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🧠 Editorial This week had it all: open databases, open GitHub repositories, open questions about data protection – and a surprisingly large number of …
TL;DR Polycrate-portability-multi-cloud enables containerized workloads across providers and platforms. With OCI-compliant containers, open APIs, and …
TL;DR Polycrate installations critically depend on clear system requirements. This checklist outlines minimum and recommended hardware and software …
TL;DR Polycrate GitOps establishes a single source of truth through declarative infrastructure, version control, and auditability. This guide …
TL;DR Polycrate platform approaches promote portability through open standards, container-based orchestration, and multi-cloud strategies. Compared …
TL;DR A scalable Polycrate operations model leverages clear standards, automation, and comprehensive observability to reliably operate infrastructure …
TL;DR Governance Security in Polycrate platforms requires a policy-driven architecture. By implementing governance standards, RBAC, auditing, and a …
TL;DR Polycrate Policy as Code enables consistent compliance through declarative policies, automated checks, and auditable trails. Policies are …
TL;DR Platform-agnostic IaC with Polycrate reduces dependencies on individual cloud providers, facilitates migrations, and enhances governance across …
🧠Editorial: This week, it becomes clearer than ever that digital sovereignty is no longer an abstract debate. While a US Supreme Court ruling once …
TL;DR Cloud agnosticism means describing infrastructure definitions independently of providers. Polycrate IaC creates an abstract layer that enables …
TL;DR Polycrate enables scalable operations through centralized runbooks, Observability, and automated workflows. This post demonstrates how runbooks …
TL;DR polycrate vendor lock-in cloud is addressed through clear interoperability, portability, and digital sovereignty. The approach provides …
TL;DR This post demonstrates how compliance governance in Polycrate infrastructure ensures audit trails, manages policies, and makes regulatory …
TL;DR Polycrate migration succeeds with clear migration paths, targeted refactoring, and controlled integrations. A gradual transition, …
TL;DR Polycrate Digital Sovereignty is realized through domain-based Compliance Domains: clear boundaries, policy-driven enforcement, and …
TL;DR Polycrate employs a declarative, Kubernetes-centric control approach with an execution-driven engine. Compared to traditional automation tools, …
🧠 Editorial This week is about much more than just Cloud and AI: The EU is targeting AWS and Azure, Palantir is once again sparking discussions, and …
TL;DR The cloud strategy platform operations combine governance, architectural standards, and multi-cloud orientation into a coherent operational …
TL;DR Policy-as-Code and clear guidelines transform governance in platform operations into an automatic, traceable discipline. Versioned security …
TL;DR Zero Trust platform operations mean that every interaction is verified, secrets are managed automatically, and auditability is an integral …
TL;DR Open-source platforms, digital sovereignty, and Europe are inextricably linked. An open architecture with governance transparency, multi-cloud …
TL;DR Kubernetes orchestration in a hybrid cloud requires clear principles: consistent policies, centralized control, and secure cross-cluster …
TL;DR A governance-first approach is the central lever for hybrid platforms in Europe. It reduces regulatory risks, prevents vendor lock-in, and …
TL;DR This analysis demonstrates how European multi-cloud strategies ensure resilience, compliance, and independence. Key patterns include …
TL;DR Digital sovereignty is achieved through governance, interoperability, and clear data ownership, not merely through cloud diversification. …
TL;DR Geopolitical factors shape cloud architectures more than many organizations realize. Political decisions, export controls, and supply chains …
TL;DR Geostrategic cloud services create supply chain dependencies that significantly influence operational, security, and cost decisions. …
TL;DR European cloud platforms are gaining relevance due to strict governance, data protection, and export-controlled operational models. Sovereignty …
TL;DR Data sovereignty and portability are not side aspects of the cloud but central architectural principles. Open formats, standardized APIs, and …
TL;DR The EU Cloud Act Data Act implications necessitate a consistent compliance-first approach. The text illustrates how access, data flows, and …
TL;DR Multi-cloud governance requires consistent policies, automated policy management, and a centralized security architecture across clouds. …
TL;DR Data sovereignty in multi-cloud architecture requires clear demarcations: data sovereignty remains where the data rests; governance is encoded …
