Digital sovereignty is widely discussed, but it is often reduced to controlling your data. In practice, it is a set of deliberate choices about procurement, governance, cost, and collaboration.

We’ll look at what digital sovereignty really means, both for those who develop it and those who use it, and how it affects organizations of different sizes and financial strength. We’ll also look at the role open source software can play: what its freedoms offer, where they make a real difference to independence, and what they ask of you in return.

Topics include:

• Selecting sovereignty-ready software

• Calculating the total cost of ownership

• Recognizing sovereignty washing

• Including autonomy requirements in tenders and procurement

• Technical choices for developers and consultants, such as open standards, portable data, and the role of hosting and dependencies

The goal is a practical understanding of how to reduce dependency and gain more control. That control comes from informed, strategic decisions, not from isolation.
 

BY: Mathias Bolt Lesniak

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