governance

IONOS advertises on theregister.com for itself, Dataport and the now discontinued dPhoenixSuite. Still a nice call for more digital sovereignty. IONOS writes in »Why digital sovereignty is key public sector transformation« for theregister.com If administrative IT infrastructure comes under the control of other countries or depends on opaque technology stacks, then sovereignty is nothing more than a facade. Only when both the infrastructure and IT operations remain fully under European control can public institutions guarantee genuine digital sovereignty. ...

The DNS resolver Quad9 writes in its post [A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy](https://quad9.net/news/blog/when-enforcing-copyright-starts-breaking-the-internets-plumbing/ „Quad9 | A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy“), that infrastructure providers are increasingly under financial strain. The reason, it says, is short-sighted court rulings that have mostly been decided in favor of copyright holders’ interests. Those hit hardest are smaller, non-profit providers, while large tech companies can easily absorb such costs into their business models. If this trend continues, we risk an Internet that is almost entirely run and controlled by big IT companies. It’s an example of how the economic interests of a few are protected at the expense of the public. ...

Bill Doerrfeld writes in »What To Do When Critical Open Source Projects Go End of Life« for thenewstack.io “That doesn’t just mean money — it means showing up, contributing engineering time, asking thoughtful questions and understanding their roadmap,” said Hanlon. “If your business relies on OSS, you’re part of that ecosystem and part of the responsibility.” The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

Darryl K. Taft quotes David Mytton, CEO of Arcjet, in »No Code Is Dead« for thenewstack.io I expect GenAI to make building these apps a lot faster and easier, but it’s still going to make a technical mess. Vibe coding internal apps is going to be a huge source of technical debt in the coming years! In the public sector, Low-Code and No-Code are often hailed as a panacea for the growing need to automate in order to help offset demographic change. But this approach is already outdated. The article shows why No-Code is already obsolete and what challenges lie ahead. ...

The European Commission wants to gradually shift its cloud services from Microsoft Azure to European providers like OVH Cloud to bolster its digital sovereignty. Details are in the article, unfortunately behind a paywall. Commission eyes ditching Microsoft Azure for France’s OVHcloud over digital sovereignty fears The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...