About Technology Independence Group
It’s about privacy & independence.
It is no longer an indirect possibility that your cloud services support causes you don’t. We are a coalition of technology experts united around tech independence.
The rapid rise, growth, and market dominance of Big Tech providers is largely a by-product of their business models.
Models that exploit and monetize your consumer data for market control. It is a conflict of interest for your company to safeguard consumer information and, retail it too.
- Example 1. Consumer Bankers Association and American Bankers Association: Terms of service often allow big techs and other third-parties to use, exploit, and monetize consumer data in ways consumers may not have envisioned and for periods longer than the consumer may find reasonable. Response to Docket No. CFPB-2021-0017 | American Bankers Association (aba.com)
- Example 2. The Heritage Foundation: Examples of Big Tech censorship are inescapable and irrefutable. Sometimes they are brazen and outright; other times, they are dressed up in vague platitudes about “objectionable content.” But the outcome is still the same—voices that these left-leaning companies don’t agree with are deemed “unacceptable” and are silenced. Big Tech’s Conservative Censorship Inescapable and Irrefutable | The Heritage Foundation
Why rethink the way you invest in tech?
It’s about breaking the monopoly. Taking back control.
The technology market is arguably one of the most important drivers of business and economic activity in our time. It underpins the majority of our productive and leisurely activities.
As our dependence continues to grow, the technology market continues to consolidate, offering fewer options and centralizing market control.
Without competitive, viable market options, organizations and individual consumers will have no other choice than to go along with the biased and changing terms and conditions and corresponding principles of Big Tech providers.
- Example 1. Congressional Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets Competition_in_digital_markets.pdf (house.gov)
- Example 3. Yale Working Group on Ending Big Tech’s Information Monopoly: These behemoths now dominate the dissemination of information and the coordination of political mobilization. That poses unique threats to a well-functioning democracy that are even more serious than the dominant platforms pose to market competition. Ending Big Tech’s Information Monopoly: A report from the Stanford Working Group on Platform Scale – Yale Law School
How we work is who we are
We are a coalition of technology experts united around a common cause of technology independence.
We stand against the current trends of Big Tech encroaching on the rights and privacy of organizations and individuals. As well as censoring, suspending, and de-platforming those with values and messages that are not considered in alignment with their political and social agenda.
We believe that you should not have to compromise your values and hand over control of your data and business processes when seeking to scale and modernize.
We aim to help every values-based business break free from Big Tech and maintain control of their data and processes.
We are passionate about delivering high-quality, trustworthy technology services that you can be proud to support.
Few organizations truly understand how their use of technology supports the Big Tech agenda.
Start by measuring your dependence on Big Tech and understanding the full scope of what your tech spend is supporting.
Generate a plan to help you break free.
How we help:
Big Tech Dependence Assessment | Alternative Tech Strategy Development
Once you understand your call to action, it’s time to act.
We’ll work with you to implement your break free strategy.
We gather requirements, facilitate coordination, and
manage the migration and integration from start to finish.
Everything is handled in a high-quality, secure manner, with zero interruption to your business operations.
New processes will be supported with training.
How we help:
Data Migration | App Development | App Integration | User Training
Now that you’ve broken free, let’s keep it that way.
Our shared support model will be rightsized to your needs and budget.
We’ll stay with you every step of the way to promote maximum return-on-investment and prevent any setbacks. We’ll even help you through tech upgrades and onboarding of new users.
How we help:
Managed Cloud Services| Application Operations & Maintenance | User Support
Meet the Founder: James Keough
James Keough is the principle organizer and founder behind the movement designed to help organizations and individuals finally and meaningfully break free from Big Tech.
Passionate about fostering healthy markets and market interactions, along with a drive to promote new ideas, James is committed to making a positive difference in the technology industry. There is no better time than now to take action. James has dedicated his efforts to raising awareness on the need for greater market diversity and helping others to move away from Big Tech.
James’ experiences driving change with international governments, various agencies of the US Federal Government, and private sector companies is now being channeled to creating a new company, a new movement, committed to helping you make a change and a difference in the tech industry.