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eco in a Nutshell We are eco – Association of the German Internet Industry, Europe´s largest Internet Association and one of the founding members of EuroCloud (www.eurocloud.org) and EuroISPA (www.euroispa.org), the world’s largest Internet Service Provider Association. As a network of experts, eco acts on the behalf of over 550 member enterprises on current issues such as telecommunication infrastructure, law and regulation, security and online applications in political arenas and before international entities. We encourage communication between enterprises in the industry, help to develop markets and promote technologies – our focus? Shaping the Internet.
Our Main Areas of Activity are … Infrastructure & Networks Technical issues from access to backbone, fixed and mobile. Data center aspects and hosting services are discussed in competence and expert groups. Peering and interconnection services. Applications Technologies and processes such as security of Cloud computing services and Email, Anti-Spam and Phishing, Botnet detection and resolution, mobile payment and applications, ICT and online services Content Topics such as self-regulation and data protection, copyrights and illegal and harmful content on the Internet as well as online and social media marketing Political Services With offices in Berlin and Brussels we are at the center of political decision processes. We are a driver of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and constant participant of ICANN Meetings. Professional Services We offer special professional services to our members. Currently, we are running auditing and certification services for data centers (Datacenter Star Audit) and Cloud services, a White List service for reducing Spam and a Security Service Center for end users and small to medium sized enterprises, which provides advice on hot security topics.
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Your Benefits as an eco Member … Your membership with the eco provides you with vast additional links into the international ICT network and member benefits to take advantage of on a regular basis … take a look. ■ Free admission to all eco events and competence and expert groups (80 plus a year)
■ Free use of conference rooms and video conferencing facilities in Cologne, Frankfurt and Berlin ■ Publicity through interview opportunities via our podcast and newsletters ■ Reductions in the use of services from our partners
■ Free legal support and advice from the eco Association lawyers
■ Exclusive information regarding activities in the ICT industry
■ Access to an extensive network in the industry, with more than 15,000 contacts and 500 member companies with approx. 7,500 contacts
■ Workshop results
■ Supervision from an eco-employee to optimise your membership with the association, who will look after your best interests, advise on what events to attend and help you make the contacts you’re looking for within our network
■ Studies, surveys, etc…
■ Organisation of joint road shows and trade fairs on a cost basis
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■ Expert know-how
■ Political representation (interest group) in Berlin and Europe
Who are our Members? Internet service providers, cloud service providers such as SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, carriers, manufacturers of hardware, software developers, content and service providers, communications companies, users and startup organisations, data center providers, data center suppliers and independent software vendors. Quite simply … any company or organisation whose business is the Internet.
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Some of the Things we do … Cloud Computing eco is a founding member and the host organisation in Germany for European initiative, EuroCloud.
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Members can take advantage of both organisations and member benefits - meaning an extensive international network of contacts, expert know-how, analysis and surveys, as well as being a part of EuroCloud and eco jointly shaping the future of the Internet. As a EuroCloud Deutschland_eco member, you are part of the German, European, and worldwide cloud computing network and receive first hand information that changes the market. Be there when we …
What does this mean? Well it means that we are the official representatives of EuroCloud for the German Cloud Computing Industry in the pan European EuroCloud network.
■ Achieve better transparency for the user
EuroCloud Deutschland_eco promotes acceptance and the need to meet the demands for cloud services in the German market. EuroCloud Deutschland_eco has an open dialog with the European partners of the EuroCloud network, which means we can help our members find global solutions and lay the groundwork for international business relations to blossom. So if you’re looking for cloud computing business development opportunities in Germany, and further a field, this might be a good place to start.
■ Support the clarification of legal issues
Did you know… As a member of eco you can receive all benefits of a EuroCloud membership FREE and can take advantage of both organisations for one price.
■ Establish a seal of approval for SaaS, IaaS and PaaS
■ Raise provider awareness of user demands ■ Set up a marketplace for cloud computing and SaaS solutions ■ Build an infrastructure to support provider marketing efforts ■ Offer networking opportunities for providers and users ■ Facilitate cloud computing competence
EuroCloud Deutschland_eco and eco are a perfect complement to each other. With the support of the eco Association, our network facilitates a large coverage with a direct focus on relevant issues. The close link between cloud computing and Internet related issues is reflected in this ideal partnership. This is how we can tap a larger area of issues and investigate specific topics further.
