The Havas Media Group veteran brings more than 20 years of digital media experience to the role.

OpenX Technologies, Inc., one of the world’s leading omnichannel supply-side platforms, today announced the appointment of Andrew Goode as Vice President, Strategy. Goode will be responsible for evolving OpenX’s global buyer development strategy in partnership with Matt Sattel, SVP of Buyer Development.

Additionally, Goode will focus on expanding the organization's buyer development function in both APAC and EMEA. In this role, Goode and his team will act as an innovation layer between buyers and product development, focusing on global buyer development strategy and operations. Goode will report to John Gentry, CEO.

Goode’s background, including his experience leading programmatic and social at Havas Media Group, will enable him to work closely with agency partners and marketers to identify their most pressing needs and deliver solutions that will amplify their existing investments, including first-party data. He will also be responsible for commercial partnership strategies and bespoke partnership agreements with agency teams.

“I’m thrilled to be joining a company with such established commitments to addressability, transparency, and sustainability,” said Goode. “OpenX’s status as the leading innovator on the supply-side makes this a unique and exciting opportunity as the industry prepares for major shifts in programmatic buying.”

Goode brings more than 20 years of global digital media experience to OpenX. Most recently, he founded Goode Media Consulting, where he offered brands strategic consultation, adtech growth solutions, and go-to-market strategies. Prior to that, Goode held senior executive roles at Havas Media Group, leading all biddable functions. He was an early pioneer of ad verification technologies and defining agency supply path optimization (SPO) standards.

“No one knows the agency landscape like Andrew. As a recognized adtech innovator and leader, Andrew will be a tremendous asset to OpenX,” said Gentry. “His experience in innovating and leading some of the industry's foremost agency solutions will make him an instrumental part of OpenX’s future as we continue to deliver differentiated value to agencies and marketers across the globe.”

Silicon Labs, a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, today announced that it plans to release third quarter 2023 financial results on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. An earnings conference call will follow the release at 7:30 a.m. Central Time. The call will be streamed from the Investor Relations section of the company's website at silabs.com.

A replay will be available after the call on the investor page of the company's website at silabs.com. The replay will be available through December 1, 2023.

Pedigree Technologies has introduced new technology to address the concerns around the expense and intricacy associated with implementing traditional trailer tracking solutions. The smart trailer applications offer straightforward installations and cost-effective price points, all while delivering the full spectrum of technological advantages for managing trailers and fleets. Pedigree's smart trailer solutions are providing fleet managers with ways to enhance efficiency, safety, and compliance within their transportation operations.

Pedigree Technologies offers groundbreaking solutions that leverage Bluetooth sensors and solar-powered GPS gateways to substantially reduce costs and simplify the installation process for smart trailer applications. Trailers equipped with these smart solutions transmit data to the cloud, which is then relayed to the OneView^™ platform. This state-of-the-art technology empowers fleet managers to track the location of their trailers, and sensors placed within and around the trailer provide a continuous stream of crucial fleet information. This wealth of data collected about a trailer, including tire pressure, hub health, door notifications, and temperature and humidity monitoring, enables fleet managers to make more informed business decisions, fostering efficiency and cost savings.

"I am excited for Pedigree to deliver these innovative smart trailer solutions," said John Elsner, CEO of Pedigree Technologies. "We are bringing a great value to our customers and the transportation industry by reducing costs and complexity, allowing more fleets to take advantage of the benefits of these technologies."

Pedigree Technologies' commitment to empowering fleet managers with simplified installations and cost-effective solutions that provide advanced insights underscores its dedication to transforming the transportation industry. Pedigree Technologies is making it easier for fleets of all sizes to use smart trailer solutions, making transportation operations safer, more efficient, and cost-effective.

