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    Auf Wiedersehen Teams: Mit Visio wird die französische Regierung über eine eigene souveräne Videokonferenzanwendung verfügen


    Auf Wiedersehen Teams: Mit Visio wird die französische Regierung über eine eigene souveräne Videokonferenzanwendung verfügen

    https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/le-gouvernement-appelle-a-sortir-de-la-dependance-aux-outils-numeriques-americains-20260124

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    1. hoarder4555777454001 on

      >To break free from dependence on American tools, this “100% French” application will be rolled out across the administration “by 2027,” announced Minister of Civil Service David Amiel.

      >The United States is no longer a reliable ally for Europe. Acquiring digital sovereignty is therefore becoming increasingly essential. In order to “detox” from American software, Minister of Public Service David Amiel announced in an interview with La Tribune Dimanche that a “100% French” videoconferencing solution will be rolled out across the administration “by 2027.”

      >Called Visio and created by the Ministry’s Digital Directorate (Dinum), it has already been tested by 40,000 employees and can also transcribe and summarize meetings. “We must gradually move away from our dependence on American and, more broadly, non-European tools,” said the minister. “We have already begun to do so in the area of sensitive data storage with the emergence of secure sovereign cloud solutions. But we must continue this transition with determination,” he added.

      >Visio is designed to counter the use of software such as Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom in order to “ensure the security of our communications in all circumstances” while enabling “savings of several million euros per year” because there will no longer be a need to “renew licenses with non-European providers.” In 2022, Tixeo, Oodrive, and Olvid had already launched TOO22, a sovereign collaborative suite enabling document sharing, videoconferencing, and instant messaging “in a highly secure environment.”

      >The minister also warned against “new” dependencies, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence. “We must rely on European innovations in order to meet the highest standards and avoid the temptation at work to secretly turn to unsecure applications,” he stressed, while acknowledging that “it’s a race against time.”

    2. DejourPeach on

      Good on France for taking action! I hope it’ll spread across the entire EU.

    4. lantz83 on

      Let’s replace a Microsoft product with our own product and call it… Visio. Which happens to also be the name of an already existing product… from Microsoft.

    6. Unironically_Dave on

      Great initiative honestly but why give it the same name as another Microsoft product? Someone messed up

    7. xiaopewpew on

      Why are people picking on the product name? Im sure visio is pronounced different in French

    12. Bango-TSW on

      Several open source alternatives exist to Teams. Open source should always be the first choice for any organisation requiring a teams-like solution.

    13. Zealousideal-Pool575 on

      I Do not see the point. There is already Renater… Actually, we have to already have an alternative to Teams as both Zoom and Teams are strictly forbidden where I work and I am a French civil servant. So…. Just use what already exist ??

    14. LowIllustrator2501 on

      Why do they have to reinvent everything if there are already European based alternatives?

      [https://whereby.com/](https://whereby.com/) – from Norway
      [https://jitsi.org/](https://jitsi.org/)
      and others: [https://european-alternatives.eu/category/video-conferencing-software](https://european-alternatives.eu/category/video-conferencing-software)
      why waste resources ? To have any real competition with the US we must have large market players. There won’t be any if every government sues their own version/

    15. OrionJustice on

      its all about data control and very soon managed by their AI, the EU made AI.

    19. WiretteWirette on

      It may be important to note it’s not an app released for private use.

      It’s a tool designed for the government and public bodies, at national and local level. It’s a very good news in this sphere (having Zoom AI tool creeping around during meeting is really something that I don’t like as a civil servant).

      And since it’s open source, I suppose it would be possible for anyone to create it’s own version of it. But it’s not designed as a concurrent for Zoom or Teams.

    20. Candid_Koala_3602 on

      Was waiting for an easy open webrtc framework.

      But um, why call it Visio? Are they trying to get sued?

    23. ganbaro on

      Videoconferencing plaforms are a long solved issue. Some european unis already use FOSS Big Blue Button (Canadian), OpenTalk (German), or Jitsi (US), hosted in EU.

      I am not actually that happy about seeing more states developing more apps very similar to each other, its a ressource drag.

      That said, its good France supports alternatives, in general. The French are generally quick with that, like having been among the first to adoprlt Matrix and Peertube, but often the initiatives lose steam after the first trials.

      Edit: To answer a likely counterargument before its made: Government labels are not an answer to lack of technological innovation. That thinling is part of the reason why the US and increasingly China outcompete us on tech, to begin with.

    24. Beyllionaire on

      Replacing each US solution individually isn’t the proper way though. It has to be an integrated ecosystem. That’s what is appealing for large organizations.

    27. fuzzball909 on

      What’s great is you can use Claude to build a video conferencing app, a documents app, anything you want. So you can use American tech to break out of American tech 😆

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