Authors: Leonardo Camiciotti, Emile Christopher Chalouhi, Fabrizio Garrone, Matthijs Punter, Francesco Bonfiglio Today, in 2023, we are seeing digitalization at large in many areas of our economy and society. Data is collected and processed in interconnected storage and computing infrastructures, shared, and used for
On Monday, 5 June 2023, the Gaia-X Ordinary General Assembly convened, bringing together the association members to vote on key aspects of the Association. One of the key highlights of the assembly was the election of a new board of directors, highlighting the importance of
The Gaia-X Open-Source Software (OSS) Community hosted its sixth Hackathon on 3&4th of May in Bilbao, Spain. It was the first time the developers met face to face to hack together and the first time we had a competition around it, awarding prizes in cash
After the first steps towards a sovereign and trustworthy European data infrastructure, the Gaia-X project is now set to gain momentum. The starting signal for its broad implementation will be given at the Market-X event in Vienna in mid-March. The Austrian-German research project “EuProGiant” is
Data is the new oil. Cloud technology is the backbone of the global economy today. However, in Europe, the level of adoption of cloud technology is currently below 25%, and this is an indicator of the lack of trust. Without a definition of the rules
By Gaia-X CTO Pierre Gronlier Following on the previous Gaia-X Compliance article, today’s article will focus on a term introduced a few months ago in Gaia-X, “Compliance as Code“: what is it, why we need it and how to use it. Let’s start in January
At Gaia-X, we are developing a digital governance based on regulatory, industry standards and requirements from our members contributing to the project (large and small industries, providers and users of technologies, academics, and trade association) to let them define the rules and characteristics necessary to fulfil the real market expectations.
The Data Governance Act is the new regulatory framework created by the European Union to promote data exchange between companies and public institutions and take advantage of the economic and scientific potential of the data. After its approval in the European Parliament and Council, the Data Governance Act is now a reality.
The European Commission has issued a study on the impact of open-source software and hardware on technological independence, and innovation discussing the necessity of services that promote the use of open source and equally endorse the implementation of the necessary software.
Earth observation data is a unique source of information. It can be combined with administrative, social, and economic data at multiple scales for an in-depth policy analysis. In the era of big data, the explosive growth of Earth observation data and the rapid advancement in cloud computing technology necessitate for a European digital ecosystem that advances innovations and new data-driven services and applications.