Europe’s digital sovereignty debate is expanding beyond cloud and AI to include control over existing enterprise IT infrastructure. Structural dependence on non-European vendors persists across hardware, firmware, and long-lived systems. Limited access to updates, repairs, and maintenance raises concerns around … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Economy, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Industrial, Management, Security & Safety, Small Business, Technology
Tagged circular economy, Cybersecurity, Digital Decade, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, digital sovereignty, enterprise ICT, EU Sovereign Tech Fund, European Green Deal, European Union, EuroStack, firmware access, Free ICT Europe, geopolitical risk, hardware dependency, IT aftermarket, IT asset disposition, IT infrastructure, Jan Hoogstrate, lifecycle control, NIS2 Directive, non EU vendors, refurbishers, right to repair, secondary software markets, software ecosystems, supply chain resilience, sustainability, third party maintenance, vendor lock‑in
Europe’s digital sovereignty challenge extends beyond cloud services to the underlying hardware, software, and firmware layers. Dependence on non-EU vendors limits organisations’ control over updates, repairs, and system lifecycles. Vendor-driven restrictions can force premature upgrades, increasing costs, security risks, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Industrial, Security & Safety, Small Business, Technology
Tagged circular economy, competition policy, Cybersecurity, Digital Decade, digital infrastructure, digital sovereignty, e-waste, enterprise ICT, European Union, firmware access, Free ICT Europe, hardware lifecycle management, IT aftermarket, IT asset disposition, Jan Hoogstrate, lifecycle control, non EU vendors, refurbishers, repair rights, secondary markets, software lifecycle, sustainability, third party maintenance, used software resale, vendor lock‑in
(IN BRIEF) The Free ICT Europe Foundation warns that Europe faces a “sovereignty gap” in enterprise ICT, where organizations technically own their digital infrastructure but lack real control due to dependence on non-EU vendors that impose restrictive licensing, limited support … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Economy, Electronics & Machinery, European Union, Industrial, Management, Security & Safety, Small Business, Technology
Tagged circular economy, Digital Decade, digital infrastructure, digital sovereignty, e-waste, EcoDesign, enterprise ICT, EU policy, European Union, firmware access, Free ICT Europe Foundation, hardware lifecycle, independent maintenance, independent repair, IT aftermarket, IT asset disposition, Jan Hoogstrate, lifecycle, lifecycle control, right to repair, security updates, software licensing, sovereignty gap, T&Pm, third party maintenance, TPSM, used software resellers, vendor lock‑in
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