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More Information: E-Mail: info@eurocloud.de Web: www.eurocloud.de www.eurocloud.org www.twitter.com/EuroCloud_DE
Datacenter Star Audit (DCSA) The Quality Standard for your Data Center The Datacenter Star Audit is THE quality seal of approval for any company that operates a dedicated server room with minimal requirements for air conditioning, power supply, and network connections. It has been auditing all shapes and sizes of data centers since 2005 and continues to spread its auditing stamp throughout Europe. The audit was set up to help create transparency in the procurement of secure hosting and focuses on testing data center security and the availability and redundancies of a facility’s infrastructure, ultimately resulting in a 1-5 DC star performance grade being awarded. What DCSA Customers Have to Say … “The Datacenter Star Audit assists us in responding to questions, which potential customers ask in their tenders addressed to our data center.” Patrick Pulvermüller, CEO, Host Europe GmbH “The Datacenter Star Audit documents for our customers the highest quality and security in context of a familiar assessment method.” Joachim Astel, Member of the Board, noris network AG
“In contrast to other certifications, the Datacenter Star Audit focuses on the actual practical demands and market needs – those criterion that are particularly relevant for our customers, who outsource the total operation of their business-critical applications to us.” Felix Höger, Member of the Board, Pironet NDH AG “The Datacenter Star Audit 2.0 further developed the certificate that has been successfully used since 2005 in the areas of technical modernity and diversification of the data centers. In considering what makes the best assessment for issuing certificates for data centers, it includes a clear focus on transparent categories for security, availability and redundancy. The metrics DCSA has developed provides more transparency for the market and an improved comparability between the data centers for the end customer.” Dr. Andreas Jabs, eco Authorised Auditor, Alegri International GmbH “The eco Datacenter Star Audit objectively consider the qualifications of staff, security and technical equipment in our data center. For our customers and prospective customers it offers a high degree of transparency about the quality of our services.” Sascha E. Pollok, Network Design and Operations, IPHH Internet Port Hamburg GmbH
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“In my opinion, Datacenter Star Audit has become one of the most important certificates for data centers in Europe. It considers the topics that are really crucial for operating a professional data center; therefore it provides an independent and reliable reference for all of our customers.” Andreas Niehaus, Head of IT Operations, Datadock – Plusserver AG “Auditors look very closely at how architecture concepts and processes affect actual use and customer processes. The eco Datacenter Star Audit reflects real market demand.” Clemens Plieth, Managing Director Service Delivery, Pironet NDH AG
More Information E-Mail: info@dcaudit.de Web: www.dcaudit.de/lang/en/news www.twitter.com/DCStarAudit www.youtube.com/DatacenterStarAudit
Watch the interview with Thomas Strohe, Owner of Plusserver AG, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nsvyf5GeI0
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Names and Numbers Forum The mission of eco‘s Names & Numbers Forum is to provide a platform to discuss topics that are particularly relevant for the domain industry.
Registries, registrars, resellers, consultancies as well as companies who engage in trading and monetising domain names belong to the target group of the forum.
eco has been working on issues in the domain industry since it began and established the Names & Numbers Forum in 2008 to emphasise the importance of this increasingly relevant market segment.
The Names & Numbers Forum regularly hosts events to provide for an efficient exchange of information and expertise as well as networking opportunities with key-decision makers. For example, eco hosts receptions on occasions of ICANN meetings. Additionally, a business round table is regularly carried out in Cologne called „dotKoelsch“, which combines an expert topical presentation (e.g. on monetisation and tax, domain law, digital brand management etc…) with a relaxing social event.
