I do not want digital sovereignty, I want independence

INTRODUCTION

I do not want digital sovereignty, I want independence. And you should too!

In 2023, I wrote the following post: "Sovereign": I can't stand that word!

Two years later, with Trump back in power, the phenomenon has grown.

Political sovereignty vs operational independence

Sovereignty is a political concept. It belongs to nations. And sovereignty means state control.

But we do not need more government, we need more freedom.

In the digital world, sovereignty hides a reality darker than its "electoral promise": it is a pretext for centralisation and an illusion of security.

Independence, on the other hand, is an operational reality:

• being able to change provider,
• being able to migrate your applications and data,
• being able to resist political and economic pressure.

The right question

The real question to ask is not "is my cloud sovereign?"

It is: "am I really free and independent?"

Which means asking:

• are my systems portable and reversible?


• can I deploy my applications and restore my data elsewhere?


• am I free in my technical and contractual choices?


• do I have the means required to secure my data against any threat, including one coming from the government of my own country?

No regulation, nor any flag on a datacenter, protects your data or your company.

The only real guarantee is your practices and your technological choices.

So let us stop this empty mantra of "digital sovereignty".

The real value is digital independence.

What we defend at ScalarX

Secure, agnostic, reversible solutions, with no commitment required.

Solutions that can be deployed and migrated anywhere in the world, whether on our own infrastructure, with a third-party hosting provider, or "on-premises".

In conclusion

Choosing independence is choosing portability, reversibility and resilience. The rest is political marketing.

—
Christophe Casalegno
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