DDN Storage Accelerates Generative AI and Large Language Models with CoreWeave's GPU Cloud and NVIDIA AI

DDN^®, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management solutions, today announced that CoreWeave has selected DDN's EXAScaler® storage for its NVIDIA GPU cloud offering. By incorporating DDN's parallel filesystem with systems based on NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs into the on-demand multi-node GPU Cloud service, CoreWeave customers can supercharge and accelerate their AI-enabled applications with the same infrastructure building blocks as those found at the leading AI development organizations worldwide.

The explosive interest in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) is pushing enterprises to seek immediate access to high-performance AI infrastructure at scale. As a leading global provider of high-performance storage, DDN helps these enterprises achieve their accelerated computing goals by efficiently optimizing data access for GPU-powered instances in the cloud safely, cost effectively and at any scale.

"DDN has been at the forefront of accelerated computing, supercomputing and AI for more than two decades with thousands of satisfied Enterprise, Government and Academia customers running at the highest levels of performance and efficiency," said Dr. James Coomer, SVP of Products at DDN. "We have enabled and participated in the acceleration of generative AI and cloud-enabled workloads and are delighted to support CoreWeave cloud platforms with DDN's most-efficient storage in the world."   

DDN's AI storage solutions are field proven in thousands of GPU-based computing systems worldwide, including a large number of NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD deployments and NVIDIA's own internal Selene and Cambridge-1 supercomputing AI systems.

"Generative AI is driving the adoption of accelerated computing to unlock new possibilities in virtually every industry," said Dion Harris, director of data center product solutions at NVIDIA. "CoreWeave, powered by NVIDIA technologies and DDN storage, makes supercomputing infrastructure accessible to businesses everywhere to supercharge generative AI and high-performance computing."

DDN EXAScaler Storage is proven to deliver the safest, fastest and highest efficiency data storage for accelerated computing and AI environments at any scale. With tens of thousands of appliances deployed globally, DDN EXAScaler is the ideal choice for customers who want to maximize the benefits from modern AI applications and GPUs in the cloud or on-premises.

The Agency Has Been Named Agency of Record for Blockchains

Blockchains, Inc. ("Blockchains"), a visionary at the forefront of technological innovation, committed to protecting and empowering individuals, has selected Horizon Media, the largest U.S. media agency according to Ad Age Data Center 2023, as its agency of record to reinforce Blockchains' position as the premier purpose-driven Web3 Tech Innovator. Horizon Media will draw on the collective expertise of its full-service portfolio with Chapter & Verse, Horizon Media's Web3 Division, leading the first Web3 partnership of its kind.

With its relentless focus on user empowerment, Blockchains will establish and expand the Web3 ID category through its products and services, setting the stage for a digital landscape where users have greater control and trust in their online interactions. Chapter & Verse will lead the integrated services for marketing strategy, creative, media, content, and experiences. By enhancing the vision for Web3 while defining the Blockchains brand, the collective efforts will promote a foundational ecosystem that will support a freer, fairer, and inclusive Web.

"Horizon Media is excited to be part of a technological evolution through our partnership with Blockchains that will improve the digital experience in a profound way. One of our top strategic priorities is to pioneer across the Web3 category and transform the industry and culture, and we are committed to bringing innovation and technology-inspired ideas that we can scale across brands," said Donnie Williams, EVP, Chief Digital Officer of Horizon Media. "This is a unique opportunity to work on an emergent technology. It's truly a passion project, and we couldn't be more pleased to be on the journey to a more fulsome digital experience."

"Horizon's expertise in driving consumer behavior across diverse brands and categories, their deep cultural grasp of emerging technologies, content creation capabilities, data intelligence, media prowess, and Web3 leadership uniquely positions them to holistically address our business needs," said Rhett Rumery, SVP, Business Strategy of Blockchains. "Our shared vision for the future of Web3 and its boundless possibilities made it clear that Horizon Media was the ideal partner to not only champion the introduction of Blockchains' suite of Web3 ID products and services but also to elevate and amplify our presence as we shape a more equitable digital future."

Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric AIoT solution and service provider, unveiled its Think#2.0 corporate strategy, "Xinghan" Foundation Model and Future Communication Research Institute at the company's 2023 summit in Shenzhen. The event gathered over 300 industry experts and partners to engage in profound discussions regarding emerging trends and new industrial models driven by digital intelligence.

Mr. Fu Liquan, Chairman and President of Dahua Technology, reviewed Dahua's 30-year milestones of steady development and continuous innovation at the event. He stated that as the application of foundation models, multimodal technology and other technologies continues to accelerate the integration of digital technology and the real economy, it further expands the potential of the industry. Founded on the company's "Five Full" capabilities including Full Sensing, Full Intelligence, Full connection, Full Computing, and Full Ecosystem, Dahua is well-positioned to embrace the opportunities brought about by emerging technology trends. The company also actively engages in ESG, and collaborates with partners across various domains, contributing to a safe, low-carbon, beautiful and harmonious world.

In his keynote speech, Mr. Jason Zhao, Executive President of Dahua Technology, provided insights into the evolution and upgrading of Dahua's corporate strategy. He emphasized that, under the Dahua Think# strategy, the company has been focusing on facilitating the digital-intelligent transformation of cities and enterprises in the past two years. As AIoT evolves, the global AIoT market space is further expanding, accelerating data productivity and intelligence integration. Facing the vast digital intelligence world, Mr. Zhao highlighted that Dahua is set to join hands with ecosystem partners and embark on the Think# 2.0 era from "Intelligence" to "Integrated Intelligence", comprehensively integrating multimodal technology, industry foundation models, image and data intelligence, and integrated connection technologies to stimulate new industrial momentum.

The IoT Digital Intelligence Platform 2.0, which is based on the Dahua Think# strategy iteration, integrates new technologies such as IoT sensing, computing and networking, visual foundation models, and data intelligence to comprehensively enhance Dahua's software engineering capabilities. It leverages the multiplier effect of data to strengthen urban management and assist the digitalization of enterprises.

At the summit, Dahua's "Xinghan" Foundation Model was launched. With video as the core, this multimodal fusion industry foundation model catapults the accuracy and generalization of AI algorithms, with breakthroughs in visual cognition capabilities, independent analysis of various scenarios, and efficient fulfillment of massive fragmented needs, especially urban governance and power industry applications.

In the Dahua Think# 2.0 strategic framework, the importance of video-centric data communication and connection in the convergence of "cloud, network, edge, and terminal" is emphasized. To address this, Dahua established the Future Communication Research Institute, which is dedicated to conducting foundational research in the intelligent connection of video data, thus enhancing the company's "Full Connection" capability. Dahua has established a brand new "3+N" connection capability foundation to provide effective support for the streamlined management of digital systems and the autonomous operation of intelligent systems, promoting comprehensive smart upgrading in the new era.

The year 2023 marks Dahua's dedication to open and inclusive ecosystem partnerships. In the field of education digitalization, Mr. Namik Kemal Yildiz, Turkish Ministry of Education Manager of People's Education, Ministry of Education of Türkiye, presented the FATİH Project in collaboration with Dahua to build smart examination rooms and smart classrooms. It is an important part of Turkey's 2030 Vision that aims to realize the digital transformation of K12 education.

In the future, Dahua will continue to focus on visual intelligence and facilitate the data industry through comprehensive AIoT capabilities, collaborating with ecosystem partners to explore new chapters in global development.

Sprinklr, the unified customer experience management (Unified-CXM) platform for modern enterprises, today announced that Vueling – a Spanish airline and part of the IAG Group that serves more than 100 destinations in Europe, North-Africa and Middle East – has selected the AI-powered Sprinklr platform to optimize its customers’ social media experience across every digital channel.

