Digital Transformation

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 "Digital Transformation"
Digital Everywhere, for Everyone
Digital business has definitively become the backbone of economic growth for the future, and no sector can afford not to be on the path to digitalization, says Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX International.

Feature "Digital Transformation"
Solving Tomorrow’s Problems with Smart City Methodology
While the image of smart cities is often portrayed as a utopian future, one of the main drivers behind the development is, according to Roman Mendle from ICLEI, the rather scary, dystopian forecast for urbanization over the next 20 years. dotmagazine spoke to Roman about the advantages of the smart city methodology, and how we need to change the way we conceive of urban spaces.
Industry Insights "Digital Transformation"
How to Choose the Right IoT Platform for Your Needs
Cloud Access: Resist Naive Assumptions

Feature "Doing Business in Germany"
A Country Between Governments
As Germany waits for political parties to agree on the next government, the country is experiencing good economic growth. The digital agenda remains challenging, but the avenues for legislative success in the digital agenda are clear.
Industry Insights "Doing Business in Germany"
What's New in eco December 2017

Feature "Smart City"
What It Takes to Make a Port City Smart
The process of transforming a city into a smart city requires clear goals and a change in attitude to the deployment of municipal services and infrastructure, as Mathias Röckel shows through the example of the developing smart city of Hamburg.

Feature "Digital Transformation"
The Evolution of Interconnection into Business Strategy
With the digital transformation of countless ecosystems, the strategic role of interconnection is becoming a clear competitive advantage for companies from all sectors. This, in turn, drives the evolution of services and communication for infrastructure providers. Stephan Rohloff, CMO at DE-CIX, talks to dotmagazine about the changing interconnection landscape, and customer communication.

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
Industry Insights "FinTech"
Complexity Made Simple: Having Customers Benefit Via Cloud Native

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.

Feature "New Work"
Life as We Know It & The Brave New World of Work
The world of work will change massively in the course of digitalization – work will not disappear, but will be transformed & lifelong learning will become a basic prerequisite for future professional success, explains Lucia Falkenberg from eco & DE-CIX.
Industry Insights "New Work"
The Open Source Curriculum for Corporate Training on AI and Digitalization

Feature "Diversity"
A New Era in Tech for Business, Society – and for Women
Claudia Pohlink, Head of Artificial Intelligence with T-Labs, offers insights into how AI and quantum computing stand to benefit our future - as does the prospect of having more women in tech.
Industry Insights "Diversity"
Women in STEM – Two Worlds Colliding?

Feature "Digital Transformation"
Facing and Mastering Digital Transformation
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.

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 "Recruitment"
Workforce Diversity Driving Company Performance, Innovation, and Profitability
What is the economic value of gender and racial diversity in tech companies? Elisabeth Kurek, Leader of the Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative in the i2Coalition, provides important insights for companies and HR managers into how diversity and a welcoming company climate can attract and retain top talent and increase performance.
Industry Insights "Recruitment"
Attracting and Keeping Great Talent in an Employee’s Market
How Recruitment Automation Can Boost Your HR Performance

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.

Feature "Industrial IoT"
IoT and Industry 4.0 Paving the Way
eco's Managing Director Alexander Rabe argues that industrial IoT requires a rethinking of central value creation processes, or even of entire business models.
Industry Insights "Industrial IoT"
Transforming Business Models in the Platform Economy
AI to Detect and Defend Against Cyber Attacks
Cloud Security – Implementing AI and Automation

Feature "Industrial IoT"
Driving Digital Transformation
Forecasts of social disintegration and wide-spread unemployment caused by Industrial IoT are a melodramatic overreaction stemming from the fear of change. To the horseshoe smithy, the car also posed an existential threat – but does that mean we should return to the dark ages? Judith Ellis explores the attitudes to digital transformation, the challenges from smaller companies, and the steps needed to make it a success.

Feature "Economic Impact of Connectivity"
Information and Energy: The Ultimate Paradigm for Growth of the Digital Economy
How can we build the digital society of the future? How does connectivity influence economic growth and the employment market? And what investments need to be made today to enable the transformation of tomorrow’s business world? Internet industry specialist and strategy and management consultant Gerd Simon talks to dotmagazine about the economic impact of connectivity, getting the next billion online, and the road to digital transformation.
Industry Insights "Economic Impact of Connectivity"
European Companies Risk Success in China Through Slow Websites
Digital Infrastructure - Key to Economic Development
Live Broadcasting – Driving the Infrastructure Requirements and Technologies of Future Viewing
Universal Acceptance of Internet Domain Names is a USD 9.8 Billion Opportunity
Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Connectivity but Were Afraid to Ask

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.
Industry Insights "Digitalization"
Big Banks, Big Data, and the Need for a Better Digital Infrastructure

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.
Industry Insights "Digital Transformation"
Bridging Africa’s Connectivity Gap with Infrastructure Sharing
Building a Bigger, Stronger Internet with Internet Exchange Points

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.
Industry Insights "Gaia-X"
GAIA-X: A European Voice for the Cloud

Feature "Industrial IoT"
doteditorial July 2017
How will the fourth industrial revolution transform business culture and industry? What are the social benefits of industrial IoT? And how can small and medium-sized companies keep up with the pace of change in modern manufacturing? The July 2017 issue of dotmagazine, “Digital Production” explores the brave new world of Industry 4.0 – what’s already happening, how to adapt, how to ensure security, protect intellectual property, and how to succeed using digital production methods.

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.
Industry Insights "Digital Transformation"
Between Utopia and Reality: Gaia-X Is Bringing the Dynamic Cloud within Reach
Data as the Key to Connected Mobility
Why We Need to Invest in Data Center Education Now
Hello Car
Digital Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Future
Visions of the Past and the Future

Feature "Digital Transformation"
doteditorial: The Digital Transformation Journey
Digital transformation is a journey which can result in disruption and cultural change. The key is to navigate it so that these changes are accepted and wanted by those affected. Andreas Weiss from the eco Association explores the challenges of making companies digital.