„The ESC gives our customers the assurance that they are on the safe side in terms of regulations while also allowing them to leverage the full innovative power of the cloud. This is precisely where we come in: we are turning a political discussion about digital sovereignty into a concrete technological opportunity for companies in Germany and Europe“, Sebastian Ullrich, CEO at PROTOS.
PROTOS as ESC Launch Partner
We recognized early on that customers and prospects have a growing need for digital sovereignty. In close partnership with AWS, PROTOS has been supporting preparations for several months to deliver the AWS ESC as quickly and securely as possible.
The goal is to provide customers with optimal support from the official launch of the ESC onwards, enabling them to migrate existing workloads smoothly or build new applications directly in the ESC. This positions us not only as a technical companion, but also as a strategic partner for sustainable cloud transformation.
Technical key points of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud
- Independent infrastructure: Own availability zones and data centers within the EU, physically and logically separated from other AWS regions.
- Governance & Security:
- Operated by an independent AWS company in Europe, managed by EU citizens.
- Dedicated European Security Operations Center (SOC).
- Network & Certification:
- Dedicated network PoPs for AWS Direct Connect.
- Own DNS (Amazon Route 53) and a European root CA (EU-TSP).
- Services offered (excerpt):
- Artifical Intelligence: Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Q & Amazon Bedrock
- Compute: Amazon EC2 & AWS Lambda
- Containers: Amazon EKS & Amazon ECS
- Database: Amazon Auroa, Amazon Dynamo DB & Amazon Relational Database
- Networking: Amazon VPC
- Security: AWS KMS & AWS Private Certificate Authority
- Storage: Amazon S3, Amazon EBS
- Compliance & Audits:
- Introduction of the Sovereign Requirements Framework (SRF).
- Regular audits according to standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 1/2/3, and BSI C5.
PROTOS complements this technological expertise with practical advice and customized architectural planning, enabling customers to benefit from ESC from day one.
„As a launch partner of ESC, we not only contribute in-depth technical expertise in AWS architectures, but also our hands-on mentality and experience from numerous transformation projects. Our goal is to provide our customers with the best possible support from day one—whether it’s migrating existing workloads or building new applications directly in ESC“, Karsten Quellec, CTO & Certified Trainer at PROTOS.
Investment in knowledge & further training
At PROTOS, it is part of our culture to continuously develop the skills and knowledge of our employees. The introduction of AWS ESC was received with great interest by the team, and the relevant training courses were successfully completed within a very short time.
We have already been awarded the “Digital Sovereignty Technical – Trained Partner” badge as part of our close partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This demonstrates our commitment to understanding and adapting to technological and organizational innovations from AWS at an early stage. This is the only way we can ensure that our customers benefit immediately from new opportunities – confidently, securely, and efficiently.
Ready for the next step
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud combines the highest standards of sovereignty and security with the innovative power and service diversity of AWS.
As a launch partner, PROTOS stands for:
- Early detection during consultation and consistent support for ESC implementation.
- Deep expertise and technical excellence in AWS architectures.
- Continuing education, proactive adaptability, and proximity to AWS.
In this way, PROTOS continuously lays the foundation for customers to use confident, secure, and powerful cloud solutions in Europe—ready for the digital future.