“As a core component of our ongoing transformation efforts aimed at enhancing the customer journey, we have integrated Sprinklr into our social media operations. This integration has empowered us to optimize our processes, resulting in the more effective allocation of resources, spending more time on quality rather quantity,” said Rodolfo Moreira, director of customer experience at Vueling. “Moreover, Sprinklr equips us with a comprehensive suite of capabilities, enabling us to stay at the forefront of industry trends, including the utilization of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence. This strategic approach not only enhances our operational efficiency, but also ensures that we remain agile in adapting to the evolving landscape of social media and customer engagement.”

“Seamless communication and engagement are incredibly important with air travel. Vueling’s vision is to redefine airline customer experience, something that everyone who travels wants,” said Ragy Thomas, Founder & CEO, Sprinklr. "Sprinklr’s advanced AI capabilities for customer service, marketing, social media engagement, and research will help Vueling streamline internal operations while increasing speed to resolution for every customer on every major digital channel.”

Vueling is a low-cost airline in Europe serving more than 34 million passengers each year. The company is involved in a company-wide transformation program, Vueling Transform, to achieve greater competitiveness and efficiency. As part of Vueling’s digital transformation strategy, the company aims to direct customers towards digital channels while providing a more personalized and customer-focused experience.

Sprinklr will support Vueling’s digital transformation goals, unifying its social media customer service and marketing departments under one collaborative environment. With Sprinklr, Vueling can collaborate internally to make smarter decisions faster and scale its social media customer service across all major channels to quickly respond to customers.

AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be a new, independent cloud for Europe that gives customers in highly regulated industries and the public sector further choice and flexibility to address evolving data residency and resilience requirements in the European Union (EU)

AWS European Sovereign Cloud will allow customers to keep all metadata they create in the EU

Only EU-resident AWS employees who are located in the EU will have control of the operations and support for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Customers, AWS Partners, and regulators welcoming the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud include the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI), German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Finland Ministry of Finance, National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) in the Czech Republic, National Cyber Security Directorate of Romania, SAP, Dedalus, Deutsche Telekom, O₂ Telefónica in Germany, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Raisin, Scalable Capital, de Volksbank, Telia Company, Accenture, AlmavivA, Deloitte, Eviden, Materna, and msg group

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, today announced it will launch the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new, independent cloud for Europe designed to help public sector customers and those in highly regulated industries meet the most stringent regulatory data residency and operational requirements. Located and operated within Europe, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be physically and logically separate from existing AWS Regions, with the same security, availability, and performance of existing AWS Regions, giving customers additional choice to meet their data residency, operational autonomy, and resiliency needs. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will launch with its first AWS Region in Germany and will be available to all European customers.

As with existing AWS Regions, customers will have the control and assurance that AWS will not access or use customer data for any purpose without their agreement, as well as access to the strongest sovereignty controls among leading cloud providers. Only EU-resident AWS employees who are located in the EU will have control of the operations and support for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. For customers with enhanced data residency needs, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will allow customers to keep all metadata they create (such as the roles, permissions, resource labels, and configurations they use to run AWS) in the EU, and will feature its own billing and usage metering systems.

“The AWS European Sovereign Cloud reinforces our commitment to offering AWS customers the most advanced set of sovereignty controls, privacy safeguards, and security features available in the cloud,” said Max Peterson, vice president of Sovereign Cloud at AWS. “For more than a decade, we’ve worked with governments and regulatory bodies across Europe to understand and meet evolving needs in cybersecurity, data privacy and localization, and more recently, digital sovereignty. With this new offering, customers and Partners across Europe will have more choice to achieve the operational independence they require, without compromising on the broadest and deepest cloud services that millions of customers already know and use today.”

“The development of a European AWS cloud will make it much easier for many public sector organizations and companies with high data security and data protection requirements to use AWS services,” said Claudia Plattner, president, German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). “We are aware of the innovative power of modern cloud services, and we want to help make them securely available for Germany and Europe. The C5 (Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue), which was developed by the BSI, has significantly shaped cybersecurity cloud standards, and AWS was, in fact, the first cloud service provider to receive the BSI’s C5 testate. In this respect, we are very pleased to constructively accompany the local development of an AWS cloud, which will also contribute to European sovereignty, in terms of security.”

