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Earth Observation Data Analysis: The Importance of the Gaia-X Project

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.

The Power of Data in Healthcare: Unlocking a European vision

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.

Tech Monthly Newsletter ISSUE #6 – July 2022

Tech Monthly Newsletter ISSUE #6 – July 2022 Dear Tech Community, Here is our latest Gaia-X tech news. This month concludes with an overview of:   ✔️ SIMPL ✔️ Latest Hackathon 20-21 June 2022 ✔️ Trust Framework and online API ✔️ Call for contributions ✔️

Gaia-X: The democratic and legal aspects of the visionary European cloud project

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 tourism is digital and it’s human!

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 CEO series: The Gaia-X Framework Vision Unleashed

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.

Gaia-X Hub Austria and Gaia-X’s COO Roland Fadrany at the European Forum Alpbach

The Health Data Innovation Council, on 21 June 2022, released a new White Paper: “Unlocking the power of data in healthcare: a European vision”. This paper presents an important document that tackles the barriers that the health care system faces. It is an urgent call to position the reform regulation of valuable infrastructure that can save lives and cut the cost of hospitalisation and treatment in the ageing society.

The Gaia-X PulseBrief bi-weekly: 01.07.2022

Don’t miss out Gaia-X bi-weekly 📰 PulseBrief! Save the date of the next edition – 🗓️ Friday 26 August 2022 📣 The 1st Gaia-X Magazine is now published! The first edition of Gaia-X Magazine has just been released, and we couldn’t be happier to share it with you!

Health-X: A Common Data Space for the Health Sector

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.