In today’s digital-first world, businesses face a growing challenge: How can they adopt the innovation and flexibility of the cloud without compromising control over their data?
At AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the AWS digital sovereignty competency, recognizing trusted AWS Partners who help organizations navigate the complexity of data sovereignty. T-Systems is proud to be recognized as a launch partner, reinforcing our position as a leader in delivering secure, compliant cloud solutions tailored to sovereignty needs.
The growing need for digital sovereignty
As organizations accelerate their transformation by embracing new technologies, the challenges of maintaining data ownership, security, and regulatory compliance have never been more critical.
Industries such as healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and the public sector face increasingly complex demands. Evolving regulations request global businesses to comply with a patchwork of data protection laws, such as GDPR in Europe, and local sovereignty requirements across regions. What’s more, organizations need assurance that their data and critical workloads remain under their control.
Without the right expertise or solutions, businesses struggle to meet these demands—limiting their ability to innovate and fully leverage the power of the cloud.
Data protection as a service
At the heart of T-Systems' sovereignty offering lies the Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS) solution. This comprehensive package ensures that customers can meet stringent data protection requirements while leveraging the power of AWS cloud services.
Additionally, T-Systems implements External Key Management (EKM), where encryption keys are managed in T-Systems' own European data centers—separating key management from cloud operations. This approach ensures compliance with EU data protection laws while adding an extra layer of control and security.
“Our customers have a great need for ICT solutions—from cloud to security to artificial intelligence—that offer them digital sovereignty. We are seeing growing demand, particularly in the healthcare and public sectors—two industries in which we are market leaders. With the new AWS competence, we are expanding our range of sovereign data solutions from the cloud and further differentiating ourselves in the market for ICT solutions.” Ferri Abolhassan, Chief Executive Officer at T-Systems International GmbH
Your data, your rules
Digital sovereignty goes beyond compliance; it’s about enabling organizations to innovate and collaborate with confidence. T-Systems empowers businesses to unlock the full value of their data through dataspaces—secure, trusted environments that allow organizations to share and monetize data while maintaining control.
Our dataspace solutions, also available on AWS Sovereign Cloud, offer organizations a comprehensive set of capabilities:
- Data control: Businesses retain full control over who accesses their data and how it’s used.
- Trusted collaboration: Secure peer-to-peer collaboration across ecosystems, fostering innovation and data-driven growth.
- Compliance by design: Data remains secure, resilient, and adheres to global and local regulatory frameworks, including GDPR and other industry-specific requirements.
- Plug-and-play: Our user-friendly products offer seamless onboarding, enabling businesses to share data with trusted partners immediately, without complex setups.
- Certified and compliant: Our solutions are certified and compliant with IDSA, Gaia-X and Catena-X, ensuring businesses meet the highest standards of security.
In today’s digital landscape, sovereignty is more than a requirement—it’s a competitive advantage. T-Systems, with the power of AWS, offers businesses the tools, infrastructure, and trust to innovate securely and compliantly, fostering growth and enabling a new era of data collaboration.
Take the next step
Discover how T-Systems, in partnership with AWS, can help your organization achieve digital sovereignty while unlocking the full potential of your data and enabling secure, trusted collaboration.
T-Systems’ dataspace offerings are compatible with six leading cloud providers—AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OTC, T-Systems Sovereign Cloud, and AWS Sovereign (coming soon)—delivering unmatched flexibility and a significant competitive advantage for businesses seeking secure, compliant, and scalable solutions.
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