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be sovereign-by-design and will be built on more than a decade of AWS’s experience operating multiple independent clouds for the most critical and restricted workloads. Customers who need more options to address stringent isolation and in-country data residency needs will be able to leverage existing offerings like AWS Outposts or AWS Dedicated Local Zones to deploy AWS European Sovereign Cloud infrastructure in locations they select. AWS Outposts are fully managed solutions that deliver AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a consistent hybrid experience. They are designed for workloads that need to remain on-premises due to latency, data processing, and data residency requirements, where customers want those workloads to run seamlessly with their other workloads in AWS. AWS Dedicated Local Zones are a type of infrastructure built for exclusive use by a customer or community and placed in a customer-specified location. They are designed to reduce the operational overhead of managing on-premises infrastructure at scale, and can be configured to meet a customer’s specific regulatory requirements.

AWS European Sovereign Cloud customers will benefit from the same low latency and high availability they expect from existing AWS Regions, and from access to the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud to drive innovation. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will offer multiple Availability Zones, infrastructure that is placed in separate and distinct geographic locations, with enough distance to significantly reduce the risk of a single event impacting customers’ business continuity, yet near enough to provide low latency for high availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones. Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected through redundant, ultra-low latency networks.

AWS offers the largest and most comprehensive cloud infrastructure globally, with 102 Availability Zones across 32 geographic regions, and has plans to launch 15 more Availability Zones and five more AWS Regions in Canada, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand. AWS infrastructure in Europe currently includes eight AWS Regions in Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Spain, and Zurich and more than 120 Content Distribution Network (CDN) points of presence in more than 25 cities across 19 European Member States. Some of the largest AWS development teams are located in Europe, with key centers in Dublin, Dresden, and Berlin. Today, Amazon is creating thousands of high-quality jobs and investing billions of euros in European economies. Across the EU, Amazon has created more than 100,000 permanent jobs, and many major components of AWS, including the AWS Nitro System and Amazon CloudWatch, are built in the EU. AWS European Sovereign Cloud will drive economic development through investing in infrastructure, jobs, and skills in communities and countries across Europe. As part of a continued commitment to contribute to the development of digital skills, AWS will hire and develop additional local personnel to operate and support the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

Customers, AWS Partners, and regulators welcome AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Organizations across the European Union are among the millions of active customers using AWS in more than 190 countries around the world. AWS provides the most comprehensive compliance controls, supporting 143 security standards and compliance certifications, to help customers satisfy regulatory requirements around the globe. To meet additional data residency, operational autonomy, and resiliency needs in Europe, AWS is collaborating closely with European regulators and national cybersecurity agencies to build the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Many regulators, customers, and AWS Partners across Europe welcome the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

“We welcome the commitment of AWS to expand its infrastructure with an independent European cloud. This will give businesses and public sector organizations more choice in meeting digital sovereignty requirements,” said Dr. Markus Richter, chief information officer of the German federal government. “Cloud services are essential for the digitization of the public administration. With the ‘German Administration Cloud Strategy’ and the ‘EVB-IT Cloud’ contract standard, the foundations for cloud use in the public administration have been established. I am very pleased to work together with AWS to practically and collaboratively implement sovereignty in line with our cloud strategy.”

“The German and European economies are on course for digitization. The strong German ‘Mittelstand’ which are small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular need a sovereign digital infrastructure that meets the highest requirements in order to continue to be competitive in the global market,” said Stefan Schnorr, state secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. “For our digital independence, it is important that computing power is generated locally in Germany and that further investments are made in the digitalization of the local economy. We therefore welcome the announcement by AWS to locate the European cloud in Germany.”