When Hetzner announced a significant price increase for parts of its cloud portfolio in mid-June 2026, public discussion quickly focused on the most …
Organizing customer service for digital teams presents a significant challenge: Multi-channel ticketing systems process countless personal data …
Few concepts have experienced a rise comparable to Multi-Cloud in recent years. Hardly any strategic presentation is complete without architecture …
Operators of business-critical web applications or platform services know: The availability and performance of an application are often determined at …
The demand for German hyperscalers is currently gaining popularity. In light of increasing geopolitical tensions, discussions about the Cloud Act, …
🧠 Editorial While outside the asphalt is slowly turning into lava, the tech industry is once again discussing the truly important questions: How …
TL;DR Consolidated observability across Kubernetes in a multi-cloud environment is achievable when OpenTelemetry is used as a standard, cloud …
TL;DR Open standards and regulatory principles are key factors in achieving European cloud infrastructure sovereignty. An architecture that ensures …
TL;DR Multi-cloud sovereignty means making decisions across multiple clouds with open interfaces, standardized formats, and clear exit paths. …
TL;DR A sovereign Kubernetes platform in the EU is based on clear architectural principles, open interfaces, and stringent governance. Data …
TL;DR The Cloud Act and the EU Data Act establish regulatory frameworks that significantly influence data sovereignty, access controls, and contract …
TL;DR Exit strategies in multi-cloud mean true portability instead of sugarcoating: Open APIs, open standards, and clear data portability minimize …
Why Digital Sovereignty Needs More Than Open Source Digital sovereignty is one of the most frequently used buzzwords in recent years. Hardly any …
How an Open-Source Project Became the Operating System of the Cloud In June, Kubernetes celebrates its twelfth anniversary. What began in 2014 as an …
Why the Most Critical Systems in Your Infrastructure Are Often Not Productive In the traditional understanding of IT security, productive systems …
The BYON Paradigm (Bring Your Own Nodes): How the Loopback Agent Decouples the Hybrid Cloud For a long time, scaling IT infrastructures was dictated …
When calculating the operating costs of their IT infrastructure in the cloud, most people take a standard look at the obvious items: What do virtual …
When companies move their IT infrastructure to the cloud, they usually do so with a clear economic expectation: flexibility and full cost …
In the digital age, one of the most important management principles is: “Do not outsource core competencies.” Companies invest millions …
In industrial environments, those training machine learning models, optimizing neural networks, or running complex simulations inevitably encounter …
The hype around generative artificial intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) has become a tangible operational reality in medium-sized …
When companies think about IT security, cyberattacks, data loss, or server failures are usually at the forefront. A much more subtle but often …
🧠 Editorial I increasingly feel that Europe confuses digital sovereignty with infrastructure folklore. US clouds suddenly become …
Every SaaS marketing manager dreams of it: A prospect lands on the website, clicks “Free Trial,” and can start immediately. But in the …
Who hasn’t experienced this? In the middle of an important product presentation, unexpected data appears, the system responds extremely slowly, …
For many SaaS providers, winning a large enterprise client or a public sector contract is a double-edged sword. On one hand, there’s the …
The Big Tech Lobby in Germany is Larger Than Many Believe The new lobby map from the Center for Digital Rights and Democracy visualizes a problem …
🧠Editorial Europe has been discussing digital sovereignty for about as long as companies have been “briefly testing” Kubernetes clusters …
In modern event communication, streaming “only” on your own website is rarely enough. Marketing teams want to be where their audience is: …
🧠 Editorial This week clearly shows where things are tipping: We talk about digital sovereignty – and simultaneously realize how deeply we are still …
In the fintech world, there’s a well-known phenomenon: the software is great, the team is convinced, but the legal and compliance department of …
In recent years, the strategy for many fintechs was clear: “Managed first.” Those looking to grow quickly used the ready-made building …
What Risks Companies Specifically Underestimate Introduction The use of US cloud services is commonplace for many companies today. Platforms like …
Introduction Many cloud strategies in European companies are based on an assumption long considered a pragmatic compromise: As long as data is stored …
