Can somebody please explain to me why there is a fundraising campaign ongoing for #zbmed when #OpenAlex is already up an running ?
https://openalex.org/
https://www.zbmed.de
Are we again spreading money in Europe over multiple solutions ?
Or is there a fundamental difference between these two publication databases ?
#digitalsoveignty
#AcademicChatter
What I’m missing in the current discussion about #European #DigitalSoveignty is the fact that lacking #monopoly / #cartel enforcement is one of the big reasons that we’re in this situation now.
Without the #AWS-#MS-#Google #olygopoly I bet there were European #hyperscaler|s already on the market. In the current situation, going there is just not seen as good business.
A previously unpublished expert opinion, on behalf of the 🇩🇪Federal Ministry of the Interior, has now become publicly accessible as part of a Freedom of Information Act (IFG) request. It concludes that US authorities have far-reaching access to data even when it is stored in European data centers.
My remarks on the #datacenter #energyconsumption and the #hyperscaler way of deepening our dependencies on them. #AI is part of the problem, but also #nuclearenergy and lacking effort for #digitalsoveignty
#WHY2025: Towards digital sovereignty with cloud federation: how to break the dominance of the hyperscalers
https://program.why2025.org/why2025/talk/KVXYMB/
The objective and scope of the ECOFED project are to develop a technical framework for a more open and integrated cloud usage model. This framework will enable multiple clouds from various providers to function as a single, cohesive system, offering a European alternative to hyperscaler clouds...
A team of Dutch scientist and cloud engineers is working on Ecofed: European Cloud Services in an Open Federated Ecosystem. The objective and scope of the ECOFED project are to develop a technical framework for a more open and integrated cloud usage model. This framework will enable multiple clouds from various providers to function as a single, cohesive system, offering a European alternative to hyperscaler clouds. In this open cloud ecosystem, users can easily switch between different clouds.
I still want your pacemaker being an #edgedevice of my #cloud. But I want it Open Source.
The link to the slides is in a #digitalsoveignty Google drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1id4ykSvqTiB9i_azSZiK9mBMVUs1npcK
US to ban foreign officials over 'flagrant censorship' on social media | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-visa-policy-targets-foreign-nationals-who-censor-americans-state-dept-2025-05-28/
#digitalsoveignty is gone now.
Even if you do your job for a NGO or an European government agency.
Forget any visit to the US
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