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.
During the Healthcare data innovation conference held in Brussels, on 21 June 2022, a white paper entitled: “Unlocking the Power of Data in Healthcare – a European vision” was presented and discussed. The new white paper called for the removal of the regulatory barriers to exploit the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to save lives and cut costs in healthcare.
This article addresses the equal opportunities and project benefits that the Association provides for all open source and cloud businesses, irrespective of their size and origin. Moreover, it elaborates on our non-discrimination and non-compete clauses as per the Articles of the Association of Gaia-X and the letter of comfort that DG CONNECT, European Commissions had issued earlier this year.
The future of our economy is driven by the digital economy, a new way to build value on top of the existing ecosystem. It is tied to data infrastructure, sharing information, and optimising the quality of services by extracting insightful data. The last two years were marked by the COVID pandemic, which harshly impacted every aspect of our life, personal and professional. Thus, we need appropriate tools to perform on the job and to build a new digital market based on transparency, controllability, portability, and interoperability.
The five pillars of openness, transparency, sovereignty, interoperability, and trust serve as the foundation of Gaia-X Framework. We are currently developing a structured federated data space infrastructure ecosystem on top of these pillars. Compliance automation and empowering SMEs and start-ups for fair competitiveness in the free market with the big scalers are essential elements to establishing a data space ecosystem but equally enable sector-specific data spaces.
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 IT at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, is developing the German “HEALTH-X dataLOFT” as a joint cloud platform for the healthcare sector. In an interview, the computer scientist explains which applications project partners from research and industry are currently working on, and how citizens can retain control over their data in a digital health system.
The Hannover Messe most recently featured the booth of the Data Spaces Business Alliance (DSBA), specifically representing its four organisations: Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud AISBL, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), FIWARE Foundation, and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA).
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 all data spaces: our oceans. In an interview, entrepreneur and initiator Jann Wendt (35) describes why the sea only reveals data at great cost and why it is nevertheless worthwhile collecting and above all: sharing with each other.