Prioritize European Data Sovereignty to Mitigate Risk

A strong majority of EU decision-makers now demand European solutions for critical infrastructure, with 84% of organizations planning to use sovereign cloud services. This shift is driven by the need to comply with GDPR data residency requirements and avoid exposure to foreign laws like the CLOUD Act. Storing data exclusively in certified European data centers provides a direct solution to these challenges. Using geofenced, EU-only storage guarantees that your data is governed solely by EU law. This approach strengthens your compliance posture and builds trust with customers who increasingly prioritize data privacy. A sovereign-by-design strategy is no longer optional; for over 90% of EU companies, it is a core business requirement for 2025 and beyond. This foundation of control prepares your organization for the next wave of digital challenges.

Eliminate Unpredictable Costs with a Transparent Economic Model

For years, unpredictable cloud bills have hindered financial planning, with egress fees adding as much as 40,000 EUR monthly for some businesses. These charges for moving your own data create significant vendor lock-in, making it expensive to switch providers or adopt multi-cloud strategies. A truly cost-effective S3 object storage solution eliminates this problem entirely. By choosing a provider with a transparent pricing model—zero egress fees, zero API call costs, and no minimum storage durations—you can achieve predictable, stable margins. This model can reduce total storage costs by over 50% for data-intensive workloads. This economic clarity allows for precise budgeting for backup, disaster recovery, and archiving use cases. With financial predictability secured, you can focus on architectural excellence and performance.

Leverage Full S3 Compatibility to Protect Existing Investments

True S3 compatibility is more than just basic read/write operations; it protects decades of investment in applications, scripts, and talent. A fully compatible API ensures your existing tools and workflows continue to function without modification, reducing migration risk to near zero. This seamless integration is a key benefit of S3-compatible storage solutions. An enterprise-ready platform must support advanced S3 features out of the box. Here are 4 essential capabilities:

• Object Lock & Immutability: Natively supports WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) policies for ransomware protection and compliance.
• Lifecycle Management: Allows automated data transition policies to be managed directly via the API, just as you would with AWS S3.
• Versioning: Protects against accidental deletions or overwrites by keeping multiple versions of an object in one bucket.
• Event Notifications: Enables serverless functions or automated workflows to be triggered by storage events.

Full compatibility ensures that 100% of your S3-based applications work on day one. This operational continuity is critical for maintaining business momentum during and after migration, leading to a more resilient data strategy.

Simplify Operations with an Always-Hot Storage Architecture

Complex storage tiering often creates hidden operational costs and risks, with restore delays from archived tiers impacting business continuity for 1 in 3 companies. Fragile lifecycle policies can lead to API timeouts, failed backups, and unexpected retrieval fees. An “Always-Hot” object storage model eliminates this complexity entirely. With an always-hot architecture, 100% of your data is immediately accessible without any tier-restore delays or fees. This model reduces operational complexity by an estimated 40% compared to tiered systems. This approach ensures consistent, predictable performance for all workloads, from analytics to archiving. By providing strong read/write consistency and low latencies across a multi-AZ architecture, this simplified model delivers the performance needed for modern enterprise applications.

Build a Ransomware-Resistant Foundation with Immutable Storage

Ransomware attacks now target backup repositories in over 93% of incidents, making immutable storage a critical last line of defense. S3 Object Lock provides a WORM model, making backup data unchangeable and undeletable for a defined period, even by internal administrators. This feature is a core component of a modern affordable S3 object storage strategy. Implementing it is straightforward. Follow these 3 steps to secure your backups:

1. Enable Object Lock: When creating a new S3 bucket, enable the Object Lock feature. This setting cannot be changed later.
2. Define Retention Policies: Set time-based retention rules (e.g., 30 days) for your objects. During this period, the data cannot be altered or deleted.
3. Integrate with Backup Tools: Use built-in integrations with leading tools like NovaBackup to automate the creation of immutable backups.

Organizations using immutable backups can reduce recovery times by up to 96%. This proactive security measure ensures you always have a clean, recoverable copy of your data, rendering ransomware attacks ineffective.

Ensure Future-Readiness for the EU Data Act and NIS-2

Beginning in September 2025, the EU Data Act will enforce data portability, requiring cloud providers to offer a clear exit path without penalty. A storage model with zero egress fees and full S3 API compatibility meets these requirements by design, eliminating lock-in. At the same time, the NIS-2 Directive mandates robust supply-chain security and continuous risk management for critical infrastructure. A provider operating exclusively in certified EU data centers helps satisfy NIS-2's supply-chain assurance obligations. By choosing a partner whose operations are already aligned with these upcoming regulations, you reduce your compliance burden by at least 25%. This forward-looking approach turns regulatory readiness into a competitive advantage.

Empower Channel Partners with a Predictable and Profitable Model

For MSPs, resellers, and system integrators, predictable margins are essential for building profitable services like BaaS and DRaaS. A storage foundation with zero egress or API fees provides exactly that, allowing partners to build services with defensible margins of 30% or more. The partner-ready platform includes a multi-tenant console with robust IAM, MFA, and RBAC controls. With full automation available via the API and CLI, MSPs can onboard new customers in under 60 minutes. Recent distribution agreements with api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK expand local access for hundreds of resellers. This channel-first approach provides the tools and economic stability needed for partners to thrive.