5-Stage Migration from Vendor Lock-in to Digital Autonomy
95%
Microsoft 365 lock-in
€8.2M
To US cloud providers
8%
On Dutch infrastructure
2.4M
With IC preservation
847
Cross-department links
45%
↑ from 8%
127
Across 8 departments
100%
On sovereign platform
52%
↓ from 95%
12
On Dutch infrastructure
89%
Made by sovereign AI
100%
Compliant
92/100
↑ from 12/100
€5.1M
vs. previous vendor spend
45 FTE
Can maintain & evolve
| Capability | Microsoft 365 | Open Source (Nextcloud) | Genesis SIBA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Sovereignty | ❌ US servers | ✅ Self-hosted | ✅ Dutch infra |
| No Vendor Lock-in | ❌ Locked | ❌ Community dependent | ✅ Reversible |
| Capacity Building | ❌ None | ❌ Consume only | ✅ Dutch teams build |
| IC Preservation | ❌ None | ❌ None | ✅ Full provenance |
| EU AI Act Ready | ❌ Unknown | ❌ No AI governance | ✅ Constitutional AI |
| Can Fork & Own | ❌ Impossible | ❌ Need 50+ engineers | ✅ Included in license |