Lines of action are: ■ Political work and lobbying at a national and international level ■ Information on policy-development, law making and jurisdiction ■ Technical issues in the area concerned
The eco Names & Numbers Forum is also actively promoting the ICANN new gTLD Program. So far, amongst others, a roadshow has been organised in four German cities in collaboration with the German Trademark Association, to inform about the new gTLD Program in 2009. Three events dedicated to geographical TLDs were also hosted in 2009 and 2010. eco provides a forum for geoTLD initiatives so that industry professionals and public sector representatives can discuss and work out best practice. The responsible public sector agency has announced to communicate with the various initiatives through eco on certain matters that are relevant to all city or regional TLDs. Recently, eco has concluded its work on a DNSSEC testbed together with DENIC e.G., the „.de“ registry and the German Federal Office for Information Security.
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Legal Advice and Industry Reports In need of some industry statistics, legal advice or general consultative help with your ICT strategy?
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Well, our team of lawyers and ICT experts are on hand to help all our members find the information they need and make them aware of anything they should be considering. Perhaps you’re looking to develop your business in Germany and Europe? If so then eco industry reports and statistics will help you to gain a deeper understanding of the markets you’re planning on entering. ers ents, and Driv
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Tackling Spam and Internet Crime Since eco began receiving reports of illegal and harmful content on the Internet in 1998, the Association has been resilient in its work to combat cyber criminality and spammers, and is constantly developing new and creative solutions against illegal or nuisance activity online. Take a look at some of our projects that make the Internet a safer more enjoyable place.
Certified Senders Alliance
Anti-Botnet Advisory Centre
Internet Complaints Hotline
Anti-Spam Summit
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Certified Senders Alliance In one of many projects eco has launched to combat spam, eco has set up a white list project called the “Certified Senders Alliance“ (CSA) together with the German Dialogue Marketing Association, DDV. Mass mailers, who regularly send marketing material with the permission of the addressee (Permission Marketing), have become increasingly grumpy about the substantial amount of requested material – which has the permission of the addressee that no longer arrives, owing to spam filters. The solution currently favoured is the use of internal safe lists, administered by Internet service providers (ISPs) that mass mailers can apply to be included on. However, this approach has its weaknesses. A mass mailer must negotiate placement on these safe lists with scores of ISPs. ISPs as a result, are faced with assessing and administering each application. Each ISP also has its own safe list criteria, making it extremely onerous and difficult for genuine permission marketers to become approved across the board. As a response to this problem, eco have created a centralised safe list, which not only constitutes a “spam fence”, it also functions as the interface between mass mailers and Internet service providers, potentially contributing to the overall improvement in the quality of email as a commercial medium. Above all else, it could ensure that emails, actually requested by the end user, and from respectable mailers, arrive smoothly at their destination, without the mailer having to worry about their mail being branded illegitimate and the user missing out on what they actually want to read.
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Participating in the Certified Senders Alliance means that E-MAIL WHITELIST server-side spam filters allow legitimate messages to pass E S T M Ö can G L ICblock HE UN D through, and only individual user Bsettings messages S I C H E R E S E RV E R S E IT I G E from list-approved mass mailers. This approach can save time ZUSTELLUNG and resources for both Internet service providers and mass K E I N F ILT E R N O D E R mailers. { S PA M ? } - TA G G E N M E H R
The Certified Senders Alliance is C a Sbuy-in service A - Z E RT I F I Z I Efor R U both N G the S I C H E RT R E C H T M Ä SSIGKEIT Internet industry and direct marketing companies. The service IHRES E-MAIL-MARKETINGS however, remains free-of-charge for Internet service providers. Unterstützt durch:
More Information E-Mail: info@support.certified-senders.eu Web: www.certified-senders.eu
The Anti-Botnet Advisory Centre The Anti-Botnet Advisory Centre is a service eco operates with support from the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which helps Internet users to remove Botnet Threats from their computer. Botnets are a network of computers that interconnect after they have been infected with a malicious payload. If a computer is part of a botnetwork, then the owner of that computer will have no idea that remote commands have been sent by cyber criminals for distributing Spam or infecting other computers whilst being online. Botnets function on an infrastructural basis of Internet crime, and are one of the largest illegal sources of income over the Internet. With the Anti-Botnet-Advisory Centre we would like to reduce the number of Botnet infected computers and break down the foundations that this cyber crime is built on. Every individual computer that is freed from infection will help us to achieve this. One of the tools we have developed to combat botnetworks is a small program called the DE-Cleaner, which helps users remove infection from their computer. More Information E-Mail: info@botfrei.de Web: www.botfrei.de
