How Hybrid Cloud Simplifies Data Sovereignty Challenges
According to IDG in their 2018 Cloud Computing Survey, 73% of organizations have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure in the cloud. But in some cases, certain data and applications cannot run in the public cloud due to data sovereignty and compliance policies.
Data sovereignty, an idea that certain data is subject to a country’s laws and where it is stored within certain borders, is becoming more of a challenge for businesses as they move to the cloud. According to Deloitte Tech Trends in 2018, in the next 12-24 months, companies will begin to modernize the way they approach data management, with data sovereignty being a major growing trend. Certain geographies, such as Europe with GDRP regulations, have very strict data sovereignty regulations in place — including where the data is located and what rules it is subject to. These regulations can present a major problem for organizations due to the fact most companies are executing a cloud-first approach.
Fortunately, a hybrid cloud approach can solve many of the challenges posed by data sovereignty. Businesses can maintain status quo with their own customers while following regulation laws within their country. By choosing a hybrid cloud solution, organizations can tackle the problem of data sovereignty with their own private, on-premises environment without losing the benefits and speed of the cloud. Companies can choose which applications and data they want to deploy to the off-premises cloud and what data they need to keep on-premises.
More and more organizations are adopting a hybrid cloud that is compatible with their public cloud provider, providing the best of both worlds: the security of a private, on-premises cloud combined with the benefits of a public cloud. This takes care of the data sovereignty dilemma. By taking this a step further, a customer can deploy a hybrid cloud that is API compatible with their public cloud of choice, which makes things even easier. With Microsoft Azure Stack, customers can take advantage of writing applications once and then deploying to either their on-premises environment or the Azure public cloud.
ViBiCloud, a major cloud service provider in Indonesia, was looking for a way to meet customer demand for high-performance computing while maintaining compliance with data sovereignty laws. Indonesia’s government regulations require financial and other sensitive data to be located in-country, challenging ViBiCloud’s customers, as they need to run services outside the country’s borders.
