AWS and SAP cooperate on sovereign cloud
SAP expands the deployment options for its Sovereign Cloud offering in Germany – with the sovereign cloud from AWS.
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Security-hardened cloud applications from SAP will also be available in the future via the AWS European Sovereign Cloud from Amazon subsidiary AWS. According to the Walldorf-based software company, the Business Technology Platform (BTP) and Cloud ERP Suite will be the first products to be available in the new independent cloud for Europe.
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The launch of the first region of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is planned in Brandenburg by the end of 2025. According to Amazon subsidiary AWS, it will be operated independently of the existing AWS regions and will not have any critical dependencies on infrastructure outside the EU.
With this step, SAP is expanding the deployment options for its Sovereign Cloud portfolio. At the beginning of September, SAP announced plans to invest over 20 billion euros in the development and expansion of this offering by 2035. In addition to operation on the Group's own IaaS platform and on-site infrastructures in a data center determined by application companies, the hyperscaler variant is now also being offered in Germany via the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. This follows countries such as Australia, Canada, and the UK.
In contrast to SAP's "Full Stack" offering, however, the Walldorf-based company is only responsible for operating the application and platform level, i.e., BTP and Cloud ERP, including all functions, security, and compliance mechanisms. The group also does not act as a reseller of AWS services.
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When it comes to infrastructure, users must rely on the promise of sovereignty made by the operator AWS. The cooperation now announced in Germany also excludes the public sector. After all, SAP has a special cloud offering via its subsidiary Delos, whose infrastructure is based on the Azure stack and is aimed at public authorities. In addition to Microsoft products, the German administration will soon also be able to obtain AI from OpenAI.
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