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With data sovereignty regulations tightening across Europe and globally, organisations are being forced to re-evaluate how they store, process, and move data. Sovereign cloud frameworks are designed to ensure that data remains within national jurisdictions—but they also introduce critical challenges around interoperability and flexibility.

Key Pain Points Enterprises Are Facing:

R  Restrictions on data portability between cloud providers, regions, or jurisdictions.

R  Operational silos caused by disconnected public cloud, private cloud, and on-prem environments.

R  Legal risk due to non-compliance with regional data residency and sovereignty laws.

R  Limited workload mobility and lack of automation when responding to shifting compliance or performance needs.

R  Security gaps when connecting sovereign and public infrastructures across geographic borders.

Solving the Complexity with Orchestration and Secure Connectivity

The solution lies in adopting a unified platform that offers multi-cloud orchestration, edge computing support, and secure network bridging—without compromising sovereignty or agility.

Glide: The Multi-Cloud Orchestration Module of NearbyOne

Glide, the multi-cloud orchestration module of NearbyOne, allows enterprises to seamlessly deploy and manage applications across public clouds, sovereign infrastructures, private data centres, and edge environments.

Glide empowers IT teams to:

R  Deploy containerised and VM-based workloads across registered cloud sites, including hyperscalers, private clouds, and micro data centres.

R  Automatically match application requirements (e.g. compute, location, compliance) with compatible environments.

R  Operate across multiple platforms, such as Kubernetes, Azure, VMware, or bare metal—fully cloud-agnostic.

Core features:

R  Application catalogue with pre-packaged and custom apps (e.g. MCPTT, video analytics).

R  Customisable deployment flavours (CPU, RAM, disk).

R  Fine-grained access controls, firewall rules, and tagging.

R  Real-time KPI monitoring and post-deployment configuration editing.

By abstracting infrastructure complexity, Glide enables true multi-cloud strategy while ensuring data stays exactly where it needs to be—geographically and legally.

Cloud Connect: Secure Networking for Sovereign Interoperability

Complementing Glide, Cloud Connect enables secure connectivity between distributed sites and cloud environments.

It allows businesses to:

R  Establish IPSec tunnels and virtual routers between on-premises sites, edge nodes, and cloud VPCs.

R  Ensure compliance with sovereign data handling by restricting traffic to authorised jurisdictions.

R  Extend private networks securely across diverse cloud infrastructures, without requiring manual VPN setups.

Glide is powerful framework for maintaining both sovereignty and scalability.

Use Case: Edge-Based Video Analytics in a Regulated Environment

A national logistics company needs to process real-time video feeds from warehouse perimeters while ensuring data never leaves the country.

With NearbyOne:

R  Glide deploys video analytics applications to local micro data centres.

R  With the capability fo Cloud Connect establishes secure tunnels between these edge nodes and a regional sovereign cloud.

R  Data is processed locally for fast response, with selective metadata routed to the cloud for analysis—maintaining sovereignty and performance.

Who Benefits Most from This Architecture?

Enterprise IT teams

Centrally manage workloads across sovereign, hybrid, and edge infrastructure.

Telecom providers

Deliver value-added, compliant services to customers across jurisdictions.

Public sector & critical industries

Meet stringent sovereignty requirements without sacrificing operational flexibility.

Conclusion: From Fragmentation to Federation

Sovereign cloud requirements are not going away—if anything, they’re expanding. But that doesn’t mean businesses need to compromise on performance, innovation, or automation.

With Glide, the multi-cloud orchestration engine of NearbyOne, and Cloud Connect for secure, jurisdiction-aware networking, organisations can:

R  Deploy applications globally while staying compliant locally.

R  Adapt to regulatory change without overhauling infrastructure.

R  Maintain full control over data, access, and operations across cloud, edge, and on-prem.

The future of enterprise cloud strategy is sovereign, distributed, and intelligently orchestrated—and with the right tools, it’s already within reach.