Europe's executives need to skill up to solve our total US cloud dependency - Bert Hubert's writings
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- Europe's nearly total dependence on US big tech (Amazon, Microsoft, Google) is a crisis of digital autonomy.
- Upper management in governments and companies lack technical expertise and rely on consultants who exclusively promote US cloud providers.
- Contrary to claims, it is possible to store data fully in Europe using local servers and generic IT capabilities.
- Examples include the Dutch tax agency moving to Microsoft cloud despite vulnerabilities and the CCB director's mistaken belief that full European data storage is impossible.
- Leadership must skill up and reengage with European generic IT to break free from US tech hegemony.