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Ask Google AIFollowing our recent inclusion in the Gartner® Market Guide for Private Clouds, Sangfor is proud to announce another recognition as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Cloud Infrastructure Sovereign Solutions.
As a global leader in cloud computing and cybersecurity, Sangfor believes this recognition reflects its ongoing commitment to empowering organizations to meet the rising demand for digital sovereignty, enabling greater control over data, operations, and technology in an increasingly complex global landscape.
Rising Demand for Digital Sovereignty Amid Geopolitical and AI-Driven Pressures
According to the Gartner report, “The escalating impact of geopolitical tensions and the strategic need to manage advanced AI requirements are fueling a critical global demand for digital sovereignty solutions.”
Gartner further highlights that “organizations worldwide are seeking greater autonomy and strict control over their proprietary data, operational infrastructure and foundational technology stacks.”
However, the market remains challenging to navigate, as “the cloud sovereignty market is difficult to navigate due to the convergence of diverse vendors with strengths in different domains.”
Understanding Market Definition and Core Principles
Gartner defines digital sovereignty solutions as “technologies and services that mitigate the risks associated with foreign control or influence over data and operations and ensure compliance with local regulations.”
These solutions encompass capabilities such as encryption, data governance, access control, and sovereign cloud platforms.
The report also identifies three core principles of sovereignty:
- Data sovereignty includes all aspects of information management that are subject to the rules of its originating jurisdiction, regardless of where data is actually located (data boundary).
- Operational sovereignty is the degree to which a customer organization has visibility into and control over the provider’s operations.
- Technological sovereignty is the degree to which a customer organization can ensure the continuity of and control over its right to technological autonomy. It includes the ability to operate disconnected from a technology provider.
Gartner Recommendations for I&O Leaders
To address these challenges, Gartner recommends to:
- Secure executive sponsorship: Mandate executive-level support for enterprise digital sovereignty requirements, as accurate needs identification is essential for navigating and selecting the right options from a diverse set of market offerings.
- Conduct a business impact analysis (BIA): Leverage a BIA to rigorously refine your specific sovereignty requirements and evaluate possible solutions. This process is critical for eliminating costly options and those that fail to meet functional needs.
- Define your sovereignty target: Strategically determine which of the three Gartner identified principles — data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, or technological sovereignty — you need to prioritize. Use these priority requirements to select the most suitable digital sovereignty solutions, keeping in mind that the degree of sovereignty achieved is often inversely related to the overall functionality received.
- Vet the vendor’s functionality: Evaluate the capabilities of the cloud infrastructure service first to ensure it meets the needs of the organization before assessing its sovereignty capabilities.
Sangfor’s Approach: Enabling Sovereignty Through Resilient Cloud Infrastructure
Sangfor addresses the growing demand for digital sovereignty through its resilience-centric Data Sovereignty Solution, built on a unified architecture that integrates cloud infrastructure, data protection, and security.
At the foundation is Sangfor Virtualization, purpose-built for sovereign cloud environments where organizations must prioritize data residency, regulatory compliance, and full operational control. This is increasingly critical as enterprises seek to mitigate foreign access risks, including those associated with extraterritorial regulations such as the CLOUD Act.
Serving over 28,000 customers worldwide, Sangfor HCI enables organizations to deploy fully localized private cloud infrastructure on commodity hardware within their own data centers. This approach ensures sensitive data remains within national borders and under local jurisdiction, providing clarity over governance, compliance, and encryption key ownership.
To support modern, flexible IT strategies, Sangfor also enables a hybrid sovereign cloud model, allowing seamless extension to trusted, in-country cloud service providers while maintaining a consistent architecture. In addition to building private cloud environments, Sangfor also collaborates with cloud service providers (CSPs) to help them establish and operate localized cloud platforms, delivering in-country cloud services. By leveraging local sovereign cloud environments—rather than globally distributed hyperscalers—organizations can balance agility and innovation with strict sovereignty requirements. Sensitive workloads can remain on premises, while other applications benefit from scalable, compliant cloud resources within the same jurisdiction.
Resilience is a core pillar of this architecture. Built-in capabilities such as Backup, Continuous Data Protection (CDP), HA2.0, DRS, Disaster Recovery with stretched clusters ensure business continuity even in the face of disruption. With CDP capturing virtual machine I/O data at near-real-time intervals, organizations can achieve near-zero recovery point objectives (RPO), minimizing data loss and ensuring operational stability amid geopolitical uncertainty.
Beyond sovereignty and resilience, Sangfor’s architecture also supports ESG and sustainability goals by optimizing resource utilization and extending the value of existing infrastructure investments. With guided migration capabilities, organizations can modernize smoothly from legacy environments—including physical servers, KVM, Hyper-V, VMware, and even public clouds—into a unified cloud platform.
At the same time, built-in security designed for zero-trust environments ensures that sovereignty is reinforced with strong access control, continuous verification, and end-to-end protection across the infrastructure stack.
For sovereign cloud strategies, this holistic approach enables organizations to achieve greater operational autonomy without requiring large-scale data repatriation from public clouds. Instead of costly and disruptive migrations, enterprises can adopt a balanced, resilience-driven model—maintaining control over critical data while continuing to leverage cloud innovation in a compliant, efficient, and sustainable manner.
Being recognized as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s Market Guide for Cloud Infrastructure Sovereign Solutions, we believe, validates our vision of enabling organizations to achieve true digital sovereignty without compromising innovation.
As enterprises face increasing regulatory pressure and geopolitical complexity, Sangfor remains committed to delivering resilient, sovereign cloud solutions that empower customers with full control over their data, operations, and technology.Keith Lee, Cloud Business Director at Sangfor International Market Department
Moving Forward
As digital sovereignty becomes a strategic priority for organizations worldwide, Sangfor continues to innovate and expand its portfolio to support secure, compliant, and autonomous cloud environments.
Sangfor reinforces its position as a trusted partner for enterprises navigating the intersection of cloud innovation, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience.
Source:
Gartner Inc., Market Guide for Cloud Infrastructure Sovereign Solutions, Dennis Smith, Alessandro Galimberti, Rene Buest, Gregor Petri, Published 1 June 2026.
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About Sangfor Technologies
Sangfor Technologies is a global leader in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and IT infrastructure, providing fully integrated and AI-driven solutions. Founded in 2000 and publicly listed since 2018 (STOCK CODE: 300454.SZ), Sangfor serves over 100,000 customers worldwide, including 28,000+ organizations using its hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions – spanning Fortune Global 500 companies, government institutions, universities, and healthcare organizations. With over 7,000 employees and more than 70 branch offices across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM, the company is committed to delivering on its mission to Make Your Digital and AI Transformation Simpler and Secure.
