Kube3: When universities stop reinventing the wheel
A review by Lisa Seifert of the talk given by Lena Becker (RWTH Aachen) and Martin Mai (University of Bamberg) at the SCS Summit 2026. At this year’s SCS Summit, there was a talk that made me […]
What we’ve learnt from 2.5 years of operating the Kubernetes platform
By Janis Kemper, Founder and COO of Syself GmbH. At the SCS Summit, I gave a talk about our Kubernetes platform – covering its architecture, the decisions behind it and what we’re working on in […]
Sovereign AI: Why open-source infrastructure is the key to digital independence
A review of Christoph Streit’s (ScaleUp Technologies) presentation at the SCS Summit 2026, by Lisa Seifert. The AI revolution is taking place largely within black boxes – on the […]
Sovereign Cloud Stack – A building block for digital sovereignty beyond Big Tech
Reliance on a small number of global cloud providers raises fundamental questions for the federal government, businesses and civil society regarding digital self-determination. Hyperscalers such as AWS, Microsoft and Google control key parts of the digital infrastructure – […]
Digital sovereignty in the cloud – from open source and standards to certifiable sovereignty
Hardly any other term is used as frequently – and so rarely clearly defined – in the cloud sector as „digital sovereignty“. Statements such as „European location“ or ‘GDPR-compliant’ say little about actual dependencies, […]
SCS Summit 2026: Digital sovereignty - arrived in practice
200 people, two stages, one common goal: On 21 May 2026, the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) community came together at bUm Berlin - and this year's SCS Summit made it clearer than [...]
OSBA press release: Administration with transparent standards for cloud services in future
With the current decision of the IT Planning Council, the standards of the Sovereign Cloud Stack will become a central component of the so-called Germany Stack. This means that the public administration will increasingly rely on open, verifiable [...]
Second consultation round Germany stack
Submission to the Sovereign Cloud Stack Standards Forum of the Open Source Business Alliance e.V. In our submission for the first round of the participation process for the German stack, we focussed on the objectives of sovereignty, interoperability and European connectivity.
Germany stack relies on Sovereign Cloud Stack as standard
The Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) is defined in the German stack as a standard to be complied with in the area of managed services and cloud. This marks an important milestone for open and sovereign cloud infrastructures in Germany. At the same time [...]
Sovereign Cloud Stack: An interview with Lisa Seifert
Lisa Seifert, Project Manager at the SCS Standards Forum, talks about the Sovereign Cloud Stack and the importance of digital sovereignty in an interview with connect professional. In the interview, she explains how the Open Source Business Alliance is working on a Gaia-X project [...]
Consultation process Germany Stack – Submission Forum Sovereign Cloud Stack standards of the Open Source Business Alliance e.V.
Consultation process Germany Stack – Submission Forum Sovereign Cloud Stack Standards of the Open Source Business Alliance e.V. Consultation process Germany Stack – Submission Forum Sovereign Cloud Stack Standards of the Open Source Business Alliance e.V. In the mission statement […]
The EU Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework
Frameworks for digital sovereignty in cloud infrastructures Digital sovereignty of the Sovereign Cloud Stack From the outset, the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) initiative has focused on defining digital sovereignty more broadly than […]