Why Control is More Important than Server Location Introduction Cloud computing is far more than just an infrastructure topic. For many companies, …
Industrial corporations today face a paradoxical challenge: they must adapt the agility and innovative power of cloud startups while maintaining the …
In industrial AI development, the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is the new gold. Whether for training complex neural networks for quality control or …
In the early stages of an e-commerce agency, the approach is usually pragmatic: each new client shop gets its own hosting package. One shop with …
In the industry, a fundamental architectural question arises: Should AI make decisions directly at the machine (Edge) or should the data be sent to a …
In the realm of IT infrastructure, few things are as costly as a modern NVIDIA GPU doing nothing. An H100 or A100 instance with major hyperscalers …
In many data science teams, the workday begins with frustration: A shared notebook won’t run because a library is missing. A model trained on …
A Term Without Substance An open letter from 25 European cloud and digital companies reveals what European digital policy has been avoiding for …
Why We Consciously Don’t Have a Booth This Year – and Expect More Than Ever Before CloudFest is one of the few events where the term …
TL;DR Migrating from centralized hyperscaler platforms to modern decentralized architectural approaches requires precise planning and execution. Best …
TL;DR Security in cloud architectures is a critical factor for companies utilizing digital technologies. Growing demands for compliance, data …
TL;DR Declarative operating models provide companies with an effective method for automating and standardizing complex infrastructure management …
TL;DR Vendor lock-in is one of the central challenges companies face when using cloud services. Strategies like multi-cloud approaches, the use of …
TL;DR Modern cloud architectures play a crucial role in Europe’s digital sovereignty. By gaining independence from hyperscalers and …
But Rather Better Cloud Architectures For years, the European cloud debate has been dominated by a seemingly simple question: Does Europe need its …
Europe’s Missed Opportunity – and Why It’s Not Yet Lost Over the past decade, the cloud has evolved into the central infrastructure of …
TL;DR Milliseconds determine conversion rates and user experience. If every database query has to be read from the disk, the application will collapse …
For years, the cloud debate has been dominated by a simple narrative: those who want to run modern software cannot bypass the major hyperscalers. …
Why License Freedom Alone Does Not Create Control In the European digital debate, Open Source is often seen as synonymous with digital sovereignty. …
Why Two Clouds Do Not Mean Independence In many companies, Multi-Cloud is now considered a shortcut to digital sovereignty. The common assumption is …
Why Dependencies Are Becoming More Dangerous Cloud lock-in is not a new topic. For years, companies have been discussing how challenging it can be to …
The cloud market is entering a new phase. For a long time, the equation was simple: those who wanted to scale went to the hyperscalers. Those who …
Why the Supposed Alternative is Already a Reality In many companies, Microsoft 365 is still considered the standard for digital collaboration. Teams …
TL;DR Storage in Kubernetes is often a nightmare of complexity (Ceph) or vendor lock-in (AWS EBS). Longhorn takes a third path. As a CNCF project, it …
How a Platform Makes European Technology Visible Digital sovereignty has become one of the central topics in European technology policy. In political …
In modern IT infrastructure, the GPU has become the new CPU. Whether it’s Large Language Models (LLMs), computer vision, or complex data …
The digitalization of manufacturing and the networking of decentralized locations present a fundamental challenge for the German SME sector: …
The cloud-native landscape has consolidated. While Kubernetes stands as the de facto standard for orchestration, the boundaries of runtime efficiency …
Why Digital Sovereignty is Less Radical Than Many Believe Geopolitical tensions, extraterritorial laws, sanction regimes – all these have long been …
Why Germany’s Digital Sovereignty Has Become a Security Issue Digital sovereignty is no longer just an industrial policy buzzword. It is a …
The hype around Artificial Intelligence has ushered in a new era of IT spending. Those who train or operate LLMs (Large Language Models) today …
European Cloud Platforms vs. Hyperscalers Sovereignty, Scalability, Security, and Strategic Reality in the Corporate Context Few IT topics are …
Multi-Cloud Strategies for SMEs and Enterprises Architectural Principles, Governance, Security, and Operational Reality Multi-Cloud is no longer just …
