach from the dma provides insights into the challenges and benefits of New Work and the impact of digital resilience on companies.

New Work

Is Hybrid Working Really the Future of Work?

With hybrid work becoming more the norm than the exception, there are many gradations – Detlev Artelt from Aixvox offers insights into the new models and their related benefits and challenges.

IoT

Alleviating the Shortage of Skilled Workers With the Help of Artificial Intelligence

Hauke Timmermann, Digital Business Models Consultant at eco, on how AI can help train up staff to take on more specialist roles in Industry 4.0

Internet Industry

Building a Bigger, Stronger Internet with Internet Exchange Points

Megan Kruse from the Internet Society introduces ISOC’s 50/50 vision for keeping more local traffic local in selected economies around the world.

Feature DNS

Fulfilling the Potential of the Domain Name System

The DNS has advanced technologically well beyond its original structure. Lars Steffen from eco looks at how to bridge current gaps in DNS usage.

Domains

Where Domain Security Meets the Supply Chain Crunch

Sue Watts from CSC, on how to prevent fraud related to fake domain registrations from capitalizing on global and societal events.

Domains

Investigating Web Data for Brand Protection Purposes

Alona Borzhemska and Volodymyr Holovash from DomainCrawler on how brand owners can adopt proven best practices to fight online counterfeit sales.

DNS

Secondary Redistribution of the IP Address Space. Can the State Help With This?

Alexey Shkittin from InterLIR looks at a solution for freeing up more than 30% of existing IPv4 address space that is frozen and unused.

Digital Inclusion

Why UA? Understanding the Social and Economic Benefits of Universal Acceptance

The UASG Communications Working Group looks at why diverse scripts and languages are so important for equal access and business growth.

Feature Digital Transformation

Unpacking the Digital Potential of Africa

Theresa Bobis from DE-CIX highlights the business proposition for digital Africa – better access to and performance of the cloud, digital content, and applications.

Connectivity

Bridging Africa’s Connectivity Gap with Infrastructure Sharing

How sharing infrastructure can overcome obstacles to accessing ICT: Uganda shows the way, says Patricia Benlloch from Corning Optical Communications.

Feature Digital Education

How to Narrow Gaps in the Digital World: Build Up Training & Break Down Stereotypes

Esther Kioni from the Internet Society sees training and the disbanding of stereotypes as critical approaches for bridging gaps in the tech world.

Women in Tech

Closing the Gender Gap in the Digital World

Exemplary insights are offered by Elisabeth Kurek, Vice-President of Cloud Marketing at IONOS, into how the gender imbalance in the digital world should be tackled.

Feature Artificial Intelligence

The LEAM Initiative – Supporting SMEs In Training Large AI Language Models

What are the potentials and challenges for SMEs that want to implement large AI models in practice? Dr Johannes Otterbach of Merantix Labs explains.

Artificial Intelligence

Pre-Trained AI Language Models – How LEAM is Bringing Them to SMEs

How can SMEs integrate automated AI language models into their business? An interview with BHT’s Prof. Alexander Löser.

Identity Management

Ease Into the Cloud: How IAM is Helping SMEs Get Ahead, Even With Gaia-X

Nils Klute explores the potential of identity and access management systems as the key to digital business models, with Ingo Buck, OGiTiX, and Stephan Ilaender, plusserver.

Feature Sustainability

Energy Transition and Internet Expansion Go Hand in Hand

Harald A. Summa from the eco Association, on how the decentralized design of the Internet offers a blueprint for the restructuring of energy supply.

Sustainability

Port Breakout and VSFFC: Optimizing Sustainability in Data Centers

Cindy Ryborz from Corning Optical Communications, on supporting higher speeds, compressing computing power, storage and data throughput, and improving energy efficiency.

Data Center

Sustainable data center: How to transform legacy data centers into sustainable assets

Severin Braun from plusserver looks at how legacy data centers can be optimized and modified to meet the EU’s sustainability targets and move towards a greener future.

Sustainability

Data Centers Must Become More Sustainable

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One explains what makes data center operations energy-efficient.

Feature Gaia-X

Marispace-X Creates the Data Ecosystem for Oceans

Marispace-X is exploring the data spaces in our oceans. Jann Wendt talks to Andreas Weiss and Thomas Sprenger about the maritime data ecosystem.

