Europe at the Crossroads of Digital Sovereignty

Donald Trump’s new economic policy path represents more than a mere trade dispute—it serves as a stress test for Europe’s digital sovereignty. Tariffs and economic pressure starkly illustrate the deep entanglement between economic interests and technological dependencies. When essential IT services are sourced from providers influenced by increasingly erratic political environments, the issue transcends economics, emerging as a strategic vulnerability.

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When even Microsoft comes to a halt – lessons learned from the recent email outages

Over the past few days, a number of reports made headline news: At the beginning of the week, Microsoft announced problems with its Outlook service for private users. Many users were temporarily unable to access their email accounts via the web service or their email clients. Only a few days earlier, corporate customers in Germany had also been affected and within Microsoft 365, access to Exchange Online was severely impacted.

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