For decades, almost all computers have followed the Von Neumann architecture: a strict separation of processor (CPU) and memory. Data must constantly …
The logistics industry has ambitious goals: carbon-neutral fleets and green warehouses. While discussions revolve around alternative drives and …
Data is the gold of modern logistics. Knowing when and where each package is, who calculates the most efficient routes, and who controls the …
The digitization of healthcare promises enormous advancements: from telemedicine support to AI-assisted diagnostics and electronic patient records. …
Nothing is more frustrating for a customer than a “Click & Collect” experience that ends in cancellation. You see online: …
TL;DR In a multi-cloud world, security is not about location, but identity. Relying on cloud-specific tools like AWS Secrets Manager fragments your …
The Era of US Dominance Is Over Yesterday, the European Parliament made a decision that goes far beyond the usual Brussels symbolic politics in its …
In modern retail, the fiercest competition no longer takes place on the shelves, but at the data level. Understanding what the customer will want …
In the growth phase of a SaaS company, there is a dangerous curve: the Cost of Goods Sold (COGS). As user numbers increase, cloud costs often explode …
Imagine getting the same computing power for 70% to 90% less cost. The catch? The cloud provider can take the server away from you at any time with …
In the traditional IT world, budgeting was simple: you bought a server, depreciated it over five years, and recorded the costs as a fixed expense. In …
Europe likes to see itself as a global guardian of data protection and fundamental rights. GDPR, NIS2, AI Act – the regulatory claim is high, the …
The excitement around Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI has brought a fundamental question back to IT departments: How do we scale …
In the past two years, “Internal Developer Platform” has become a buzzword. However, while Gartner praises the IDP as a remedy for …
Current reports of massive data leakage from self-hosted Owncloud, Nextcloud, and ShareFile instances are technically unspectacular – and that is …
“The cloud grows with your needs.” This promise is both a blessing and a curse. For growing businesses, cloud scalability is essential to …
A critical analysis of digital sovereignty in Germany and Switzerland While European governments emphasize the importance of digital sovereignty in …
Germany in Third Place – But Not in Patching Shortly before the end of 2025, what had long been practice became known: Over 11,500 MongoDB instances …
Making Legacy Machines Cloud-Ready: Retrofitting with Container Gateways In many German factories, the backbone of our industry stands strong: …
In modern manufacturing, the question is no longer if data is collected, but how it can be used efficiently. While machines (OT – Operational …
Nextcloud stands for digital independence, European data protection standards, and an open, trustworthy alternative to US-based collaboration …
Containers are the backbone of modern cloud infrastructure. They offer developers and ops teams unmatched agility and efficiency, based on the …
Kubernetes is the Operating System of the Sovereign Cloud Few technologies have fundamentally transformed modern IT as much as Kubernetes. Originally …
Delos Cloud vs. Stackit Workspace – Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing The discussion around digital sovereignty in Germany and Europe is in full …
Docker Swarm is Not Kubernetes for Beginners When discussing container orchestration today, two terms quickly come up: Docker Swarm and Kubernetes. …
In many discussions with IT leaders, sysadmins, and architecture decision-makers, a recurring pattern emerges: The question of “Swarm or …
Many people nod knowingly when the conversation turns to “containerization” or “virtual machines” – but honestly: those who …
The Trojan Horse of the “Sovereign Cloud” Why Europe’s new sovereignty is often just American-painted The meme is brilliant in its …
Many confuse Open Source with sovereignty. Both are interconnected – but one does not automatically guarantee the other. The well-known XKCD meme, …
GitHub will migrate its entire infrastructure to Microsoft Azure within the next 24 months. This information comes from internal documents reported …
New Standards for Compliance and European Cloud Sovereignty Effective immediately, ayedo customers have access to another powerful cloud provider: …
TL;DR The EU’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework makes digital sovereignty precisely measurable for the first time – through eight sovereignty …
Why Hyperscalers Only Sell Hardware – and MSPs Are the Future Hyperscalers have shaped the digital world like few other models. With the promise of …
When discussing digital sovereignty and modern IT infrastructures today, Kubernetes is unavoidable. In just a few years, this open-source project has …
