Hi everyone,
The IT world has convinced us no new software can be deployed outside of US clouds. We’re so sure about this that European governments (including the UK) are handing over vital government functions & data to US controlled servers. In this piece I argue that until recently we somehow could run stuff on locally owned hardware, and that we should urgently relearn that skill, while it is still possible - or end up as digital colony of the US.
This and much more in the new blog post Europe’s Self Inflicted Cloud Crisis.
In addition, I recently also wrote a piece that outlines Europe’s dire cloud situation from a very high-level perspective. In The European Cloud/Computing Situation I explain how most new software is consumed “as a service” (SaaS), and in turn the SaaS-provider generally runs their software on a US cloud.
I hope this is useful to you!
Bert