“AWS’s announcement of an independent European cloud will provide organizations facing the most stringent regulations with more choice in their digital sovereignty strategy,” said Jarkko Levasma, Finland Government chief information officer at the Ministry of Finance. “In order to successfully provide human-centric and secure services to citizens and businesses, public sector agencies need to have cloud solutions that are compatible with data protection and other legislation.”

“Data sovereignty and residency are now at the forefront of European and national security debates. Therefore, AWS’s announcement of an independent European cloud is indeed the right decision at the right time that will ultimately also bolster transatlantic collaboration,” said Tomas Krejci, deputy director of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) in the Czech Republic. “We acknowledge that it will provide more heavily regulated organizations, such as those in the public sector with an eye on evolving regulation, more choice in their digital sovereignty strategy. A totally independent cloud, which delivers appropriate levels of cyber security together with the assurance of meeting stringent data protection requirements, will always benefit both public sector agencies and citizens at large.”

“We welcome the announcement by AWS to further enhance its current European infrastructure footprint with a new independent cloud. This will help public and private organizations navigating stringent regulatory requirements to accelerate their transition to the cloud while improving innovation and data security for the benefit of European citizens,” said Dan Cimpean, director of the National Cyber Security Directorate of Romania. “As Romania is championing the development of cybersecurity skills and competencies and hosting the European Cybersecurity Competence Center, we welcome this move by AWS also as a long-term investment in cloud and security skills in Europe.”

SAP SE is a market leader in enterprise application software. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives. SAP and AWS continue to collaborate to accelerate digital transformation and support their customers around the world. “As the market leader in enterprise application software with strong roots in Europe, SAP has long collaborated with AWS on behalf of customers to accelerate digital transformation around the world,” said Peter Pluim, president, SAP Enterprise Cloud Services and SAP Sovereign Cloud Services. “The AWS European Sovereign Cloud provides further opportunities to strengthen our relationship in Europe by enabling us to expand the choices we offer to customers as they move to the cloud. We appreciate the ongoing collaboration with AWS, and the new possibilities this investment can bring for our mutual customers across the region.”

Dedalus is one of the largest health software companies in the world, delivering healthcare software across the entire continuum of patient care. It serves 6,700 healthcare organizations, 5,700 diagnostic and lab centers, and hundreds of regions worldwide, helping caregivers look after over 540 million patients. Since 2021, Dedalus has been using AWS to provide healthcare software solutions, including native and platform services for Dedalus’ care records, as well as cloud-related deployment capabilities. “Today, we stand at the cusp of a transformative era. The introduction of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud does not merely represent an infrastructural enhancement, it is a paradigm shift,” said Andrea Fiumicelli, chairman at Dedalus. “This sophisticated framework will empower Dedalus to offer unparalleled services for storing patient data securely and efficiently in the AWS cloud. We remain committed, without compromise, to serving our European clientele with best-in-class solutions underpinned by trust and technological excellence.”

With locations in more than 20 countries and over 27,000 employees, T-Systems is one of the leading providers of digital services in Europe. The Deutsche Telekom subsidiary is headquartered in Germany and has a presence in Europe, as well as in select core markets and strategic production locations. T-Systems provides a global production and supply chain to companies operating worldwide. T-Systems and AWS entered a strategic collaboration in 2021 to support customers in their digital journey. “Deutsche Telekom welcomes the announcement of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, which highlights AWS’s dedication to continuous innovation for European businesses,” said Greg Hyttenrauch, senior vice president, Global Cloud Services at T-Systems. “The AWS solution will provide greater choice for organizations when moving regulated workloads to the cloud and additional options to meet evolving digital governance requirements in the EU.”

