Druva expands global footprint in UK to align with Brexit

07 June 2017

Druva claims the new expansion will provide customers with a simple and effective way to manage their data within a region, whatever happens post-Brexit.

Druva claims the expansion will enable firms to host data in locations that best meet their specific requirements.

Druva says it has significantly expanded the reach of its public cloud offerings to better support its customers’ national and regional data protection requirements.

The cloud data protection and information management specialist claims the move will enable companies to host their data in locations that best meet their specific requirements around data residency, location and transfer.

Support for the UK will be available later this year during the third quarter. Druva believes that with Brexit as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK data centre will be critical for meeting data sovereignty regulations.

“The new expansion will provide our customers with a simple and effective way to manage their data within the region, whatever changes take place after Brexit,” says Rick Powles, VP EMEA, Druva.

He adds that while the Information Commissioner’s Office has already indicated that it will follow the rules of the EU’s GDPR, the new public cloud location will help customers align to the UK’s specific data sovereignty requirements.

Druva has also announced public cloud options in two other locations.

In Canada, the company says it will enable private sector customers to manage data in accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This federal privacy law sets guidelines on how and where Canadian citizen data is stored.

Meanwhile in Asia, Druva’s new Hong Kong location aims to give customers the ability to meet the region’s varying local data protection guidelines while taking advantage of the cost savings delivered by the public cloud.