Dear ALASCA Tech-Talk Community, we are thrilled to invite you to this month's ALASCA Tech-Talk taking place on *Fri,* *April 24, 11am - 12pm CEST*. In this month's talk, please welcome *C**Vasu Chandrasekhara ***(Advisor and Ambassador NeoNephos) for the following talk: * * *ALASCA Tech-Talk #35: **Sovereignty = func(Ecosystems, Interoperability); */The warnings of the Draghi Report serve as a strategic wake-up call. To date, many European initiatives aimed at building a sovereign alternative have failed due to their own structures, national preferences, and, ultimately, the fragmentation of technical offerings. The strategic alternative lies in foundation-led, vendor-neutral open-source software and interoperable & portable standards. Through 8RA and the funding projects of the "Important Project of Common European Interest" (IPCEI), work is underway to create a federated multi-provider cloud-edge continuum. A few companies from the IPCEI-CIS have recognized this wake-up call and transitioned their projects and operations into the neutral NeoNephos Foundation. This presentation will address the challenges posed within the IPCEI, outline some of the technical considerations of NeoNephos, and delve into a project featuring a new, innovative approach./ /Ultimately, the responsibility lies with us: developers, project managers, and decision-makers. We already rely heavily on open source (from Linux and Kubernetes to OTEL, ... PyTorch, vLLM, upto llm-d, if you are also into AI). The question is: can we succeed in creating a federated yet technically homogeneous market offering and start competing on top of a digital commons, not within?/ We can't wait to talk tech with you! Greetings Helena from ALASCA __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello@alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049