An interview with Alina Rubina, project manager Tellus Eleven projects, funded by the German federal government to the tune of 117.4 million Euro, are currently developing prototypes for Europe’s future Gaia-X data ecosystem. They are working on business models, cloud platforms, applications, and programming interfaces. But only one of the…Read More
An interview with Dr. Shalini Sahoo, Scientific Director at Bechtle AG What does it take for us to trust digitalised public administration? According to designer and philosopher Dr Shalini Sahoo, citizens need to be in a position to control their data, rather than the other way around. As Scientific Director…Read More
An interview with Andreas Baur, Political Scientist Andreas Baur conducts research in Tübingen and Amsterdam on the (geo)political framework conditions for the cloud. The political scientist is convinced: Regulation that disregards technology will not work. In the interview, he reveals how political concepts are embedded in technology and why initiatives…Read More
An interview with Emma Wehrwein, Project Lead GXFS The momentum for Gaia-X is growing steadily. More and more companies and teams across Europe are joining the initiative. The first pilot projects are underway. But the complexity also gives rise to a lot of questions. Insider Emma Wehrwein from eco –…Read More
How is Gaia-X managing to make the leap forward from working groups and concept papers? Answers are provided by a study commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry. Five facts, that demonstrate just how far the preliminary work on the first Gaia-X data spaces has progressed. Impression from…Read More
An interview with Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, Head of Division for Digitalisation and Industry 4.0 at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection The inventors of the cloud all come from the US digital economy: They run search engines and social networks, e-commerce platforms and software groups. The innovators…Read More
That Europe is lagging behind in digital technologies already seems like its natural state to many. The announcement of state-funded projects earns little more than routine ridicule – especially when the name of the project borrows from mythical figures. From the very beginning, Gaia-X has been given unflattering labels –…Read More
An interview with Harald Wagener, Head of Cloud and IT at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité A project headed by the Berlin Charité aims to make data from our smartwatches and fitness apps usable for personalised therapies. The team responsible, led by Harald Wagener, Head of Cloud and…Read More
An interview with Jann Wendt, CEO, north.io and Marispace-X consortium partner Over 70 Gaia-X pilot use cases are currently developing the technical requirements for Europe’s future cloud ecosystem. The consortium for “Smart Maritime Sensor Data Space X”, or Marispace-X for short, is exploring what is probably the most inaccessible of…Read More
