French defence firm Thales mentioned that it has created a brand new agency, dubbed S3NS, in partnership with Google to supply state-vetted cloud computing companies for the storage of a number of the nation’s most delicate information.
The brand new firm is the results of an alliance sealed final 12 months between Thales, Europe‘s largest defence electronics provider, and Alphabet unit Google, following a authorities plan underneath which France acknowledged US technological superiority.
Google and Microsoft, together with market chief Amazon.com’s Amazon Internet Providers, dominate cloud computing worldwide, which has led to issues in Europe over the danger of surveillance by america.
The French authorities has mentioned that cloud computing companies developed by Google and Microsoft might be used to retailer France’s most delicate state and company information, supplied the information centres have been situated within the nation and the companies have been licensed to French corporations.
S3NS is majority-owned by Thales, which has full management over the commercialisation of the companies developed by Google, it mentioned. Google’s stake wasn’t disclosed.
A few of France’s greatest banks and healthcare organisations are amongst 40 potential prospects of the brand new firm, mentioned Thales’ head of safe communications and data techniques, Marc Darmon.
S3NS’ cloud companies will probably be obtainable from the second half of 2024, after it receives the blessing of France’s cybersecurity company ANSSI through a so-called “trusted cloud” label.
The corporate will function three France-based information centres from which Google’s vetted and secured cloud companies will probably be run, Thales mentioned.
S3NS will compete towards Bleu, a joint firm to be arrange by the tip of the 12 months by IT consulting agency Capgemini and telecoms group Orange which goals to make use of Microsoft’s cloud know-how.
A number of French cloud service corporations have already acquired the ANSSI label, dubbed SecNumCloud, resembling OVHcloud, Dassault Systemes’ Outscale and Oodrive.
A number of corporations have criticised the cloud computing choices developed by Thales and Orange in collaboration with greater US rivals, casting doubt over their capability to supply totally secured companies to strategic corporations.
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