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Internet Complaints Hotline The goal of the eco Internet complaint hotline is to fight illegal content on the Internet, especially content pertaining to youth protection in the media. The eco Internet complaint hotline is embedded in the system of regulated self-regulation and aims to improve youth protection in the media a role eco takes very seriously and attaches great importance. It is integrated in the international hotline network INHOPE. The Internet complaint hotline receives complaints for all Internet services: World Wide Web, email, file sharing services, chats, newsgroups, forums, and mobile content. Internet users, who come across illegal, especially youth endangering Internet content, can report it free of charge and anonymously at www.internetbeschwerdestelle.de, using eco’s own complaint form at www.eco. de/services/2192.htm or via email at hotline@eco.de. This is how the informants make the fight against these contents possible at the national level as well as the international level (through the INHOPE network). Besides complaint forms, the website www.internetbeschwerdestelle.de contains ample information and links to advisors and material pertaining to media competence.
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The portal www.internet-beschwerdestelle.de has been operated by eco since 2004 in cooperation with the Voluntary Self-Monitoring of Multimedia Providers (FSM) in order to offer Internet users a joint point of contact for the purpose of reporting illegal Internet content. It receives financial support from the EU within the framework of the Safer Internet Programme as part of the national combined node together with klicksafe.de, jugendschutz.net, and “Nummer gegen Kummer” (number against sorrows). eco has already been succesfully operating its Internet complaint hotline for over twelve years now. It was a product of the ICTF (Internet Content Task Force) founded in 1996 with the purpose of preventing and limiting the spread of illegal and youth endangering content on the Internet.
More Information E-Mail: hotline@eco.de Web: www.internet-beschwerdestelle.de www.inhope.org www.fsm.de
Leading Internet Exchanges DE-CIX - Where Networks Meet Founded 1995, DE-CIX Internet Exchange in Frankfurt is now the biggest internet exchange in the world. DE-CIX provides direct and settlement-free IP interconnection (“peering”) infrastructure to over 400 leading Internet providers from 40 + countries. This includes all leading players in the industry including Google, Yahoo, Sprint, AT&T, Level3 and many others. DE-CIX operates the industry‘s most robust and advanced peering platform. All types of ISPs including broadband providers, content delivery networks, web hosters, and incumbent operators use DE-CIX services to improve their IP performance and to lower their IP Transit costs. Telegeography recently ranked Frankfurt the No 1 Internet traffic hub in Europe, making the city the perfect spot to establish peering connections. DE-CIX serves customers in over ten data center facilities in Frankfurt incl. ancotel, Interxion, and TelecityGroup. What DE-CIX customers have to say: “DE-CIX in Frankfurt is much more than a German establishment; DE-CIX is international. In less than two weeks since we have been with DE-CIX we have taken fast steps forward and have already won network connections with telecommunications enterprises from all over the world, some of which are companies from the Middle East and Russia. As far as the activities of China Telecom
are concerned, it has already proven to be very, very helpful and sensible to be with DE-CIX.” David Chen, Director of Network Planning and Operation, China Telecom (Europe) “DE-CIX belongs to the Top3 peering points in Europe and a must for fast and reliable connections to German and European peers” Ingo Stampe, Director Network Development, Telefonica “With its large member base, DE-CIX provided us with a costeffective solution in building a peering rich network, which is essential to our business.” Christina Chu, Peering Manager, NTT Communications “Akamai is always looking to extend our capacity, reach, and reliability. DE-CIX helps us do this by bringing a number of unique peers into a single location, then providing a cost-effective, reliable means of connecting to them.” Patrick W. Gilmore, Principal Architect, Akamai Technologies “Easynet is a long time member of DE-CIX and we regard it as crucial to our business, both in Germany and Worldwide. The range of peers available and the high quality of the service is something of which DE-CIX can be justly proud. We have recently upgraded our connectivity to 10GE, and will certainly be upgrading further in the future.” Nigel Titley, Global Peering and Transit Manager, Easynet Group More Information E-Mail: info@de-cix.net Web: www.de-cix.net www.twitter.com/decix www.linkedin.com/company/de-cix
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WORK-IX and ALP-IX powered by DE-CIX WORK-IX and ALP-IX are internet exchanges that offer direct and settlement-free IP interconnection (“peering”) to other IP networks that operate a Point-of-Presence in the city of Hamburg (WORK-IX) and Munich (ALP-IX).
