Strategic Technology Dependencies
Mapping the enterprise technology chokepoints in European industry.
An analysis of where European industrial groups are structurally dependent on non-European enterprise technology, and which substitutions are realistic on a five-year horizon.
01 — The dependency map
Dependencies concentrate in core transactional systems, identity infrastructure and hyperscale compute rather than in application-layer software, where substitution is comparatively straightforward.
02 — Switching costs
Switching cost is dominated by data model divergence and integration surface, not licence terms. Migration programmes fail on interfaces.
03 — Realistic substitution
A staged approach — sovereign control of data and identity first, application substitution second — matches the risk profile of most industrial groups.
References
- RVRAD Technologie desk interviews, 2026
- Public procurement notices, EU member states
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