Practical considerations for building a sovereign cloud

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For many enterprises, sovereign cloud solutions are gaining appeal.

With the rise of global geopolitical uncertainty and trade sanctions, cross-border dependencies on cloud providers are increasingly viewed as carrying undesirable risk. Meanwhile, new directives (such as the Network and Information Security (NIS2) Directive) and legislation (like Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) are increasing enterprises’ need to control and safeguard their infrastructure.

Today, approaching digital sovereignty is no longer just about reconsidering where you store your data. It is about gaining control and oversight over who accesses it, how it is processed, and the underlying technology that powers it.

However, repatriating workloads or migrating away from proprietary hyperscalers may introduce new infrastructure challenges, including high costs, operational complexity, and a lack of internal expertise.

In this webinar, we will explore how open source software serves as the natural foundation for helping you gain digital sovereignty. Canonical’s experts will explore what you need to consider when you start building your sovereign cloud strategy, from the ground up. They’ll explain the importance of choosing software that prioritizes transparency, independence, and compliance for the foundation of your digital sovereignty strategy. This approach can empower organizations to regain local control over their data and technological choices, without slowing down innovation or losing scalability.

What you will learn

Join us to explore how you can reinforce your digital sovereignty strategy with open source software. In this session, we will cover:

• The new cloud imperatives: How to navigate geopolitical uncertainties, new regulatory urgencies (NIS2, CRA, GDPR), and data protection challenges.
• Building your sovereign cloud with confidence: How to overcome proprietary vendor lock-in and high costs to build an automated, full-stack cloud on your own terms.
• Developing cloud-native applications freely: How to build faster, improve your infrastructure’s security, and streamline operations with a reliable open source dependency tree and trusted containers.
• Achieving compliance with Ubuntu Pro: How to improve the security of your open source supply chain with long-term support and integrated security features

Who should attend?

• IT Directors and CIOs
• Cloud Architects and Infrastructure Leaders
• Security and Compliance Officers