Dutch governments caught off guard by American tech firm buying Dutch cloud company

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e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de

a month ago

So? Have some guts for once and block the sale for national security reasons.

Jo Miran@lemmy.ml

a month ago

Solvinity works primarily for Dutch government bodies…

Given that the bulk of the business is cloud services for the Dutch government, blocking or nationalizing seems like the right move.

spechter@feddit.org

a month ago

But are we going to risk donna throwing a tantrum over this company?

But are we going to risk donna throwing a tantrum over whatever it’s next Werk?

God, i could go mad over politicians acting tougher than Kruppstahl on refugees and those receiving welfare, but having just enough spine to lift their asses from the spineless pile when the US or for that matter any other big company wants to have its way.

tal@lemmy.today

edited a month ago

American tech company Kyndryl

Who the heck is Kyndryl?

kagis

Ah. It looks like IBM split off their IT services division into a separate company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyndryl

Officially formed in late 2021, Kyndryl was created from the spin-off of IBM’s infrastructure services,[4][5] and comprises the bulk of the former IBM Global Technology Services.

Focused on IT services for businesses,[20] Kyndryl designs, builds, manages, and modernizes enterprise IT infrastructure systems,[4][17] with capabilities in artificial intelligence as well as data and analytics.[20] In late 2021, Kyndryl listed its six service areas as: cloud; security and resiliency; network and edge computing; digital workplace; core enterprise and zCloud; and applications, data, and AI.

BigShammy80@feddit.org

a month ago

Now they buy everything in Europe… Google investing a few billion here and there… it’s sad, but predictable.

Sepia@mander.xyz

edited a month ago

This nltimes./nl publishes exclusively AI-generated content under sensationalist headlines.

Vincent@feddit.nl

edited a month ago

I believe it mostly does translations of Dutch news articles, usually nos.nl, but FD in this case it seems.

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