Posts tagged "Digital Dependency"
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Rebuttal: Why Open Source is Indispensable for Europe's Digital Sovereignty
2025-05-12 | Stefane Fermigier
A rebuttal to criticisms of Open Source Software in the context of European digital sovereignty, emphasizing its strategic importance and addressing common misconceptions.
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Rebuttal: Digital Sovereignty is an Investment in Europe's Future, Not a Cost to Its Present
2025-05-11 | Stefane Fermigier
A rebuttal to the argument that digital sovereignty will increase costs and reduce growth in Europe, emphasizing the long-term benefits of investing in European and Open Source solutions.
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The EuroStack Initiative Publishes its Action Plan – And We Were Part of It!
2025-05-10 | Stefane Fermigier
A major step forward for European digital sovereignty: the EuroStack Initiative publishes its action plan, and we were part of it! This white paper is a concrete, action-oriented roadmap developed by a dedicated subgroup of the 200+ European tech and digital business leaders who signed the...
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€264 Billion Annually: Asterès Report Quantifies Europe's Digital Dependency – It’s Time for the EuroStack Concept to Take Flight
2025-05-01 | Stefane Fermigier
The Asterès report quantifies the staggering cost of Europe's digital dependency on US software and cloud services, amounting to €264 billion annually. This economic drain highlights the urgent need for a sovereign, open, and resilient digital future in Europe, as advocated by the EuroStack...
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A Negative Assessment of German Digital Policy: Between Increased Dependence and Loss of Credibility
2025-02-05 | Stefane Fermigier
A recent report by the Gesellschaft fĂĽr Informatik e. V. (GI) paints a bleak picture of Germany's digital policy, highlighting the country's growing dependence on monopolistic tech companies and the risks to its digital sovereignty. This post explores the key findings of the report and what they...
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CloudCamp4SMEs: How the EU is Funding Its Own Digital Colonization
2025-01-30 | Stefane Fermigier
The European Commission is subsidising significant discounts (90%) on a cloud training scheme for SMEs, but as expected by anyone who has been following this trend for the last 25 years, the courses focus heavily on AWS. This is a small, but revelatory example of scoring goals against our own...
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Escaping the "Microsoft Trap": challenges and strategies for the technological autonomy of the French Ministry of Defence
2024-01-30 | Stefane Fermigier
A report on the challenges of cyber defence was tabled on 17 January by the National Assembly's Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces. Presented by MPs Anne Le Hénanff and Frédéric Mathieu, the report looks at the French Ministry of the Armed Forces' dependence on Microsoft...
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Gaia-X: A trojan horse for Big Tech in Europe
2020-11-23 | Stefane Fermigier
The EU's cloud infrastructure initiative, Gaia-X, poses a great risk of destroying the European ecosystem and hopes of sovereignty after the inclusion of some of the world's largest tech firms in the project. This article explores the potential dangers of Gaia-X and the need for a more strategic...
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