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Demissionair de cloud in denderen: doe het niet - Bert Hubert's writings
5 days ago
- The Dutch government's core email system runs on its own servers, with Microsoft support ending on October 14, 2025.
- Microsoft strongly encourages moving email to its US cloud, but nine ministries plan to upgrade to a new on-premises Exchange version to keep data under Dutch control.
- Using the US cloud risks losing sovereignty, as the US government could cut access via executive orders, affecting services like the International Criminal Court.
- Many government agencies already migrated to the cloud without proper risk assessments or exit plans, violating national cloud policy.
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De hele overheid naar de cloud? Dat is een politiek besluit. - Bert Hubert's writings
5 days ago
- The Dutch government is rapidly migrating critical ICT services to Microsoft's cloud, which is under US jurisdiction, without sufficient political debate or transparency.
- This migration erodes Dutch and European ICT knowledge and industry, leading to total dependency on foreign providers and loss of digital sovereignty.
- The government's own cloud policy mandates risk assessments and exit plans, but these are often missing, not public, or ignored.
- Examples include the Dutch Parliament, courts, and other bodies already moving to Microsoft cloud, with Microsoft Co-Pilot AI activated on government workstations and unable to be removed.
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Naar de cloud nu je er nog mee wegkomt: is dat het? - Bert Hubert's writings
5 days ago
- Dutch government entities are rushing to migrate their files and email to American cloud servers, citing a lack of alternatives and being too small to manage their own systems.
- Critics argue this move exposes sensitive government documents to U.S. oversight, including under Trump's potential influence, risking data access and security.
- Nine ministries found a way to delay cloud migration for 58,000 employees, proving alternatives exist despite pressure from ICT experts and Microsoft.
- Urgency is questioned as deadlines may be artificial, pushing decisions before fully considering risks like U.S. political instability and cybersecurity threats.
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Why we're moving off Cloudflare Durable Objects
24 days ago
- Wire, a context container service for AI agents, is moving off Cloudflare Durable Objects due to four structural limits.
- Limitations include the vector index being separate from the object, compute not being next to data, placement being static at creation, and inability to self-host.
- Wire built a new runtime using Bun on Fly Machines, with each container as an SQLite file embedding a vector index via sqlite-vec for in-process retrieval.
- The new system offers improved retrieval performance, placement flexibility, and better isolation for paid workspaces.
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cloud migration

Demissionair de cloud in denderen: doe het niet - Bert Hubert's writings

De hele overheid naar de cloud? Dat is een politiek besluit. - Bert Hubert's writings

Naar de cloud nu je er nog mee wegkomt: is dat het? - Bert Hubert's writings

Why we're moving off Cloudflare Durable Objects