Analysis, guides and background on European digital sovereignty — and how to become less dependent on US services.
A data centre in Frankfurt does not put your data beyond the reach of US law. Here is why legal jurisdiction — not just server location — decides cloud sovereignty, and what European organisations can do about it.
The Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act give Europe real leverage over Big Tech — forcing open app stores, interoperable messaging and accountable platforms. Here is what they change, and why it makes switching to European alternatives easier than ever.
The GDPR is often filed under "compliance," but it is really Europe's constitutional statement about who controls data. Here is what it protects, how it differs from US practice, and why data protection is a sovereignty question.
Gaia-X promised a sovereign European data infrastructure, but six years on the verdict is split between real standards and a "paper monster." Here is what it is, why it is contested, and how it fits the sovereign-cloud options you can use today.
Digital sovereignty starts with control over your software stack. Open source delivers auditability, freedom from vendor lock-in, and independence from foreign legal risk — and Europe already has the success stories to prove it works.
Three times in a decade Europe's top court has torn up the legal basis for sending personal data to the US. Here is what Schrems II and the 2023 EU-US Data Privacy Framework really mean for your tools, your compliance, and why EU-hosted, EU-controlled services are the stable choice.
European governments are breaking a decades-old dependence on a handful of US software providers. Here is why public-sector digital sovereignty now matters, what the law actually demands, and how Schleswig-Holstein, openDesk and France show the way.
A hands-on walkthrough for moving off US software category by category — email, analytics, storage, office, video and CRM — with a clear evaluation checklist and a low-risk migration path.
Vendor lock-in is a strategic, legal, and financial risk — not just a technical one. Here is how the EU Data Act, open standards, and a phased exit plan help European organisations regain control of their data.
Digital sovereignty means real control over Europe's data, software and infrastructure — not just where the servers sit. Here is what the term means, why dependence on US clouds and the CLOUD Act make it urgent, and what "sovereign by design" looks like in practice.