In our first episode of 2024, Woody and Remco Niesten, a lead consultant at Uniserver, explore the nuances of sovereign cloud practices within the EU. Remco shares invaluable insights on cloud sovereignty, informed by over 20 years of experience at Uniserver, the leading provider of private cloud services in the Netherlands.

With several new and significant EU privacy laws on the horizon in 2024, Woody and Remco discuss building and optimizing infrastructure for sovereign workloads and comb through nuances on what it means to host sovereign data. They discuss the challenges with deciding between on-premises and public cloud for sovereign solutions and how these two spaces might not be as mutually exclusive as you would think.

The conversation also explores the importance of visibility and control in hybrid environments and the role of technology stack design in ensuring compliance. As they wrap up the conversation, Remco sheds light on future trends in sovereign cloud, including a discussion on containerization for private cloud infrastructure.

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Remco’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/remconiesten/?originalSubdomain=nl

Timestamped Overview:
00:00 Data location, service and pricing benefits customers.
03:51 EU legislation emphasizes sovereignty of data, growing concern.
08:52 Interest in EU business compliance for big CSPs.
12:49 Aviatrix prioritizes end-to-end encryption everywhere.
15:42 Companies choose where workloads fit best. Highly sensitive medical data cannot leave certain areas.
18:50 Inquiry about VMware's long-term viability and relevance.
20:00 AWS and Azure have broad PaaS offerings.