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

Paris, 4 June 2020

Atos, a world leader in electronic transformation, is happy to announce its job as a founding member of the GAIA-X Basis, a non-earnings corporation that is getting setup to make the subsequent era of info platforms for Europe, its member states, businesses and citizens.

The GAIA-X Basis, shaped by 22 organizations (electronic leaders, industrials, academia and associations) together with Atos, underlines a joint dedication to a transparent European system, openness and broad participation. It will establish on the existing do the job initiated by the French and German governments and supported by much more than 300 corporations. The GAIA-X venture enters a new stage of its enhancement and sets an crucial milestone towards the European Union’s ambition to consolidate its leadership in the world info financial system.

The creation of electronic ecosystems necessitates constructing have confidence in and interoperability throughout all cloud users and companies. GAIA-X will deal with this obstacle as a result of a common set of policies, an “Architecture of Standards” and a set of “Federation Services” which deliver alongside one another existing Cloud companies and their services and in which info and applications can be managed in a way that makes certain comprehensive regulate. It will enable organizations from all dimensions and throughout all sectors to benefit from hyperscaler offerings in Europe while respecting a set of critical policies.

Included in the enhancement of Cloud given that its inception, Atos provides its proven skills of and knowledge in Cloud Computing, supported by its thorough portfolio and strategic partnerships with foremost Cloud service companies and deep being familiar with of consumer wants.

Elie Girard, CEO of Atos, clarifies: “Europe’s electronic leadership in the info financial system necessitates versatile and safe Cloud abilities. By facilitating infrastructure, software and info portability, GAIA-X will enable European corporations and general public administrations to share their decentralized info in a reputable and safe way, boosting Cloud adoption and the creation of price-extra ecosystems. This will improve Europe’s competitiveness simply because the technique is unprecedented, pushed by industrials, collaborative with hyperscalers, and aims at defining a realistic set of policies and specifications regular with European values and aspirations”.