Cloud Native

More Sustainable with Cloud: Economies of Scale for the Environment and Climate

What can be the key to more sustainability? Cloud technologies, spells out Nils Klute from EuroCloud Germany.

Feature Diversity

Sustainability & Diversity in the Tech Industry

For a sustainable tomorrow, Sabine Schaar from Equinix signals how we need to pave the way to have females enter and flourish in technical professions.

Feature Connected Car

How Connectivity is Redefining the Automotive Industry

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX looks at the software-defined vehicle and the data race between car makers and software giants.

Networks

From Carrier Pigeons to Fiber Carriers

Klaas Mertens, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix, on why distance still matters so much in modern network communications.

IoT

Self-Optimizing, Adaptive WiFi – An Essential Foundation for Smart Home 2.0

Stephan Dietl of Plume Design outlines the potential of tech-integrated homes to show why intelligent WiFi is necessary.

Feature Data Center

Decentralization and the Boost to Digitalization

Donald Badoux from Data Center Group in conversation with Dr. Thomas King at DE-CIX on the importance of decentralized infrastructure for modern applications.

Edge Computing

Edge Computing – Distributed processing for Growing Mountains of Data

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One looks at the definition of “the edge” and the intelligent geographical distribution of data centers.

Feature Cloud Native

More Trust in the Digital Space: The Cloud and Gaia-X

Nils Klute from Eurocloud looks at how to develop digital added value via the cloud so that technology comes more naturally to SMEs.

Multi Cloud

Data Meshes in SMEs: A New View of Data

While revenues from data still often fail to materialize, data meshes could help to change that, as explained by Jans Krol of PROTOS Technologie and Lars Francke of Stackable in a EuroCloud article.

Self-regulation

Mitigating DNS Abuse: Taking a Firm Position and Protecting Employees

Kelly Hardy from CentralNic explains how companies benefit from fighting abuse and from protecting the employees on the front lines.

Branding

Control Your Digital Brand: On the Interplay of Defensive Domain Registrations, Active Monitoring, and Brand Enforcement

Verena Kuthe from LEMARIT outlines the path to retain full control of digital brands through the best brand protection approach.

Cybersecurity

Not in Our Domain: How EURid is Using AI and Global Cooperation to Tackle Cybercrime

EURid takes an innovative approach to help outwit cybercriminals, including helping to identify potentially malicious registrations at source.

DNS

QPI: A “Call to Arms” on Responsible Growth

Inma Del Rosal Mendez and Brian Cimbolic from PIR explain how the Quality Performance Index supports a reduction in abusive domain registrations.

DNS

Let’s End Counter-Productive Anti DNS Abuse Reporting

Natasha Pelham-Lacey from CleanDNS, on improving an imperfect system to lower the bar for reporting abuse and increasing takedowns.

Feature DNS

Why Preventing, Mitigating & Fighting Abuse Concern Everyone

Thomas Rickert and Lars Steffen from the eco Association, on the importance of acting and collaborating in the fight against abuse involving the DNS.

Self-regulation

Fighting the Good Fight: Preventing the Spread of CSAM with Software

Els de Jong and Wido Potters from BIT, on software-based tools for combatting illegal and harmful content.

DNS

Evidence Equals Better DNS Abuse Mitigation

Gia Isabella from CleanDNS addresses the creation of standards for evidence of Internet abuse to expedite the handling of abusive content.

Feature Self-regulation

Vigilance of Society Against Illegal Content

Alexandra Koch-Skiba from the eco Complaints Office on the attentive reporting and take-down of illegal content on the Internet.

DNS

Gaining More Insight into Malicious Domains

Theo Geurts from Realtime Register B.V. describes a proactive approach to malicious domains, based on analyzing and sharing data, and responding to incidents.

Feature Security

Mandatory Certifications Key to Increased IoT Security

How can Europe-wide standards help close security vulnerabilities and gateways, and ensure secure IoT devices? Tatjana Hein from eco explores the possibilities.

DNS

The Debate around Defining, Preventing and Mitigating DNS Abuse

What is DNS abuse? Simone Catania from InterNetX looks at the definition of DNS abuse and describes scenarios for prevention and mitigation.