O₂ Telefónica is one of the leading integrated telecommunications providers in Germany, with a customer base of over 44 million mobile and 2.3 million broadband subscriptions. Since 2020, O₂ Telefónica has worked with AWS to speed up the progression of its network, amplify automation, and drive innovation at an accelerated rate. As part of its digital transformation process, the telecommunications provider has migrated a majority of its IT applications to AWS. “The new AWS European Sovereign Cloud can be a game-changer for highly regulated business segments in the European Union,” said Mallik Rao, chief technology and information officer at O₂ Telefónica in Germany. “As a leading telecommunications provider in Germany, our digital transformation focuses on innovation, scalability, agility, and resilience to provide our customers with the best services and quality. This will now be paired with the highest levels of data protection and regulatory compliance that AWS delivers, and with a particular focus on digital sovereignty requirements. I am convinced that this new infrastructure offering has the potential to boost cloud adoption of European companies and accelerate the digital transformation of regulated industries across the EU.”

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG is a leading manufacturer of industrial offset printing machines. The German precision engineering company also offers a wide range of solutions for the print media industry and an ecosystem of digital solutions built on AWS. “We welcome AWS European Sovereign Cloud as a new offering within AWS to address the most complex regulatory data residency and operational requirements needs across Europe,” said Bernhard Wagensommer, vice president of Prinect, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.

Founded in 2012, Raisin is a fast-growing financial technology company that cooperates with more than 400 banks from over 30 countries, connecting partners with savers through its platform. Raisin has collaborated with AWS on mission-critical workloads, including the company’s business applications, web/customer facing application, disaster recovery, and many more. “AWS European Sovereign Cloud will set new industry benchmarks and ensure financial services institutions have even more options within AWS to meet the growing digital sovereignty requirements on data residency and operational autonomy in the EU,” said Gerhard Koestler, chief information officer at Raisin.

With over 600,000 clients and managed assets of more than 15 billion euros, Scalable Capital is one of the leading digital asset managers in Europe. With Scalable Broker, clients can trade in stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds, and derivatives themselves, starting from 1 EUR. The fintech operates the majority of their workloads on AWS. “With a keen focus on data protection, security, and regulatory compliance, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud underscores AWS’s dedication to fostering the highest standards of digital sovereignty for financial services institutions,” said Andreas Schranzhofer, chief technology officer at Scalable Capital. “This additional robust framework empowers businesses like ours to thrive in a secure environment, where data is protected and being compliant with highest standards becomes more achievable than ever.”

De Volksbank is the organization behind SNS, ASN Bank, RegioBank and BLG Wonen and the driving force in the background that develops banking products, processes and systems based on human needs. As a bank with over 3 million customers, de Volksbank wants to stand out by making a social impact on lives across the Netherlands. “At de Volksbank, we believe in investing in a better Netherlands. To do this effectively, we need to have access to the latest technologies in order for us to continually be innovating and improving services for our customers,” said Sebastiaan Kalshoven, director IT/CTO, de Volksbank. “For this reason, we welcome the announcement of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, which will allow European customers to easily demonstrate compliance with evolving regulations while still benefitting from the scale, security, and full suite of AWS services.”

Telia Company is a Nordic and Baltic telecommunications leader and Nordic media house, serving consumers, businesses, and public sector customers with essential digital infrastructure and services, ICT services and entertainment. Telia uses AWS DeepRacer as part of its program to educate 2,000 staff on artificial intelligence and machine learning with AWS. “Telia Company welcomes the development of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud as a complement to Telia’s trusted cloud offerings,” said Rainer Deutschmann, group chief operating officer at Telia Company. “This step highlights the AWS commitment to the democratization of cloud technology for companies and organizations across Europe. Telia is delighted to see AWS’s dedication to providing highly regulated business segments with more flexibility and choice in an environment of changing digital sovereignty requirements.”

