Dutch public and private sectors dependent on US cloud services - DutchNews.nl
www.dutchnews.nl
The Netherlands has become heavily dependent on American tech companies, with two-thirds of key public and private services relying on US cloud providers, according to an investigation by broadcaster NOS. An analysis of 16,500 domain names used by government bodies, hospitals, schools and other essential organisations shows that 67% are linked to at least one American cloud service. This includes websites, email systems and tools such as Microsoft Teams, meaning everyday services from online shopping at Albert Heijn to access...
  • 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    God we’re learning a hard lesson about “the cloud”.

    I can’t believe we are this dumb as a species.

  • Europellinore@europe.pubEnglish
    2·
    1 month ago

    Insightful (or probably: depressing) website shows the Dutch dependency on US tech for digital services like mail and websites. zijnwealautonoom.nl (‘are we autonomous yet’). Red button more clearly marks the US part of it.