Posts tagged "SMEs"
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A Landmark Victory for Interoperability: CJEU Ruling Bolsters the Case for Digital Sovereignty
2025-02-26 | Stefane Fermigier
The CJEU ruling in the Google vs. Enel X case sets a precedent for enforcing interoperability and combating anti-competitive behavior in the digital market. This landmark judgment strengthens the case for digital sovereignty and a more competitive European tech landscape.
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Gaia-X - Chronicle of a Failure Foretold
2025-02-04 | Stefane Fermigier
The Gaia-X initiative, launched with the promise of a sovereign European cloud infrastructure, has largely failed to deliver, becoming entangled in bureaucracy and dominated by the very hyperscalers it aimed to challenge. Its multiple failures highlight the urgent need for Europe to abandon...
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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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Lost in Legislation: How the EU Missed the Mark with the Cyber Resilience Act
2024-02-07 | Stefane Fermigier
The passage of the Cyber Resilience Act by European institutions has sparked controversy, with the Open Source community and SMEs at the heart of the debate. This post examines the missteps and oversights that marred the CRA's development, highlighting a legislative process marked by deficiency...
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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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