Thales: partnership with Proximus in the sovereign cloud
June 28, 2024 at 04:03 am EDT
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Belgian telecommunications group Proximus announced on Friday that it has entered into a sovereign cloud partnership with Microsoft, Thales and Intel.
In a press release, Proximus states that it will become one of the first operators in the world to combine Microsoft's sovereign cloud service with secure encryption and attestation technologies from Thales and Intel.
In detail, Proximus' offer will combine the 'Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty' platform with Thales' 'CipherTrust' data security solution and Intel's 'Tiber Trust Security'.
The Belgian group explains that this association will enable it to offer sovereign cloud solutions with robust encryption, guaranteeing compliance with European legislation.
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).