"Aircraft manufacturer Airbus will begin a tender process in January for the migration of critical applications to a digitally sovereign European cloud. The contract could run for up to ten years and is worth more than €50 million. However, Airbus executive Catherine Jestin estimates the chance of finding a suitable solution at only 80 percent. The Register was the first to report on the possible migration."
"Although Microsoft, AWS, and Google have created solutions to address these concerns, questions remain about the US CLOUD Act. This law allows US authorities to request data held by US companies, including in data centers outside the US. In July, Microsoft acknowledged in a French court that it cannot guarantee data sovereignty under this legislation. Jestin is waiting for clarification from European regulators as to whether Airbus is truly "immune to extraterritorial laws" and whether services could be interrupted."
Airbus will start a tender in January to migrate critical on-premises applications to a digitally sovereign European cloud, with a contract worth more than €50 million and running up to ten years. The migration targets ERP, manufacturing execution systems, CRM, and product lifecycle management because vendors such as SAP now develop innovations exclusively in the cloud and S/4HANA requires a cloud environment. Airbus requires that extremely sensitive data remain under European control for national and European security reasons. Concerns persist about the US CLOUD Act and extraterritorial access by US authorities. Microsoft acknowledged in a French court that it cannot guarantee data sovereignty under that law. Airbus awaits clarification from European regulators on immunity and service interruption and plans a decision before the summer; the company rates the chance of finding a suitable solution at 80 percent.
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