> Europe's critical talent blind-spot. The misconception that cloud competitiveness requires massive data centres persists despite hardware costs dropping to nearly 1/8th since 2016... The real competitive advantage lies in the software engineers who build sophisticated infrastructure management systems. <i>European companies fundamentally undervalue these specialists, resisting competitive salaries</i> while failing to recognise that this talent - not physical infrastructure - creates the efficiencies that make cloud computing revolutionary. <i>This cultural blind-spot has proven more damaging than any funding gap.</i><p>ah. Finally, someone to see the elephant in the room.<p>Although, still <i>nothing</i> is mentioned about the smartphone-universe, and what it means <i>that</i> being colonized.