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Trifork — Netic — SEB Lunch meeting (April 2025)
22 slides from Trifork's conference presentation, Apr 23, 2025
Slide 1: Could geopolitical tensions push European corporations to move away from US Cloud providers?
April 23rd, 2025 SEB Lunch meeting Could geopolitical tensions push the European corporations to move away from the US Cloud services providers?. Netic A/S - Steen Jensen, CEO, sj@netic.dk, +45 22486193
Slide 2: Agenda
SEB Lunch meeting 1 Who we are Agenda. 2 Background 3 Not all Clouds are equal 4 Key considerations for Management 5 Market Actions (Enterprises & Public)
Slide 3: Who we are
SEB Lunch meeting Who we are
Slide 4: Who we are - Netic: Supporting the digitalisation
Who we are - Netic Supporting the digitalisation through secure IT operations.
Slide 5: Trifork Group
Trifork Group Trifork Trifork Labs Trifork’s R&D - Founding & financing of start-ups FinTech Digital Health Smart Building - Minority investments - Investment criteria: Smart Enterprise New Potential to Potential to technology become become business drive strategic partner Cyber Protection Cloud Ope
Slide 6: Our data centres are placed locally in Denmark
Our data centres are placed locally in Denmark… …And we are present globally with shared cloud, public cloud (Azure, AWS, Google) and hybrid cloud…
Slide 7: What you gain from partnering with Netic
Netic proposition What you gain from partnering with Netic. Business Continuity Everything-as-a-Service Responsible & Compliant Keep your mission critical Tab into standardised service Leverage highly efficient, green infrastructure and applications offerings with well defined energy powered DK-base
Slide 8: Our product and service offering
● Delivery Management A ● Service Quality reporting Our product and ● Capacity Management ● ISO 27001/2, DORA, NIS2 ● Managed EDR service offering. B ● Vulnerability Management ● SIEM/SOC ● Security Incident Response ● Application Operation and Application C Maintenance ● Database and middleware ● C
Slide 9: Background
European cloud market Background
Slide 10: Background: Geopolitical Drivers of Change
SEB Lunch meeting - Background Background: ● US tech giants dominate the European cloud market ● Rising geopolitical tensions and data protection concerns ● Tech choices are now strategic geopolitical decisions Geopolitical Drivers of Change: ● US Surveillance Laws: FISA 702 (and: EO 12333 + CLOUD A
Slide 11: What is FISA 702
SEB Lunch meeting - Background What is FISA 702: ● Enacted: In 2008, as part of the FISA Amendments Act. ● Purpose: Allows the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence agencies to compel U.S.-based companies (like Google, Microsoft, AWS) to hand over data on foreign targets, even i
Slide 12: Why It's a Concern for Europeans
SEB Lunch meeting - Background Why It’s a Concern for Europeans: ● No equivalent protections: Non-U.S. persons have limited or no legal remedies under U.S. law. ● Legal clashes with the EU: ● The Schrems II judgment (2020) by the European Court of Justice struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, prim
Slide 13: Not all Clouds are equal
European cloud market Not all Clouds are equal
Slide 14: Not all Clouds are equal
SEB Lunch meeting - Not all Clouds are equal Not all Clouds are equal: When discussing a potential shift away from US cloud providers, it’s important to distinguish between different types of cloud services: SaaS – Harder to Replace ● Examples: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce ● These are
Slide 15: Key considerations for Management
European cloud market Key considerations for Management
Slide 16: Legal Risk (Compliance & Jurisdiction)
SEB Lunch meeting - Key considerations for Management Legal Risk (Compliance & Jurisdiction): GDPR and Cross-Border Transfers ● Data hosted by US-based providers—even in EU datacenters—can still be subject to FISA 702. ● Legal uncertainty remains despite frameworks like the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Fram
Slide 17: Business Risk / Security Risk
SEB Lunch meeting - Key considerations for Management Business Risk / Security Risk: Strategic Dependency on U.S. Providers ● Vendor concentration risk: Microsoft, Google, and Amazon dominate mission-critical services. ● In a politically hostile scenario (e.g., under a Trump administration), these s
Slide 18: Market Actions
SEB Lunch meeting - Market Actions Market Actions (for Enterprises & the Public Sector)
Slide 19: Market Actions
SEB Lunch SEB Lunch meeting - Market Actions - Market Actions: Adopt Cloud-Agnostic Architectures ● Use Kubernetes-based platforms like Netic’s Contain that allow flexibility between on-prem, private, and public clouds. ● Implement infrastructure as code to standardize deployments across cloud envir
Slide 20: Technical Standards & Ecosystem Development
SEB Lunch meeting - Market Actions Technical Standards & Ecosystem Development: Invest in Federated Platforms ● Support initiatives like Gaia-X that aim to create interoperable, federated cloud services across Europe. ● Encourage decentralized identity, data exchange, and trust frameworks. Mandate O
Slide 21: Q&A?
European cloud market Q&A?
Slide 22: For further information contact: Netic A/S
For further information contact: Netic A/S Tel: +45 7777 0888 Alfred Nobels Vej 25, 9220 Aalborg Ø Runen 3, 8200 Aarhus N Gdanskgade 2, 2150 København www.netic.dk / www.contain.dk