Cloud Native

When Hacks Target Software: What SMEs Should Know About Cloud Native Technology

Nils Klute from EuroCloud explains how IT risks such as log4j can be easily fended off with cloud native technologies.

Gaia-X

Car Repair 4.0: The Vision of Europe’s Data Infrastructure Comes True

The Gaia-X flagship project Car Repair 4.0 is advancing digitalization in the automotive industry as reported by eco's Ralf Schädel.

Cloud Native

Cooperation with Cloud Natives as a Time Machine for System Integrators

Dr. Nils Kaufmann, Bernd Krakau, and Felix Höger talk to Thomas Sprenger about how system integrators and cloud natives complement each other.

Gaia-X

Does Europe need another Cloud?

Andreas Weiss and Thomas Sprenger analyze how Gaia-X next-generation cloud infrastructure could provide a sustainable boost to the data economy in Europe.

Feature Gaia-X

Gaia-X: A European Ecosystem for Creating Value from Data

Andreas Weiss from EuroCloud and writer Thomas Sprenger, on why no cloud platform is big enough to handle digitalisation in Europe alone.

Digital Ecosystem

Paradigm Shift: Ecosystems and How to Rock them!

Luisa Kruse from TechQuartier offers insights on choreographing ecosystems from an ecosystem orchestrator.

Digital Ecosystem

Balancing Digital Ecosystems

What makes a healthy digital ecosystem? Balance and a diversity of stakeholders, answers Maria Barros-Weiss from IONOS

Feature Service-Meister

How SMEs Succeed with AI & Standards – Not Only in Service

Hauke Timmermann from eco shows how AI and the Service-Meister project are revolutionizing industrial service for SMEs.

Feature Online Marketing

From User To Thought Leader on LinkedIn

LinkedIn expert Britta Behrens provides tips on how to build your personal brand on the career network.

Artificial Intelligence

Using Knowledge Graphs to Find Information in the Age of Big Data

Easy access to all the information in a company’s data ecosystem: Dr. Corina Dima, University of Stuttgart, on how knowledge graphs could be the key.

Feature Gaia-X

Why We Still Find It Difficult to Create Value From Data

Andreas Weiss from EuroCloud and writer Thomas Sprenger explain why data-based cooperation has so far failed, and how Gaia-X can alleviate the problem.

Cloud Computing

Less Risk, More Business: How Cloud Native Technologies Modernize Applications

Those who modernize applications make their business more flexible. Ronny Olm from GECKO Software & Dr Josef Adersberger of QAware, on how agile software galvanizes business models.

Cloud Computing

How EuroCloud Native is Giving SMEs a Taste of the Public Cloud

One year of EuroCloud Native (ECN): What drives the initiative and what does it want to do for SMEs. An outlook from Dr. Nils Kaufmann, Head of ECN.

Cloud Computing

EuroCloud Launches Channel2Cloud Initiative for System Integrators

In an interview led by Regina Böckle, EuroCloud explains how Channel2Cloud can alleviate SME system integrators’ risk of missing out on customers’ move to the cloud.

Feature Industrial IoT

Rent Instead of Buy: Pay-Per-Part Models in Industrial Service

Nils Klute from EuroCloud Deutschland on how usage-based business models are helping airplanes, industrial services, and the circular economy take off.

Interconnection

Big Banks, Big Data, and the Need for a Better Digital Infrastructure

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on preparing the way for the digital bank of the future through intelligent interconnection with ecosystem partners.

Feature Digitalization

Why Not Build Your Own Internet?

Harald A. Summa from DE-CIX & the eco Association looks at the needs of future digital business – the data, the infrastructure, and the mind game.

Feature Digital Ecosystem

System Integrators as Trusted Advisors for Transformation

Unless systems integrators develop new skills and move up into the cloud, their role as advisors could become obsolete, fears EuroCloud Chair Felix Höger.

Feature Digital Ethics

The Digital Responsibility Goals – It’s All About Trust

Jutta Juliane Meier from Identity Valley introduces the Digital Responsibility Goals (DRGs) for designing trustworthy technological products and services.

DNS

DNS Abuse: Everyone’s Problem

Lars Forsberg from iQ looks at the need for awareness of DNS abuse, especially of the new gTLDs, because with awareness comes the ability to act.

