Schleswig-Holstein
Coverage of Schleswig-Holstein in the Nexus archive.
- 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.
- Chip Supply Chains Risk Being Next Casualty of War
The article highlights the vulnerability of global chip supply chains to geopolitical conflicts, with a focus on semiconductor production in Germany. It references Vishay Siliconix Itzehoe GmbH, a semiconductor company in Schleswig-Holstein, as an example of potential disruptions.