Precise IT tools to transform the economy through sovereign data exchange and new cloud infrastructures: Data ecosystems for artificial intelligence were the focus of the seventh XFSC Tech Workshop, which took place on 12 June in Hürth, Germany. The AI Village, the innovation campus for artificial intelligence (AI) in Hürth…Read More
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Data ecosystems are becoming real – Gaia-X community presents solutions for the future across industry boundaries
Industry and business are in the midst of radical change: sustainability, resilience and securing competitiveness are determining the strategic direction of companies. Investments in digitalization are key to mastering the major challenges. You can experience first-hand how the paradigm shift towards shared data ecosystems is being shaped at the Gaia‑X…Read More
A Necessity instead of Wishful Thinking: We should talk more about Resilience and less about Sovereignty
An interview with Andreas Weiss, Managing Director of eco – Association of the Internet Whether it’s the energy or climate crisis, we need resilient data infrastructures to solve the challenges of our time by sharing data. Find out more about why collaborative data ecosystems are not a European pipe dream…Read More
Tendered trades for stronger trust foundation add requirements from Gaia-X projects and align GXFS with practical needs. The GXFS Project Office has awarded contracts for six components in the context of identity and trust building in the second specification phase of Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS) to date. The specified trades…Read More
New Delta study shows progress and challenges in implementing Gaia-X Federation Services
GXFS publishes study: “Implementation Strategies for the Gaia-X Federation Services: Project Progress and New Requirements – A Delta Study with Outlook”. The GXFS (Gaia-X Federation Services) make a crucial contribution towards a sustainable and innovative digitalisation for data-based business models. A new Delta study, designed as a continuation of the…Read More
New GXFS Whitepaper sheds light on evolving Self Sovereign Identities (SSI) landscape
The latest GXFS Whitepaper “Analysing the SSI World” sheds light on the world of Self Sovereign Identities (SSI) as a key concept in the Gaia-X and GXFS ecosystem. The Whitepaper provides comprehensive insights and emphasises the importance of broad engagement to advance the SSI concept. Identity and Trust services based…Read More
For the second time, the leading minds of the Gaia-X scene met in Berlin on 5 and 6 September 2023 for GXFS Connect. While in 2022 the focus was still on the idea behind the initiative and the start of the German funded projects, this year more than 40 speakers…Read More
Open Source pays off: 7 good reasons to get involved – even without financial support
Whether it’s the Internet, social networks or cloud platforms: Our digital infrastructure runs on open-source software. Europe’s new data ecosystem Gaia-X is also being developed using open-source technology. But in our conversations, we repeatedly encounter a wait-and-see attitude towards participating in open-source projects: What’s the benefit for us? Why not…Read More
A visit to Tokyo: two industrialised nations finding their way into the data age
My involvement with Gaia-X has taken me all over Europe. But economies are struggling with the digital transformation – even 9,000 kilometres from Berlin and Brussels. A comparison with an exporting nation that is just as well known for its high-quality industrial products as Germany is revealing. Given the urgency…Read More