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For many, ‘sovereign cloud’ was the IT buzzword of 2025. Will 2026 be the year that sovereign cloud moves from talking point to widespread adoption? Below, I make three predictions for how the European market for sovereign cloud services will develop in the year ahead. Europeans have been adopting US public cloud services since AWS […]

IDC Guest Post (Sponsored by Broadcom) According to the 2026 IDC Cloud FutureScape, by 2028, 40% of all large enterprises will adopt private clouds for their AI workloads to meet stringent data privacy requirements and mitigate risks of sensitive information leakage to public large language models (LLMs). This shift will enable enterprises to maintain complete […]

Advancing innovation for more than 100 years, Audi prides itself on making fun, sporty vehicles that combine high build quality and progressive design. The company’s passion for innovation shows up in everything from the development of the Audi e-tron electric cars to its continued progress in autonomous driving.  Audi extends its use of advanced technologies […]

A shifting cloud landscape Across Europe, the conversation around cloud strategy is changing. Growing regulatory pressure, geopolitical uncertainty and fatigue with hyperscaler platforms are driving organisations to re-evaluate their IT infrastructure models. For many, the answer is clear – regain control. As organisations seek greater data locality, flexibility and autonomy, demand for sovereign private cloud […]

If you’re still shuffling data one record at a time, you’re wasting CPU and leaving serious performance on the table.

In today’s data-driven world, organizations face increasing pressure to meet stringent compliance requirements and data sovereignty regulations. ​This is particularly true in highly regulated industries like healthcare, where the stakes are high, and the risks of non-compliance can lead to significant fines, reputational damage, and even threats to patient safety. ​In this article, we’ll take […]

The U.S. federal government is moving quickly to modernize IT, support AI adoption, and accelerate Zero Trust implementations. To help federal agencies get there faster and more affordably, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Broadcom have announced a new OneGov agreement to provide access to AI-ready software. Broadcom’s software solutions help agencies get more […]

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Many customers are buying AI systems originally designed for research labs and trying to integrate them into production environments, only to wind up with a bad case of AI buyer’s remorse.  Once these boxes land in the data center, the AI team or data science team may be thrilled, but I can’t say the same […]

Futurum recently published a report on the shift from public-cloud-centric strategies to modern private cloud platforms that balance operational agility with data sovereignty. While public cloud adoption historically drove agility, it has exposed critical shortcomings regarding control and jurisdictional immunity, particularly under European mandates like GDPR, DORA, and the EU AI Act. As Futurum reports, […]

I’m finding that technologists in and out of government are excited and curious about agentic AI and the impact it could have on streamlining software development. Agentic AI refers to a type of artificial intelligence designed to not only respond to chatbot queries but also to perform tasks autonomously, taking actions based on user input […]

CCS Guest Blog Tests, Interoperability and Certification This article builds on the definitions and procurement levers set out in my previous blog post, Turning Sovereignty into Action: Principles and Policy Levers. It sets out the pass-or-fail checks and pragmatic certification approach that translate principles into outcomes. Make Reversibility and Interoperability First-Class Tests The problems of […]