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.
Feature Diversity Bridging the Gaps – Call for Contributions Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on closing the gaps to equal and safe access to digital infrastructure and services.
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.
Cyber Security 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 Digitalization Digital Business: Call for Contributions Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the transformation of business models, innovative products and services, and enabling digitalization.
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 Cyber Security 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.
Feature Digitalization 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.
Feature Mobility 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.
Feature Multi Cloud 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.
Feature Networks 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.
Feature Email Best Practices 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.
Cyber Security 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.
Feature Quantum Computing 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.
Cyber Security 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.
Feature Smart City 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.
Feature Cloud Computing 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.
Feature Smart City 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.
Feature Diversity 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.
Feature Email Marketing 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.
Feature Networks 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.
Feature Digital Transformation 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.
Feature Gaia-X 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.
Feature Networks 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.