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The Bologna Gathering 2026: when Europe stopped talking and started building

There are events you attend because you have to. And then there are events where, two days in, you realize the conversation in the room is different from everything else you hear online. The Bologna Gathering 2026 was the second kind. Here's what it's actually about It's a gathering of over 500...

#cloud #europe #innovation #SovereignCloud #bologna

https://giovanni.coppa.cloud/2026/the-bologna-gathering-2026-when-europe-stopped-talking-and-started-building/

The Bologna Gathering 2026: when Europe stopped talking and started building

Giovanni Coppa

Michael J Burgess May 13

France’s Linux Sovereignty Shift

France is moving government desktops from Windows to Linux as part of a wider digital sovereignty push. Here is why that matters beyond France.

https://beitmenotyou.online/frances-linux-sovereignty-shift/

Dag May 5

#Telenor etablerer et nytt norsk skyselskap utviklet for virksomheter med de aller strengeste kravene til sikkerhet.

https://www.digi.no/artikler/telenor-oppretter-nasjonalt-skyselskap/571760?sharing_key=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9%24eyJ1c2VySWQiOiI2MDIxMTIiLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOjU3MTc2MCwiaWF0IjoxNzc3OTk0NDQ5LCJleHAiOjE3NzgwODA4NDl9%24v1aVLSs71pmL2xnFkj3STpqkZBGTaZZFjCp_a0Gkq9c

#SovereignCloud #DigitalSuvernitet

Telenor oppretter nasjonalt skyselskap

– Behovet for nasjonalt kontrollerte skyløsninger er blitt akutt, skriver Telenor. Men de vil ikke bekrefte at dette er starten på Nasjonal Sky.

Digi.no

VSHN - The DevOps Company Apr 28

EUR 180M EU cloud tender introduces sovereignty scoring.

8 dimensions.
No provider reached full sovereignty.
Hyperscaler involvement lowers your score.

For Swiss orgs, this framework will matter soon.

👉 What it means: https://www.vshn.ch/en/blog/eur-180-million-for-sovereign-cloud-what-the-eus-first-sovereignty-scored-procurement-means-for-swiss-organisations/

#SovereignCloud #DigitalSovereignty #CloudStrategy #OpenSource #CloudNative #EUCloud

AlcorNews Apr 28

SAP débarque dans SecNumCloud avec Thales en pilote : le cloud souverain devient concret… mais encore loin des hyperscalers itsocial.fr/cloud-infras... #Space #Science #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #SecNumCloud #SAP #Thales #SovereignCloud

SAP entre dans l'écosystème Se...

SAP entre dans l'écosystème SecNumCloud avec Thales comme client pilote - IT SOCIAL

SAP annonce son arrivée sur PREMI3NS, l'offre de S3NS, filiale française de Thales en partenariat avec Google Cloud, et désigne Thales comme premier client stratégique. La solution SAP RISE private Cloud Edition sera disponible commercialement sur cette infrastructure d'ici le second semestre 2026. Le mouvement engage la migration de l'ERP du groupe industriel et ouvre […]

IT SOCIAL

AlcorNews Apr 28

SAP débarque dans SecNumCloud avec Thales en pilote : le cloud souverain devient concret… mais encore loin des hyperscalers
https://itsocial.fr/cloud-infrastructure-it/cloud-infrastructure-it-articles/sap-entre-dans-lecosysteme-secnumcloud-avec-thales-comme-client-pilote/ #Space #Science #Innovation #AerospaceEngineering #SecNumCloud #SAP #Thales #SovereignCloud

SAP entre dans l'écosystème SecNumCloud avec Thales comme client pilote - IT SOCIAL

IT SOCIAL

Tim Apr 21

Turns out that one of the four EU cloud winners S3NS is a joint venture between Thales and Google Cloud.
The European cloud industry association calls it "sovereignty washing at the highest levels."
A framework built to keep US hyperscalers out awarded a contract to an entity running on Google Cloud tech. SEAL-2, not SEAL-3. The lowest passing grade.
The framework works. The political will to enforce it fully doesn't.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/europe_picks_4_sovereign_cloud/
#DataSovereignty #SovereignCloud #EU #Privacy #FOSS

One of Europe's sovereign cloud picks may not be so-sovereign after all

Updated: US-based cloud providers could have to disclose certain data under American legal orders

The Register

Tim Apr 20

The EU Commission just created something that didn't exist before: a way to actually measure digital sovereignty.
Their new SEAL framework rates cloud providers 0–4. No US hyperscaler won a lead contract. €180M goes to OVHCloud, STACKIT, Scaleway, Proximus.
The quiet part: SEAL-2 minimum means your provider can't be compelled by foreign law to hand over your data. Most winners hit SEAL-3 — immune to non-EU supply chain disruption.
This is procurement policy, not rhetoric. It will cascade.
https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-advances-cloud-sovereignty-through-strategic-procurement-2026-04-17_en
#DataSovereignty #SovereignCloud #EU #Privacy #FOSS

Commission advances cloud sovereignty through strategic procurement

This April, the European Commission awarded its Sovereign Cloud call for tender through which the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (Union entities) will be able to procure sovereign cloud services for up to EUR 180 million over a period of 6 years. 

Directorate-General for Digital Services

PPC Land Apr 19

FYI: euNetworks joins AWS European Sovereign Cloud as first connectivity partner: euNetworks named connectivity partner for AWS European Sovereign Cloud, enabling private direct access with data residency and operational autonomy across Europe. https://ppc.land/eunetworks-joins-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-as-first-connectivity-partner/ #AWS #CloudComputing #DataPrivacy #SovereignCloud #DataResidency

euNetworks joins AWS European Sovereign Cloud as first connectivity partner

euNetworks named connectivity partner for AWS European Sovereign Cloud, enabling private direct access with data residency and operational autonomy across Europe.

PPC Land

M365Show Apr 18

Ask yourself—who profits when sovereignty is packaged, branded, and sold to you? The architecture of control thrives when we mistake customizable options for real choice.

Sovereign Cloud Explained

Discover why sovereign cloud is not just a product.

M365 FM Podcast