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Data Sovereignty and Asymmetric Cloud Computing Services
Global regulations and te rise of nationalism is changing the landscape of cloud computing. China and, to a lesser extent, the US are pressuring their big tech companies to comply with economic and political guidance. Europe is similarly pushing for data sovereignty and privacy requirements, that if not met, will make it difficult for cloud vendors to compete in.
Christopher Tozzi, researcher and author, wrote for ITPro Today, that “although data sovereignty issues have not traditionally been a major focus when businesses plan cloud strategies, they are likely to become more and more significant as the regulatory landscape grows more complex. And although the public clouds provide organizations with a lot of choice regarding the regions that host their data, it may not be enough to stop companies from turning to hybrid or edge architectures that provide even more control.”
James Hirst, COO at Tyk, commented on TechRadar that “the real spanner in the works is that these national and international data laws aren’t always compatible with one another. In some cases they’re even contradictory. As a result, it’s very easy to get tangled in a web of data protection infringements. In some countries, like the US, this could well end in a million-dollar lawsuit.”
Politics is driving the vast majority of the call for change, and as a result, politics is driving the cloud architecture that tech vendors are pursuing. To meet the requirements of regulations and government oversight, cloud architectures need to be decentralized and distributed.
The Carengie Endowment for International Peace found that “data sovereignty and localization policies are regularly presented as addressing security and privacy concerns, but often are in reality intended to promote economic and social interests, and especially to boost the growth of sophisticated data-driven domestic industry and services.”
Because of the wide range of requirements across different regions, the largest tech vendors will likely offer different products which vary by region, resulting in asymmetric cloud offerings. And likely, smaller vendors will appear that focus on the support of niche regional requirements.
