Atos co-founds GAIA-X to build a secure and transparent European data and cloud framework

Paris, 4 June 2020

Atos, a global leader in electronic transformation, is happy to announce its part as a founding member of the GAIA-X Foundation, a non-income firm that is becoming setup to create the upcoming technology of data platforms for Europe, its member states, corporations and citizens.

The GAIA-X Foundation, formed by 22 companies (electronic leaders, industrials, academia and associations) like Atos, underlines a joint determination to a clear European method, openness and wide participation. It will create on the current do the job initiated by the French and German governments and supported by more than three hundred enterprises. The GAIA-X project enters a new stage of its progress and sets an critical milestone toward the European Union’s ambition to consolidate its leadership in the global data financial state.

The creation of electronic ecosystems involves building belief and interoperability throughout all cloud people and suppliers. GAIA-X will deal with this problem as a result of a frequent set of insurance policies, an “Architecture of Standards” and a set of “Federation Services” which convey with each other current Cloud suppliers and their services and in which data and purposes can be dealt with in a way that makes certain total regulate. It will empower companies from all sizes and throughout all sectors to profit from hyperscaler choices in Europe even though respecting a set of necessary insurance policies.

Concerned in the progress of Cloud due to the fact its inception, Atos provides its established skills of and experience in Cloud Computing, supported by its in depth portfolio and strategic partnerships with top Cloud assistance suppliers and deep knowing of purchaser requires.

Elie Girard, CEO of Atos, points out: “Europe’s electronic leadership in the data financial state involves versatile and safe Cloud abilities. By facilitating infrastructure, application and data portability, GAIA-X will empower European enterprises and general public administrations to share their decentralized data in a trustworthy and safe way, boosting Cloud adoption and the creation of benefit-included ecosystems. This will fortify Europe’s competitiveness for the reason that the method is unprecedented, driven by industrials, collaborative with hyperscalers, and aims at defining a affordable set of insurance policies and specifications consistent with European values and aspirations”.