Gaia-X

Sea of Data: Marispace-X Connects Ecosystems

Nils Klute from EuroCloud Germany on slowing climate change, exploring digital opportunities for wind power and clearing old munitions from the ocean through a Gaia-X project.

Feature Diversity

Building Diversity Into Your Company’s DNA

Franzi Thoms, Senior Marketing Lead at GoDaddy, describes the steps companies can take to achieve gender and ethnic pay equity.

Feature Cybersecurity

Building Trustworthiness and Acceptance of IT Security Solutions

How can companies create trust in IT security solutions? Through trustworthiness, argue Prof. Norbert Pohlmann from eco & Ulla Coester from xethix Empowerment.

Women in Tech

Bring Women Back to Work

eco Association’s Hanna von der Au spoke to Salesforce’s Vanessa Gentile about the “Bring Women Back to Work” initiative and women in the tech industry.

Digital Education

Closing the Gap – Preparing the Workforce of the Interconnected Future

Professor Miquel Oliver from the UPF Barcelona, on the DE-CIX/UPF Interconnection Academy, aimed at overcoming the scarcity of interconnection specialists.

Feature New Work

Safe & Secure Technology & Tools in the Hybrid World of Work

Seeking to bolster the safe & secure use of New Work technology and tools in post-Covid times? Pick up a range of tips from eco experts and partners.

Security

The Shared Responsibility Model – an Important Basis of Cloud Security

Sebastian Grau from root360 provides an overview of the security responsibilities for companies, MSPs and cloud service providers for safeguarding sensitive data.

Feature Security

Trustworthiness Creates Trust

Prof. Norbert Pohlmann from the eco Association and Ulla Coester from xethix Empowerment on the approach IT companies need to take to engender trust.

Feature Women in Tech

More Women in Tech Creates More Trust in Companies

How can companies in the Internet industry gain more trust? By attracting and retaining more Women in Tech, as Lucia Falkenberg, CPO of the eco Association explains.

FinTech

Women in FinTech

In an interview with Dr Katja Michel and Kirsten Ammon from the Fieldfisher law firm, they discuss how women are still underrepresented – both in leadership positions and in start-ups.

Feature FinTech

Banking the Bits and the Bytes

Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International, offers 4 steps to a future-proof connectivity strategy for the finance sector

Diversity

When Efforts Bear Fruit: Equality as a Core Value for Trust

Nina Bischoff-Everding, Government Affairs & Public Policy at Salesforce, on a workplace that has equality as an integral part of the company’s culture.

Cloud Computing

Complexity Made Simple: Having Customers Benefit Via Cloud Native

How Cloud Natives bring hyperscalers and customers into the business. A talk with Marc Korthaus, founder & CEO at SysEleven, and Soenke Ruempler, co-founder at superluminar.

Feature New Work

Mental Health in the Hybrid World of Work

During Covid times, we need to boost contentment in the world of work, a topic on which eco and pme Familienservice give clear recommendations.

Authentication

DMARC is Here to Stay. Now What?

Alex Brotman, Comcast, and Patrick Koetter, sys4 AG, on how DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) can help companies to protect their customers and their brands from abuse.

Feature Data Center

Open Data Center Connectivity: The Key to Digital Localization

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on the real opportunity for data center operators through network solutions and enterprise connectivity offerings.

Edge Computing

Rethinking IT Organization and Infrastructure as Decentralized – Data Center 4.0

Jörgen Venot from the DC-Datacenter-Group GmbH (DCG) shows the hurdles centralized IT creates for industrial applications, and where decentralized structures will prevail in the future.

Digitalization

Interconnection Demand Surges as the Pandemic Accelerates Digital Transformation

A new market study shows how private interconnection is surpassing the public Internet as a key means of data exchange, explains Dietmar Kessler from Equinix.

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Striking the Right Balance for Digitalization

The advantages of digital technology in the fight against climate change outweigh the costs, says MEP Tiemo Wölken.

Cloud Computing

More Agile and Resilient: Cloud Native Market Taking Off in Germany

Recent survey reveals how SMEs are making their business models & IT systems more agile and resilient via the public cloud, reports Nils Klute from EuroCloud.

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Making Mobility More Sustainable and Customer-Friendly

As the Internet and mobility become increasingly intermeshed, new synergies and business concepts are emerging, says eco Mobility CG leader, Martin Kumstel from Uber.

