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Big Tech’s “Sovereign Cloud” promises just collapsed — in their own words

In early 2025, U.S. hyperscalers began to push new “sovereign cloud” offerings in a big PR campaign in Europe. In the past weeks, their narrative has collapsed. It’s not critics or watchdogs exposing the contradictions — the tech firms themselves have admitted their "sovereign" promises...

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Enforce the law: why we need the DMA to be applied without fear or delay

Europe’s Digital Markets Act is a breakthrough, but only if enforced. Here’s why delay empowers Big Tech and threatens digital sovereignty.

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Nextcloud file uploads issue Android app

Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain.

Dear users, Good news. This morning, May 15, Google reached out to us and offered to restore the permission, which will give our users back the functionality that was lost. We are preparing a test release first (expected tonight) and a final update with all...

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EU-US Data Privacy Fraework is defunct

EU-US Data Privacy Framework is defunct: what does this mean for businesses?

Companies relying on US cloud providers for handling EU personal data do so at their own risk. Now is the time to explore alternatives that prioritize data sovereignty and long-term compliance.

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Interview with Sven Thomsen, CIO of Schleswig-Holstein

Digital sovereignty in action: interview with Sven Thomsen

Governments across Europe have started putting digital sovereignty high on the agenda, but some regions have been paving the way for some time. The northernmost German federal state, Schleswig-Holstein, has become a leading example of how to regain control over digital infrastructure and adopt an...

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Federation: a foundational concept for digital sovereignty?

Federation: a foundational concept for digital sovereignty

In this article, we explain how federation works and what federation tools you can already use in Nextcloud, and discover how it can help businesses and governments achieve digital sovereignty.

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Global IT outage shows lack of digital sovereignty and resilience

El apagón mundial muestra la falta de soberanía digital y resistencia

Una actualización de CrowdStrike hizo caer innumerables sistemas de Microsoft, interrumpiendo vuelos, cirugías, operaciones bancarias y mucho más en todo el mundo. La increíble repercusión de esta única interrupción demuestra la importancia de la resiliencia digital, especialmente en el sector público.

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Microsoft slows antitrust case by unbundling Teams

Microsoft attempts to delay antitrust action by separating Teams from Office, hoping to continue to abuse its market dominance while it 'negotiates' with the EU.

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BREAKING NEWS: ECJ rules US Cloud services fundamentally incompatible with EU Privacy laws

The US «culture of surveillance» received a major EU push back today, with the European Court of Justice ruling against the legitimacy of the EU’s Standard Contractual Clauses as a way of transferring data to legal regimes outside of the Union. As we wrote 2...

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