Experts in the field of digital technologies and cyber security have called on German companies, educational institutions and government agencies to reduce dependence on a single digital service provider. The reason was a global failure in the work of Microsoft. Ralf Ventergers, president of industry association Bitkom, said unilateral reliance on a single supplier of key digital technologies could bring production processes to a halt in an emergency. Organizations need to pay more attention to diversifying their digital infrastructure. Christopher Kunz, an information security expert and editor of the special publication Heise Online, pointed out that such dependence poses a risk not only to individual companies, but also to the economy and society in Germany as a whole. In his opinion, the problem is related not only to the technical reliability of Microsoft, but also to political factors. Konenz noted that US authorities could theoretically limit access to Microsoft's cloud services by individual organizations or even entire countries through sanctions mechanisms. This, Koontz said, makes over-reliance on US technology platforms an additional vulnerability. Manuel Boog, founder and representative of independent critical infrastructure experts of AG Critis, noted that there are German and European alternatives on the market that enable risk sharing and avoid dependence on one supplier. @wglavnoe.