Networks

Measuring Internet Routing Security

Megan Kruse from the Internet Society introduces the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative, which addresses the most common routing threats.

Artificial Intelligence

We Need Large AI Models with European Values and Standards

Jörg Bienert from the German AI Association on helping Europe gain digital sovereignty in developing and maintaining AI models.

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Direct and Secure Interconnections to the Clouds: How Enterprises can Future-Proof their IT

Mareike Jacobshagen from DE-CIX, on creating a productive virtual office anywhere via DE-CIX and their many partners.

Digital Ecosystem

Technologies and Business Models Posing Industry Challenges for System Integrators

Tailoring IT architectures to business models, having customers benefit from ecosystems, and opening up additional revenues with as-a-service offers – these types of market trends were the focus of the German IDG “Systemhauskongress”, which took place virtually this year.

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How can Enterprises Safeguard their Data and Digital Resources?

Dr. Thomas King from DE-CIX explains how an IX platform can shield networks from a range of malicious and accidental security incidents.

DDoS

Carpet Bombing on Digital Infrastructures – Pragmatic Approaches in DDoS Protection and Data Protection

New attack types like Carpet Bombing require specialized protection of hosting & ISP IT landscapes, warns Michael Hempe from Link11 GmbH.

E-Health

Healthy and Secure – the DNS as a Key Component for a VPN

Security is architecturally anchored in telematics infrastructure to protect e-health applications from abuse, says Sven-Holger Wabnitz from CentralNic.

Data Protection & Privacy

Email Tracking and EU Privacy Laws

Stephan Zimprich from Fieldfisher offers ESPs, advertisers, publishers & technology vendors an overview of the challenges concerning email tracking and email advertising in Europe.

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Email Blocklists for Real-Time Detection and Mitigation

Patrick Ben Koetter from eco Email & Anti-Abuse Competence Groups speaks to Lars Steffen from eco about blocklists, allowlists & the value of reputation.

Cybersecurity

Fortifying Cyberspace: How Innovative Companies from Canada’s Ontario are Protecting Us Against Cyber Attacks

Kathrin Seitz, Ontario Trade and Investment Office, Munich & Philipp Kornitzky, Government of Ontario, on the Province’s robust cybersecurity sector.

Artificial Intelligence

AI and Cybersecurity – What to Expect and How to Protect your Organization

Innovations in AI are making social engineering attacks on companies more effective, explains Dr. Niklas Hellemann from SoSafe Cyber Security Awareness.

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A Quantum-Safe Future

An interview with Dr. Joachim Schäfer from IBM on quantum computers, the quantum advantage and quantum-safe encryption.

Company Security

Remote Work Spells Opportunity for Service Providers

Attackers are skilled at adapting exploits to new situations – new security services are needed to protect businesses, explains Gerald Rubant from Akamai.

Cybersecurity

Working Securely at Home – 9 Tips for Company Security

Daniel Heck from Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity offers work-from-home tips to increase the IT security of your employees.

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Cybersecurity is a Key Driver of Smart City Markets

Markus Schaffrin from the eco Association looks at the fundamental importance of security to the success of Smart City projects.

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More Robust in Business: How SMEs can Increase Digital Resilience Cloud-Natively

Nils Klute from EuroCloud looks at how companies deal with unpredictable events more agilely and secure business operations on the strength of cloud native.

Cloud Computing

Cloud Native Security: Security from the Start

Sylvia Lösel from IT-Business Magazine interviews Sebastian Schäffer, Alice&Bob.Company, on Security as Code and getting security right from the start.

Feature Data Center

Digital Waste Heat – Overcoming Mismatches in Creation and Consumption

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse Deutschland & Spokesperson for the eco Alliance for Digital Infrastructures, on cooling data centers & heating homes.

Green IT

The “Green” Factor: Sustainable Data Centers in the Era of Digitalization

Jörgen Venot from DC-Data Center Group details the competitive advantage of “green” data centers and the options for measuring data center sustainability.

Data Center

Secure and 100% Green Data Center and Cloud Services from Central Europe

Muzaffer Ege from Beyond.pl on the importance of sustainable data center operations and meeting Europe’s carbon neutrality targets.

