Why sovereignty matters
Europe pays American hyperscalers €264 billion a year; money that leaves the continent instead of circulating in it. That's not an abstract policy debate. It's what happens when governments & enterprises have no alternative to walk away to, and no alternative means no leverage.
Open source sovereignty changes that equation. It means owning your data, controlling your infrastructure, trusting your software & retaining your know-how; the 4 pillars of a sustainable digital future.
At Kangaroot, we help governments, enterprises & service providers build open, sovereign IT ecosystems; transparent, secure & aligned with European values & regulations.
The four pillars of sovereignty
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Data sovereignty
Your data should never leave your control. We design & implement self-hosted, privacy-first architectures that guarantee full ownership & governance of your information.
Through encryption, access control & compliance tooling, we ensure your data remains protected; whether stored locally or in trusted European cloud environments.
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Infrastructure sovereignty
Using proven open source technologies such as Linux, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Terraform, ... Kangaroot builds infrastructures that you truly control!
You decide where your workloads run, in your datacenter, on-premise, or in hybrid environments; with no dependency on proprietary cloud platforms.
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Software sovereignty
Sovereignty also extends to everyday tools. That's exactly what OpenDesk delivers: Nextcloud, Collabora & other proven open collaboration components, bundled into one managed workplace that lets teams share, communicate & co-create securely, without third-party SaaS providers.
For application & AI workloads, we integrate OpenShift AI & open LLM frameworks, enabling you to host, train and serve models within your own environment.
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Know-how sovereignty
Technology is only sovereign when knowledge is too. We transfer expertise through training, documentation and co-creation; ensuring your teams can operate, adapt and evolve independently. Our approach builds long-term capability, not dependency.
How we work
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Consulting & strategy
We map what you actually depend on today; not just the obvious vendors, the hidden ones too; then set a realistic path toward independence.
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Implementation & integration
Our engineers deploy the open, sovereign stack itself; on your infrastructure or a sovereign EU cloud, integrated with what you already run, not bolted on top of it.
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24/7 managed sovereign environments
Once it's live, we keep it live: monitoring, patching & maintaining it around the clock, so sovereignty doesn't become one more thing your team has to babysit.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is digital sovereignty in IT?
Digital sovereignty means having full control over where your data & workloads run, who can access them & which laws apply. In practice, it means no dependency on a single non-European vendor for critical infrastructure.
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Is open source automatically sovereign?
No. Open source removes vendor lock-in & gives you full visibility into the code, but sovereignty also depends on where you host it & who manages it. Kangaroot builds sovereign infrastructures with open source as the foundation, not the whole answer.
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Can I migrate from Microsoft 365 to OpenDesk without losing data?
Yes. Kangaroot plans the migration in phases, mapping your current Microsoft 365 usage to OpenDesk's components (Nextcloud, Collabora, Element & more) before any data moves, so nothing gets lost in the switch.
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Do I need to replace my entire IT stack to become more sovereign?
No. Sovereignty is a roadmap, not a one-time switch. Kangaroot starts with an assessment of your current landscape & helps you move step by step toward full technological independence.
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