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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Across EMEA, customers are reassessing their cloud strategies with a sharper focus on cost control, operational resilience, and architectural simplicity. For many, this has prompted a shift away from fragmented approaches toward more intentional private and hybrid cloud models— where outcomes, not infrastructure sprawl, define success. This reassessment has accelerated in recent months. High-profile public […]

CCS Guest Blog European policy on cloud and AI is at an inflection point. The debate has matured beyond slogans  to the complex tests that decide whether sovereignty becomes a real capability or remains a badge  worn in presentations.  Recent analyses of EU competitiveness argue the bloc faces challenges in productivity and  investment, with fragmentation […]

Today European organizations are demanding solutions that offer secure, resilient, and sovereign cloud alternatives. At our company, ITQ, a leading specialist in hybrid cloud, cloud native, digital workspace solutions, and private AI, and a Pinnacle Solution Provider Partner for Broadcom, headquartered in the Netherlands, we work with customers to meet the latest compliance and security […]

The exploding adoption of AI coding assistants is boosting developer productivity and accelerating time-to-market, yielding substantial returns on investment. These AI-native practices increase developer productivity and speed up delivery, and they also facilitate more frequent product iterations, leading to faster innovation loops.  Enabling developers across the company  to transform their software engineering practices by leveraging […]

Several months ago, Broadcom announced the VMware Modernization Services initiative in conjunction with TD SYNNEX in the United States. The goal was to help customers migrate to VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 (VCF 9.0), Building on the success of that initiative, Broadcom is now expanding and formally establishing the VMware Modernization Services program under the Expert […]

For any government agency, unpredictability is a central challenge. We are now discovering that nowhere is that more true than in building and securing AI infrastructure. The extraordinary complexity of federal agency IT architectures and the external threats to those architectures pose distinct challenges to any security modernization effort. Like most enterprises, these are likely […]

Broadcom has made significant enhancements to its Advantage Partner Program, designed to drive customer success through deeper partner engagements in the VMware ecosystem. The program is structured to provide a clear pathway to success for partners while driving greater customer value.  Building a High-Impact Partner Ecosystem The foundation of the program enhancements centers on a […]