As of: 18.09.2025 Contact: security@ayedo.de Data Act Overview & Introduction Switching Register This page consolidates ayedo-wide information on …
In recent years, Cloud First has been considered an almost unshakeable maxim. Companies of all sizes were encouraged to move their infrastructure to …
Starting Point: Quarterly Figures and Big Promises At the end of July 2025, Meta released its latest quarterly figures – alongside strong revenues …
The debate about sovereignty in the cloud in Europe often revolves around the question: Do we need our own hyperscalers to be independent? Many see …
Operating databases in Kubernetes was long considered risky: Stateful workloads, persistent data, and container orchestration seemed incompatible. …
The fact that the Bundeswehr will store its data in the Google Cloud is not an IT project. It is a security policy capitulation. Just like the …
On October 14, 2025, regular support for Windows 10 will end. What initially appears to many IT departments as a manageable maintenance date reveals …
Why this alliance is a turning point for Europe’s digital self-determination The headline may seem unremarkable, but its content is not: Two …
Why Managed Kubernetes with Hyperscalers Doesn’t Lead to Digital Sovereignty Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard for …
Vendor lock-in refers to the technically, economically, or legally restricted ability to switch an IT service provider or platform vendor without …
Digital sovereignty refers to an organization’s ability to manage its digital systems, data flows, and technical dependencies in a way that …
Cloud infrastructure has its justification. Scalability, automation, and globalization of IT resources are now standard. Technically, the major …
Everyone is talking about AI, Large Language Models, inference pipelines, custom LLMs, and co-pilots for all conceivable business processes. What is …
Most IIoT projects don’t fail because of the machines. The sensors work. The controllers provide data. The networks transmit packets. The …
Hey, I’m Fabian – engineer, entrepreneur, and European citizen residing in Germany. For over 10 years, I’ve been part of the …
Germany discusses data sovereignty but remains technologically dependent. How this relates to our culture and what needs to change to achieve digital …
A sovereign cloud requires more than just a data center in Europe. How the CLOUD Act collides with the GDPR—and which technologies enable true data …
The CLOUD Act allows US authorities to access European data, conflicting with the GDPR. Learn how companies can protect themselves technically and …
The US Cloud Act allows US authorities to access European servers—a clear conflict with the GDPR. Discover how companies can protect themselves and …
Digital transformation is no longer a thing of the future – it is a reality. It affects not only e-commerce or digital tools in the office but has …
Microsoft Bids Farewell to Traditional Server Models – What’s Next? Starting July 2025, the licensing model for Microsoft’s on-premise …
Kubernetes 1.31 has completed the largest migration in Kubernetes history by removing the in-tree cloud provider. Although the migration of components …
The Uncertain Future of EU-US Data Transfer Regulatory uncertainty surrounding data exchange between the EU and the US is increasing once again. …
NIS2 Directive: Why Now is the Perfect Time for Enhanced Security – Ayedo Shows the Way The introduction of the NIS2 Directive has made waves in the …
Maximize Data Sovereignty with Our Internal RAG Solution and the ayedo Cloud Introduction In today’s digital era, efficiently managing large …
Cybersecurity threats are constantly increasing, and companies face the challenge of protecting their sensitive data. A Cyber Risk Assessment is an …
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Kubernetes - Managed or Manual? Should you manage Kubernetes yourself or entrust the responsibility to Managed Service Providers? With Kubernetes …
An effective way to minimize these risks is the Cyber Risk Check. In this blog post, you will learn how to identify and mitigate security …
TL;DR Criterion AWS EKS Azure AKS Google GKE Pricing Complex, based on instances, services, and data transfer Varies depending on node type and …
The digital transformation not only brings advantages but also new challenges in the field of cybersecurity. To address these challenges and ensure …
Network security is often neglected, even though it is of high importance! Both in the private and business sectors, often only one tool is used, and …
The IT Planning Council adopts the document “German Administrative Cloud Strategy: Framework for Target Architecture 2.0”. Download PDF …
Note: Our Sovereignty Check is currently only available in German. The assessment, score certificate and all recommendations are provided in German …