US EditionFrance dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
France mandates 2.5 million civil servants to switch from U.S. video tools to Visio by 2027 to enhance digital sovereignty and data protection.
- Last week, the French government announced 2.5 million civil servants will stop using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex and GoTo Meeting by 2027 and switch to Visio to protect sensitive data.
- European governments and public institutions are reducing their reliance on U.S. Big Tech amid worries about cloud-hosted data and Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations.
- Schleswig-Holstein last year migrated 44,000 inboxes to open-source email and Nextcloud, Austria's military switched to LibreOffice for reports, and Lyon deployed free office software.
- There is growing political momentum to reduce dependence on a few vendors, with Nick Reiners calling it a `real zeitgeist shift` at Davos last month and Henna Virkkunen warning reliance can be `weaponized`.
- After the ICC incident, fears arose about a `kill switch` as U.S. cloud providers launched `sovereign cloud` operations and Microsoft pledged close government cooperation.
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In France, civil servants will use a domestic video conferencing system instead of Zoom and Teams, soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the Army gave up on Microsoft Office, and the administration in one German state has also turned to free software for its work.
France Ditches Zoom, Teams as Europe Seeks Digital Autonomy From US
In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office.
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from U.S.
European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives. France plans to replace Zoom and Teams with a homegrown video conference system by 2027.
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