Digital sovereignty sounds great until you try ditching your suppliers
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Most organizations say tech independence is unrealistic – and one in ten can't replace a critical provider at all
After years of governments and tech vendors banging the digital sovereignty drum, most large organizations have concluded that true technological independence is beyond their reach.
That's according to new research from Capgemini, which found that 59 percent of organizations regard complete digital sovereignty as unrealistic. Instead, two-thirds define it in terms of what the consultancy calls "resilient interdependence" – accepting continued reliance on outside technology providers while trying to ensure those dependencies do not threaten critical operations.
It's a pragmatic conclusion, though perhaps not surprising given how thoroughly tangled those dependencies have become.
Digital sovereignty broadly refers to an organization's ability to retain control over its data, infrastructure, software, and critical technology operations, including where they are hosted and whose laws govern them.
Capgemini surveyed 1,300 business...
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