Oracle has announced that multiple organizations in Europe, including the NU-MED Group from Poland, the IT Center of Estonia, and the Belgian company Consono, have decided to migrate their critical data systems to Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud. This sovereign cloud service allows businesses and public entities to store and process sensitive data within the European Union, complying with privacy and data residency requirements.
The NU-MED Group, a leading provider of radiotherapy and oncology services in Poland, has begun migrating its central hospital information system (HIS) to Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud. This initiative is part of a long-term digitization program aimed at modernizing and automating key areas such as patient management, medical records, billing, and human resources. According to Piotr Rajski, Chief Technology Officer of NU-MED Group, the goal is to “consolidate and modernize operations, improving patient experience while ensuring the security of health data and infrastructure.”
On the other hand, the IT Center of Estonia (RIT), responsible for shared ICT services for the Estonian government, is utilizing Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer to manage critical government operations from its own data centers in Estonia. With the support of the Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud team, RIT benefits from cloud advantages without compromising on the strict security regulations and data residency requirements of the country. According to Ergo Tars, the director of the center, “having a cloud solution that we can maintain behind our firewalls is something we cannot achieve with conventional public cloud services.”
Consono and Sovereign Cloud: A Model of Technological Adaptation
The Belgian company Consono has migrated its data analytics platform Dynizer to Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud to support the services of Cevi, an IT company servicing the public sector in Belgium. This change allows Cevi to manage document analysis on its New Social platform entirely hosted in the cloud, ensuring compliance with Belgian and EU data protection and residency regulations. According to Patrick Meersseman and Serge Vermeersch, digital protection managers at Cevi, this migration has provided them with “greater visibility and control over critical data assets, as well as the efficiency and scalability advantages inherent in cloud technology.”
Oracle’s Sovereign Cloud Expanding Across Europe
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud is currently utilized in 15 European countries and is available to clients from all EU member states, as well as globally. Oracle’s sovereign cloud enables organizations to leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services at the same pricing, support levels, and service level agreements (SLAThe Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a formal agreement…) in performance and availability as their public cloud. This infrastructure is operated and managed exclusively by staff residing in the EU and under European legal entities, ensuring organizations can maintain control over their sensitive data and comply with European privacy and security regulations.
Agnieszka Bruyere, Vice President of Oracle Cloud EMEA, emphasized the importance of this solution for European customers: “Our clients in diverse sectors such as government, financial services, technology, and telecommunications no longer need to sacrifice the benefits of the cloud to meet data sovereignty requirements. Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud enables them to adopt cloud technology while retaining control of their critical data and complying with EU regulations.”
With this expansion of its sovereign cloud, Oracle strengthens its position as a strategic partner in the digital transformation of the European continent, providing public and private organizations with a robust and secure infrastructure that meets the stringent data protection standards of the European Union.
source: Oracle