Let’s talk about digital sovereignty
In the age of AI and cloud, where data resides is a key consideration
Digital sovereignty is an issue that has been bubbling away in the background of IT for some time but doesn’t often see the limelight. In this episode of the ITPro Podcast, we’ve decided to change that.
From sovereign clouds to AI, Jane McCallion and Ross Kelly dig into what digital sovereignty is, how it’s being used, and its relationship with AI, cloud, and national data regulations.
Highlights
“The World Economic Forum describes digital sovereignty as the ability to have control over your own digital destiny andI think that's a really great way of describing it. And when you look at how the EU has positioned itself in recent years, that certainly is the key focus there – it's all about … maintaining control.”
“You can't understate the impact of regulatory compliance in the EU – that's the huge driving factor, Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Google Cloud, they wouldn't be bending over backwards if they didn't know the risks there. And for individual organizations as well as customers of these providers, they're the ones that are pushing for this because they're conscious of their compliance as well.”
Related links
- Sovereign cloud services are now the “bare minimum” expected by customers, and hyperscalers are scrambling to meet demand
- What the new Microsoft Sovereign Cloud push means for European customers
- AWS says only Europeans will run its European Sovereign Cloud service
- What is a sovereign cloud?
- SAP wants to take data sovereignty to the next level with new 'on-site' infrastructure options
- HPE launches exclusive sovereign cloud offering for the channel
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