Accenture, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, is a leading global professional services company with resources focused on accelerating end-to-end adoption of AWS and maximizing enterprise-wide transformation, securely, at speed and scale. Accenture’s AWS worldwide team of more than 20,000 certified professionals hold over 24,000 AWS certifications and more than 30 AWS competencies. “According to recent Accenture research, 50% of CXOs see digital sovereignty as a top issue when selecting cloud vendors. Today’s announcement can help to accelerate economic growth and innovation in Europe, providing those in highly regulated industries with the data and operational independence commitment they need to move their most sensitive workloads to the cloud,” said Valerio Romano, cloud first lead EMEA, Accenture. “Building on our digital sovereignty collaboration with AWS, Accenture will work with our regulated industry and public sector clients to help them access the cost efficiencies, security, and resilience of the cloud.”

AlmavivA is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner offering proven experience, unique skills, ongoing research and in-depth knowledge of a range of public and private market sectors, making it the leading Italian group in Information and Communications Technology. “AlmavivA is Italy’s leading Information and Communications group with offices and customers across the globe. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, we welcome the announcement of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a complement to AWS’s existing offerings that will give European businesses and administrations more choice and flexibility in their workloads. This step reaffirms AWS’s commitment to opening new opportunities for EU businesses and aligns with AlmavivA’s aim to support Italian and European organizations to leverage the vast benefits of digital transformation.”

“Digitalization of the public sector is one of the biggest challenges for governments in Europe, and together with AWS, Deloitte has already successfully implemented digitalization projects in the public sector in numerous countries,” said Patrick Callewaert, partner and EMEA AWS Alliance lead, Deloitte North South Europe. “Deloitte is now able to offer our clients in Europe additional opportunities through the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud to accelerate their digital transformation for the public sector and regulated industries. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, Deloitte highly welcomes this move as it will support the cloud journey of our clients across Europe.”

Eviden, an Atos business, is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner in data-driven, trusted, and sustainable digital transformation. “Eviden welcomes the launch of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. This will help regulated industries and the public sector address the requirements of their sensitive workloads with a fully featured AWS cloud wholly operated in Europe,” said Yannick Tricaud, head of Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Eviden, Atos Group. “As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and leader in cybersecurity services in Europe, Eviden has an extensive track record in helping AWS customers formalize and mitigate their sovereignty risks. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud will allow Eviden to address a wider range of customers’ sovereignty needs.”

The Materna Group is an international IT service provider from Germany, that successfully uses AWS to implement digital transformation solutions. Materna is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with a focus on AWS competencies for IoT, mobile devices, migration, DevOps, and big data, and offers agile application development in these fields. “AWS European Sovereign Cloud is an important, additional offering from AWS that provides highly regulated industries, public sector organizations, and government authorities in Germany with further options to be able to implement the most stringent regulatory requirements for data protection in the cloud,” said Martin Wibbe, CEO at Materna. “As an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, AWS Solution Provider, and AWS Public Sector Partner, we advise and support critical infrastructures in their successful implementation. The new offering from AWS is an important impulse for innovation and digitization in Germany.”

msg group is a German IT and consulting company. As an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, msg advises customers to design, plan, develop, migrate, and manage workloads and applications on AWS. “Being one of the largest German IT companies and a strategic AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, msg expressly welcomes the announcement of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud,” said Dr. Jürgen Zehetmaier, CEO at msg. “Because we serve as both a SaaS provider and consulting advisor for customers with specific data protection requirements, the creation of an independent European cloud will enable us to help our customers more easily demonstrate compliance with evolving regulations. This exciting news aligns with our cloud strategy, and we consider this development as an opportunity to strengthen our collaboration with AWS and accelerate the evolution of the cloud in Germany.”

Commitment to sustainability

Amazon is committed to becoming a more sustainable business and reaching net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement, as part of The Climate Pledge. Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge and became its first signatory in 2019. As part of its Climate Pledge commitment, Amazon is on a path to power its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of the original 2030 target. See Amazon's public methodology for more on its approach. In 2022, Amazon set a new corporate record for the most renewable energy announced by a single company in one year and remains the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy—a position it’s held since 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Amazon now has 401 renewable energy projects in 22 countries. Additionally, AWS will be water positive by 2030, returning more water to communities than it uses in its direct operations.