VMware has expanded its Sovereign Cloud programme to 14 service provider partners, and is promising more during the year.
The initiative helps customers identify and engage with “trusted” national or regional cloud service providers, to help them meet their sovereign cloud requirements around data proximity and security.
The newest Sovereign Cloud partners are IONOS, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Sopra Steria and TDRA. The 14 partners in total now address sovereign cloud demands in Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Norway, the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India and the US.
“We are pleased to welcome new partners to our Sovereign Cloud initiative and see existing partners demonstrate momentum in meeting the sovereign cloud requirements of customers around the world,” said Rajeev Bhardwaj, vice president of product management at VMware’s cloud infrastructure business group. “New data services from VMware Tanzu will enable our VMware cloud provider partners, particularly sovereign cloud-focused ones, to expand their data and application transformation portfolios and accelerate cloud adoption.
“This will allow customers to remain within sovereign regions and jurisdictional control, while achieving cutting edge transformation at scale.”
