The sovereignty shift: how UK and Irish SMEs can regain control of their data

Anxiety around data hosting is mounting among small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK and Ireland, as concerns about compliance, control and customer trust intensify.

With more than six million SMEs across both countries relying on data storage, this issue has broad implications for national economies and deserves serious attention from business leaders.

Geopolitical tensions and evolving regulations are reshaping the global cloud landscape. What was once a technical consideration for IT teams has now become a boardroom-level priority. Increasingly, SMEs are questioning how their data is protected, stored and accessed in the face of these new pressures.

Our recent research found that 61% of UK SMEs and 45% of Irish SMEs worry about where their data is stored.

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