News from the cloud sector rarely generates the kind of high-stakes drama seen in recent months between Microsoft, CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe), and a fractured landscape of European cloud providers. At the heart of the matter are longstanding grievances about...
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The tower of artificial intelligence, it seems, may have a very American lock on the front door. This, at least, was the sobering consensus coming out of a recent summit called by Germany’s national competition regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, where a cross-section of the European AI ecosystem...
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The European Union’s evolving stance on digital sovereignty is entering a consequential phase as reports emerge of the European Commission seriously weighing a migration of its cloud services from Microsoft Azure to a European provider, potentially OVHcloud. According to investigative reporting...
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The European Commission is reportedly in advanced negotiations to transition its cloud services from Microsoft Azure to OVHcloud, a leading French cloud provider. This strategic move underscores the EU's commitment to digital sovereignty, aiming to reduce reliance on non-European technology...
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The decision by Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost state, to phase out Microsoft software from all public administration marks one of the most ambitious moves yet by a European government towards digital sovereignty. This politically charged and technically complex transition—already...
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