Data Center

Case Study: Data Center Efficiency – How AI Can Help Optimize Data Center Cooling

Jens-Peter Feidner from Equinix and Dr. Niklas Panten from etalytics explain their use of AI to monitor & optimize energy consumption for data center cooling.

Energy Recovery

Power to Data – Data to Heat: New Business Opportunities for Energy Suppliers

Dr. Jens Struckmeier from Cloud&Heat Technologies offers insight into how data centers can overcome the energy transition, saving CO2 & operating costs.

Sustainability

The Greenest Registry in Europe

You don’t think you can make a difference? Giovanni Seppia from EURid demonstrates how every step counts when it comes to corporate sustainability.

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Internet-Based Mobility to Relieve Inner Cities

Smart Mobility to enjoy double-digit growth as service and data platforms control traffic flows with the help of AI, reports Alexander Rabe from the eco Association.

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Workplace Sustainability Requires More Women in Tech

For a sustainability agenda, a culture of diversity is indispensable, reports Eilín Geraghty from the eco Association. So, how can companies develop this culture?

Smart City

Smart Neighborhoods – Essential Building Blocks on the Way to a Smart City

Smart Neighborhoods offer a stepping stone on the path towards transformation of cities, explains Tatjana Hein from the eco Association.

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Email as a Marketing Tool

How can commercial senders of email get the most out of email as a marketing tool? Maike Marx reports from the CSA Digital Email Summit 2021.

Digital Transformation

The Paperless Office – from Vision to Reality

Goodbye faltering workflows – hello electronic signature! Whitney Bouck, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of HelloSign, a Dropbox company, shares her thoughts on the paperless office.

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New Hope from Space

Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX, on how satellite infrastructure will support bringing the digital universe of services to the user – wherever necessary.

Gaia-X

SCS – “Stacking sovereignty” for Gaia-X applications

Stephan Ilaender, CTO of plusserver, reports on how the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) supports the success of Gaia-X.

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Digitalizing Hotels – New Six-Star Hospitality in the Post-Pandemic World

While digitalizing travel will help keep workers and travellers safe as borders re-open, the future holds much more promise for the digital hotel, reports Ivo Ivanov from DE-CIX.

Edge Computing

Edge: Counter-Revolution or Evolution?

On behalf of the eco Academy, Anne Noelling provides an introduction to the concept of the edge and how companies can begin to develop edge computing scenarios.

Gaia-X

Gaia-X – A Matter of Trust

Creating value collaboratively and driving competition requires decentralized approaches and trust, maintains Nils Klute from EuroCloud.

Feature Notice & Takedown

Borderless Fight Against Illegal Content

For over 20 years, the international INHOPE network has been successfully working to combat depictions of the abuse of minors, says Peter-Paul Urlaub from the eco Complaints Office.

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Europe's Next-Generation Cloud Infrastructure

The EU has recognized the importance of the cloud for Europe’s common good, reports Andreas Weiss from the eco Association – with ambitious goals for the next five years.

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Southern Europe – a Pivotal Region for Global Data Traffic

Location is becoming vital for the delivery of digital content and services, says Theresa Bobis from DE-CIX, and Southern Europe is ideally placed for global traffic flows.

Internet Governance

Data, Collaboration and Internet Society Pulse

The Internet's distributed and synergistic nature makes measuring individual aspects of the Internet on a global scale difficult, explains Susannah Gray from the Internet Society.

Gaia-X

Open, Standardized and Interoperable: How Gaia-X will Enable Competition and Boost the Economy

“If value creation migrates to software, the cloud becomes more important,” says Dr. Oliver Mauss from plusserver, in interview with Nils Klute from EuroCloud.

Feature Digital Inclusion

Universal Acceptance and the Magic of Inclusivity

Everyone has different ideas on “doing it right”, but being inclusive with UA should figure on every developer’s list, says Lars Steffen from the eco Association.

Diversity

Diversity in Tech: Lessons to Learn and Share Among Companies, At Home and Abroad

Sara Weber, Senior Managing Editor at LinkedIn, on how collaboration is key to New Work and why visibility plays a major role in enhancing diversity.

Internet Industry

The European Champions Alliance – Campaigning for European Sovereignty

Andrea Bauer-Vaugan from the ECA & Lucie Poisson from IONOS show why the European tech ecosystem built by the ECA is crucial for European sovereignty.