Dr. Béla Waldhauser, CEO of Telehouse Germany and Leader of the eco Competence Group Datacenter Infrastructure, looks at finding the right infrastructure for your needs, the impact of the 5G rollout, and why digital infrastructure is as important to a country as physical infrastructure.
Data centers may be powerhouses of the digital economy, but they come in all shapes and sizes, with different services models, different business models, and different locational advantages. dotmagazine asked Dr. Béla Waldhauser, from the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures in Germany, to unravel the complexities and explain what kind of customer business cases are most appropriate for what kind of data center.
An analysis by Delfos Research, commissioned by Interxion and DE-CIX, reveals that an investment of 500 million Euros in digital infrastructure would create more than 1,800 jobs, inject 6 billion Euros into the local economy, and would allow Madrid to become a competitive digital hub in the face of the growing need for interconnection in Southern Europe. Theresa Bobis explains.
The shock of the new still makes some organizations shy away from facing the challenges of digitalization. Roland Broch from the eco Association looks at how the German Mittelstand and SMEs in general can embrace the potential of digital transformation to compete in the digital economy of the future.
Honorary President of the eco Association Michael Rotert reports on the global discussions of the Internet Governance Forum 2018, how important ethics are for the future of the Internet, and how states need to work together.
