{"id":21549,"date":"2019-11-01T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=21549"},"modified":"2019-11-01T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:45:11","slug":"european-governments-back-cloud-project-to-rival-us-tech-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/european-governments-back-cloud-project-to-rival-us-tech-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"European governments back cloud project to rival US tech giants"},"content":{"rendered":"
Governments in Europe are backing cloud infrastructure projects that will help local companies compete with the major US tech giants<\/a> that dominate the field.<\/p>\n Gaia-X is being introduced in Germany and France, the continents economic powerhouses.\u00a0But Microsoft and Amazon, have already criticised the project, claiming it will restrict national data services.<\/p>\n Along with this, other European countries have also brought forward concerns that tech providers will have to comply with the U.S cloud act. This is the 2018 American law that companies have to provide customer data when requested, even when the servers that contain the data are in a different country.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no answer to the question of how secure our data really is,\u201d Frank Melzer, chief technology officer of German robotics firm, Festo AG, said this week at a German digital conference where Gaia-X was announced.<\/p>\n Therefore, those using Gaia-X will have to provide details on how it is processed and where it is stored as well as being able to prove to customers that their information is secure.<\/p>\n News site, The Wall Street Journal, has previously said that one reason for the recent project is because many firms that use cloud services such as Azure<\/a> or AWS,<\/a> claim them to be much more expensive than local European cloud firms.<\/p>\nNot just doubt from US<\/h4>\n
The need for competition in Europe<\/h4>\n