WORK-IX and ALP-IX are owned and operated by DE-CIX Management GmbH based in Frankfurt. Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and also the second-largest port in Europe. The city contains an approximate 1.8 million Hamburgers, the demonym for the city‘s inhabitants. The media and Internet business is a vital part of Hamburg‘s economy. About half of Germany‘s national newspapers and magazines are produced in Hamburg.
Munich has a colorful mix of global players and SMEs, large companies and one-man businesses. More importantly, Munich is also a major spot for the media industry and information and communication technology.
DE-CIX is proud to be part of the process to further improve the telecommunication infrastructure, not only in both Hamburg and Munich, but for the whole region, Bavaria and the neighbouring countries by operating the WORK-IX and ALP-IX state of the art Internet Exchanges right in the heart of the two most important media and Internet cities in Europe.
More Information on WORK-IX and ALP-IX E-Mail: info@de-cix.net Web: www.work-ix.net www.alp-ix.net
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Events and Networking Core to the work and character of eco and the glue that binds all our initiatives and services, partners and network of professionals together is our hugely popular events and competence and expert groups. The members of eco benefit not only from its lobbying activities, but also from the exchange of information in our competence and expert groups and events. Synergies are created, costs are minimised, and the demand for products and services are focused on the eco members. This close collaboration also leads to a high level of informal communication between members. eco hosts around 80 events throughout the year with more than 2000 visitors, with the objective of encouraging conversation, collaboration and development of the Net.
Awards, Conferences and Exhibitions
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eco co-ordinates a number of larger events within varying industry topics throughout the year. The most glamorous of these are our awards events. eco now host three awards ceremonies annually – the, now very well established, eco Internet Awards and eco Content Star Award; and the latest edition to the family, the EuroCloud Deutschland Award. Each awards event is a must in the eco event calendar to show recognition of excellence in the Internet industry…the after parties aren’t bad either.
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Another important addition to eco’s event calendar are its annual conferences and exhibitions – Anti-Spam Congress, eco Congress and latest addition, EuroCloud Congress – all of which help stimulate industry business internationally, as well as within Germany, and showcase new ideas and technologies. More Information
Expert and Competence Groups We host competence and expert groups for a wide breadth of 20 industry topics, where relevant industry issues and developments are discussed and debated. From these groups, expert opinions and feedback are used to shape the Internet industry. LocalTalks and PolITalks
Christiane Skiba, Marketing and Events Email: christiane.skiba@eco.de Tel: +49 (0) 221 7000 48 120 Kirsten Link, Sponsorship and Sales Email: kirsten.link@eco.de Tel: +49 (0) 221 7000 48 210 Web: www.eco.de/veranstaltungen
Enjoy good food, drink and company at our very cosy talks – networking at its best.
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Speak to us, We Won’t Bite Looking for some information or a specific contact at eco? Then why not speak to our International Member contact, Ruth Plater. She’ll be able to point you in the right direction. You can reach her by any of the following: E-Mail: ruth.plater@eco.de Tel: +49 (0) 221 7000 48 280 Skype: ruthyplater Web: www.linkedin.com/in/ruthplater www.xing.com/profile/Ruth_Plater
Head Offices Cologne Address eco – Association of the German Internet Industry Lichtstr. 43 h 50825 Cologne, Germany Contact Tel.: +49 (0) 221 7000 48 0 Fax: +49 (0) 221 7000 48 111 E-Mail: info@eco.de
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