Andreas Prins, Author at SUSE Communities

May 15, 2026 6:28 am

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The Open Source Procurement Agenda: A Guide for IT Leaders, Procurement Teams and Policymakers

This five-part series from SUSE’s Sovereign Solutions Team, published ahead of the upcoming EU Tech Sovereignty Package, equips IT leaders, procurement professionals, and policymakers with the practical blueprints and frameworks needed to turn digital sovereignty into actionable, long-term resilience. Part 1: An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty Part 2: How Europe's Digital Sovereignty Frameworks […]

Categories: Corporate, Digital Sovereignty, SUSE Blog

By: Andreas Prins

May 15, 2026 6:27 am

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A Global Exchange: Applying the European Sovereignty Frameworks Everywhere

This five-part series from SUSE’s Sovereign Solutions Team, published ahead of the upcoming EU Tech Sovereignty Package, equips IT leaders, procurement professionals, and policymakers with the practical blueprints and frameworks needed to turn digital sovereignty into actionable, long-term resilience. Part 1: An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty Part 2: How Europe's Digital Sovereignty Frameworks […]

Categories: Corporate, Digital Sovereignty, SUSE Blog

By: Andreas Prins

May 14, 2026 6:36 am

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Europe Already Has the Cards and Open Source Is the Ace

This five-part series from SUSE’s Sovereign Solutions Team, published ahead of the upcoming EU Tech Sovereignty Package, equips IT leaders, procurement professionals, and policymakers with the practical blueprints and frameworks needed to turn digital sovereignty into actionable, long-term resilience. Part 1: An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty Part 2: How Europe's Digital Sovereignty Frameworks […]

Categories: Corporate, Digital Sovereignty, SUSE Blog

By: Andreas Prins

May 12, 2026 7:16 pm

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How Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Frameworks Are Converging

This five-part series from SUSE’s Sovereign Solutions Team, published ahead of the upcoming EU Tech Sovereignty Package, equips IT leaders, procurement professionals, and policymakers with the practical blueprints and frameworks needed to turn digital sovereignty into actionable, long-term resilience. Part 1: An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty Part 2: How Europe's Digital Sovereignty Frameworks […]

Categories: Corporate, Digital Sovereignty, SUSE Blog

By: Andreas Prins

May 12, 2026 12:00 pm

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Why Most Sovereign Stacks Fail the Day-Zero Test

Sanctions, ownership change, an executive order, a contract dispute. Pick your scenario. What happens to your environment? If your answer involves negotiating with a vendor's legal team, escalating to a country office, or waiting for a regulatory carve-out, you do not have sovereignty. You have a managed dependency with good packaging. You are vulnerable from […]

Categories: Corporate, Digital Sovereignty, SUSE Blog

By: Andreas Prins

May 11, 2026 3:39 pm

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An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty

This five-part series from SUSE’s Sovereign Solutions Team, published ahead of the upcoming EU Tech Sovereignty Package, equips IT leaders, procurement professionals, and policymakers with the practical blueprints and frameworks needed to turn digital sovereignty into actionable, long-term resilience. Part 1: An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty Part 2: How Europe's Digital Sovereignty Frameworks […]

Categories: Corporate, Digital Sovereignty, SUSE Blog

By: Andreas Prins

April 24, 2026 8:38 pm

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Your Linux Renewal Is the Start of Real Independence

The renewal invoice has arrived. It is sitting in the inbox of whoever owns your enterprise Linux contracts, and the conversation around it is always the same: accept the terms, push back on price, or ask whether there is another way. Most organizations choose one of the first two. This post is about the third, […]

By: Andreas Prins

April 24, 2026 8:32 pm

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A Sovereignty Transformation Has Five Dimensions. Open Source Covers One

Picture the start of a typical sovereignty program. There is a mandate from the board. A budget has been approved. A shortlist of open source platforms sits on the table. The team discusses architecture, explores data residency requirements, and leaves the kickoff feeling like the work has begun. Three years on, the platform is running. […]

By: Andreas Prins

March 24, 2026 8:00 am

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One Release, Three Sovereignty Gaps Fortified by SUSE at KubeCon Amsterdam 2026

Digital sovereignty refers to an organisation’s ability to maintain control over how its data, infrastructure, and software are governed within regulatory and jurisdictional boundaries. Sovereign cloud strategies prioritise transparency, portability, and independence from single vendors. KubeCon Amsterdam has started, and this year will be interesting to assess if digital sovereignty is actually a topic […]

Categories: Announcements, Digital Sovereignty, Digital Transformation, SUSE Blog

Author: Andreas Prins

The Open Source Procurement Agenda: A Guide for IT Leaders, Procurement Teams and Policymakers

A Global Exchange: Applying the European Sovereignty Frameworks Everywhere

Europe Already Has the Cards and Open Source Is the Ace

How Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Frameworks Are Converging

Why Most Sovereign Stacks Fail the Day-Zero Test

An Operational Definition for Digital Sovereignty

Your Linux Renewal Is the Start of Real Independence

A Sovereignty Transformation Has Five Dimensions. Open Source Covers One

One Release, Three Sovereignty Gaps Fortified by SUSE at KubeCon Amsterdam 2026

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