Gaia-X

Feature "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"

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.

---

Feature "Cloud Computing"

Three Components for Digital Sovereignty in light of GAIA-X

Thomas Niessen of the Trusted Cloud Competence Network and Andreas Weiss of the eco Association outline aspects being considered in the framework for assessment of GAIA-X providers.

---

Feature "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 "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 "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 "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.

---

Feature "Gaia-X"

Diversity Drives Innovation: A Woman in Tech on the Importance of Role Models

Lauresha Memeti, GXFS Technical Project Manager, eco Association, on navigating the tech industry as a woman and the importance of strong female role models.

---

Feature "Gaia-X"

GAIA-X: A European Voice for the Cloud

In interview with eurocloud.de, Dr. Martin Endress from IONOS explains how GAIA-X can whet enterprises’ appetite for increased cloud transformation.

---

Feature "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.

---

Feature "Gaia-X"

The Finance Sector Embraces Technical Innovation with GAIA-X

The financial industry is building a strong use case for the European data infrastructure project GAIA-X based on the benefits of digital ecosystems, comments Harald A. Summa from DE-CIX.

---

Feature "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 "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 "Multi Cloud"

The Success of GAIA-X Will Depend on How Well a European Data Ecosystem Performs in the Free Market

Henrik Hasenkamp from gridscale, on the chances of success of GAIA-X, the cloud challenges for SMEs, and the future of cloud service provision.

---

Feature "Gaia-X"

Between Utopia and Reality: Gaia-X Is Bringing the Dynamic Cloud within Reach

Gaia-X is bringing the dynamic cloud within reach – and may soon offer an exciting new future in cloud computing, reports Marcus Busch from Leaseweb Deutschland.

---

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.

---

Feature "Cloud Computing"

Cloud Natives to Acquire a Voice of their Own

To pave the way for a better understanding of public cloud potential, cloud natives need their own platform, explain Dr. Nils Kaufmann and Thomas Noglik of EuroCloud. The solution? The new Cloud Native initiative.

---

Feature "Industrial IoT"

Gaia-X to Harmonize Europe’s Manufacturing

Connecting plants across the board to manufacture with greater resilience – Nils Klute from EuroCloud reports on how Gaia-X can harmonize Europe’s manufacturing networks.

---

Feature "Gaia-X"

A Necessity Instead of Wishful Thinking: We Should Talk More About Resilience and Less About Sovereignty

Collaborative data ecosystems are not a European pipe dream but a real economic necessity, stresses Andreas Weiss, eco Association.

---

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.

---

Feature "Digital Business Models"

Trust and Collaboration: The Enablers of Digital Business Models and Ecosystems

eco’s Emma Wehrwein and Lauresha Memeti argue that the key to unlocking the power of digital ecosystems lies in building trust and collaboration; technically, legally, and socially.

---

Feature "Innovation"

The Second Wave of Innovation for the Internet

Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange, speaks to Julia Janssen-Holldiek from the CSA about innovation, open source systems, and Hotel California.

---

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.

---

Feature "Data Sovereignty"

“Building your own Internet”: How GAIA-X is Paving the Way to European Data Sovereignty

Harald A. Summa, CEO of DE-CIX and eco, talks to dotmagazine about the proposed GAIA-X project for a European cloud infrastructure, and how to build your own Internet.

---

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.

---

Feature "Cloud Computing"

GAIA-X: Growing a Vibrant European Ecosystem

Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland e.V. and Head of the Digital Business Models division at eco, introduces the new European data infrastructure project that aims to grow a sovereign and self-determined digital ecosystem in Europe.

---

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 "Multi Cloud"

Enabling Innovation – What GAIA-X offers SMEs

Andreas Weiss, Director of EuroCloud Deutschland e.V. and Head of the Digital Business Models division at eco, outlines how the new European data infrastructure project will enable innovation and give SMEs access to state-of-the-art digital infrastructure.

---

Feature "Gaia-X"

The Economy with GAIA-X: Digital, Innovative, Sustainable

How do we make digitalization a driver of sustainability? Why are digital and sustainable transformation essential? And why does this require digital sovereignty? Nils Klute from EuroCloud reports on the answers provided at the German Digital Summit 2020.

---

Feature "Digital Transformation"

Digital Trade Routes: Everything Always Available Immediately

Companies and industries that depend on reliable digital trade routes should invest in their own and sovereign digital infrastructure, according to Harald A. Summa, CEO of eco and DE-CIX.

---

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.

---