France plans to replace Microsoft Teams and Zoom with French-made and Outscale-hosted Visio by 2027, as part of a push to drop US software vendors in government
France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
Euronews Pascale Davies
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@pernotleplay
Emmanuel Pernot-Leplay
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🚨🇫🇷France announced today it's phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on @outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies. See
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@svembu
Sridhar Vembu
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“France announced today it's phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio.” The very definition of a “sovereign nation” should now include “technology sovereignty”. Big Tech now is the New East India company and Europeans are now
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@afneil
Andrew Neil
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France is developing Viso, a 100% French videoconferencing solution developed by the Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM), the French government's interministerial digital directorate, as an alternative to US tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet. There will
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@basedmikelee
Mike Lee
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Does this mean Europe will no longer need U.S. military assistance?
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@vernster
@vernster
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France ditching US cos. The EU and the rest of the world are disengaging from US influence at all levels. — Dollar falling, UST rates rising, gold at historic highs. — Trust is precious. Trump/MAGA squandered it. Now we'll be much poorer and less safe as a result. [embedd…
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