The European Business Software Company SAP has confirmed that It will invest more than 20,000 million euros in sovereign cloud in Europe throughout the next decade. According to the company, it will expand its sovereign cloud offer to include an infrastructure platform as a service that allows companies to access different computer services through their data centers network.
In addition, it will also implement a new “ON-SITE” option, which will allow customers to use infrastructure operated by SAP in their own data centers. With this, the company wants to ensure that customer data is stored in the European Union, to comply with the regulations on data protection, such as GDPR or general data protection regulation.
At present, SAP’s sovereign cloud is already available in several countries, which will be joined more in the short and medium term. It has the support of hundreds of localized offer experts, as well as a varied set of certifications. Its offer helps ensure complete sovereignty in data and operations, as well as at the technical and legal level.
According to Thomas Saueressig, member of the SAP Board of Directors«The leadership of Europe in the next era of digital innovation, especially in AI, will depend on the effectiveness with which we apply AI to solve differentiated cases of the industry. With the expansion of our SAP sovereign cloud offer, the company allows access to the entire specter of cloud innovations and AI capabilities for all markets and sectors, including environments of regulated and public sectors, while ensuring that these advances are offered in a sovereign frame«.
As to Martin Merz, president of SAP Sovereign Cloudrecalled that «The digital resilience of Europe depends on a safe, scalable and prepared sovereignty for the future. The full SAP sovereign cloud stack offers exactly that, giving customers the freedom to choose their deployment model while helping them comply«.
