OpenProject
Coverage of OpenProject in the Nexus archive.
- Digital sovereignty is real in Europe. The UK? Not so much
European countries are adopting digital sovereignty by shifting from American tech giants like Microsoft to open-source solutions. Ireland canceled a €1 billion Microsoft procurement citing digital sovereignty concerns, while Germany and Airbus are transitioning to local providers. The article criticizes US technology dependency and highlights examples of governments and corporations embracing open-source alternatives.
- Another German state heads down the open source sovereignty road
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a German state, is transitioning from Microsoft SharePoint to FOSS tools like Nextcloud and OpenProject as part of a digital sovereignty initiative. The state aims to expand the use of these tools to over 50,000 public employees and is collaborating with Schleswig-Holstein and Bavaria to adopt unified platforms. Bavaria has also launched projects to measure digital sovereignty and is seeking alternatives to Microsoft following a canceled billion-dollar deal.