Digital Sovereignty with Andreas Prins
In this compelling keynote, Andreas Prins, Global Head of Sovereign Solutions at SUSE, explores why digital sovereignty has evolved from a niche concern into the "new normal" for global enterprises. Supported by recent research involving over 300 executives across 13 verticals, the session delves into the critical intersection of AI, resilience, and operational autonomy.
**Key Themes & Highlights:**
• **The Sovereign AI Paradigm:** With 64% of executives identifying sovereign AI as a top priority, the keynote explains how data control is now inseparable from AI strategy.
• **The Shift Toward Resilience:** Prins reveals that over 90% of organizations now have a digital sovereignty strategy in place or under development, driven largely by concerns over vendor lock-in and a rise in data breaches by foreign entities.
• **Open Source as the Foundation:** Discover why 94% of leaders view open source as mission-critical . The session highlights how open-source stacks provide the flexibility and workload portability necessary to maintain control in a shifting geopolitical landscape.
• **The Three Pillars of Sovereign Workloads:** Engineering leader Rosella joins the stage to unpack the technical requirements for truly sovereign platforms:
**Traceability:** Ensuring code and dependencies are inspectable and builds are reproducible .
**Controllability:** Maintaining clear audit trails and "kill switch" capabilities regardless of where a workload resides .
**Portability:** Breaking vendor lock-in to reclaim autonomy and enable deployment across any infrastructure
• **SUSE’s Sovereign Solutions:** The session outlines SUSE’s latest ecosystem advancements, including Sovereign Premium Support based in Europe, the Sovereignty Specialization for partners, and strategies for workload repatriation and supply chain hardening.
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