Austria's Ministry of Economy migrates 1,200 employees to Nextcloud in four months, ditching Microsoft 365 to control sensitive data and assert digital sovereignty amid growing EU trend away from US Big Tech.

Another European agency shifts off Big Tech, as digital sovereignty movement gains steam

traumlichtfabrik/Moment/Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET's key takeawaysAustria's Ministry of Economy has migrated to a Nextcloud platform.It's the latest move in a European trend to shift away from Big Tech.European governments and agencies want to control sensitive data.Even before Azure had a global failure this week, Austria's Ministry of Economy had taken a decisive step toward digital sovereignty. The Ministry achieved this status by migrating 1,200 em...