Cloud Carib joins initiative to bolster data defence globally

Cloud Carib joins initiative to bolster data defence globally

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Cloud Carib will be the first Caribbean company to join the VMware Sovereign Cloud Initiative, which aims to help clients better protect national sovereignty within its region of operation.

According to a press release from Cloud Carib, the Nassau-headquartered tech firm will be one of VMware’s Sovereign Cloud partners that will “offer key sovereign capabilities to nations ensuring classified data is protected, compliant, and resident subject to laws within national territories.” Cloud Carib made the formal announcement after recently attending VMware Explore 2022 Europe conference in Barcelona, formerly VMworld.

“The first jurisdiction to benefit from this rollout is our home base in The Bahamas. Joining the Sovereign Cloud initiative amplifies our decade-long commitment to this region,” said Cloud Carib CEO Scott MacKenzie. “So, this really is just the beginning as we aim to further that commitment by offering Sovereign Cloud to each country in the region as regulations evolve and security demands increase.”

Earlier this year, Cloud Carib signed an MOU in support of a single ICT space for the region. As laws governing how data should be managed and stored within the borders of sovereign countries continue to take form worldwide, Cloud Carib hopes to be a needed solution for government organizations, those in the public sector, and any client with data residency requirements or concerns.

“We’re extremely proud to be the first Caribbean company to join the Sovereign Cloud Initiative and are committed to helping Digital Transformation Initiatives realize sovereignty for the protection of the communities we serve,” remarked Stelios Xeroudakis, Cloud Carib’s Founder and Chief Technology Officer. remarked that the company is proud to be “advancing the region’s data protection and sovereignty commitments”. 

The VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative helps customers engage with “trusted national cloud service providers” to meet geo-specific requirements around data sovereignty and jurisdictional control; data access and integrity; data security and compliance; data independence and mobility; and data analytics and innovation.

“There is no data sovereignty without cloud sovereignty. And sovereignty does not have to come at the expense of cloud innovation,” said Rajeev Bhardwaj, Vice President, Cloud Provider Platform Solutions, VMware. “VMware Sovereign Cloud providers such as Cloud Carib can help customers innovate and drive digital transformation while reducing the risk of unlocking the value of data.”