All press releases > Cloud Temple offers secure AI on a SecNumCloud qualified sovereign cloud with IBM watsonx
Download the press release

Companies now have the opportunity to fully exploit the power of AI on a large scale, in a responsible manner, while benefiting from the security and sovereignty of their data.

Paris, 03 October 2024 - Cloud Temple, a leading provider of SecNumCloud-qualified trusted cloud services, has announced that IBM watsonx.ai is now available on Cloud Temple's secure infrastructure. The solution enables businesses to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications at enterprise scale, while offering customers data security and sovereignty in line with the highest French standards. This collaboration combines IBM's expertise in AI with the robustness of Cloud Temple's cloud, responding to the growing demands of businesses in terms of digital transformation.

Security and trust at the service of innovation

watsonx.aipart of IBM's AI and data platform, is designed to help organizations efficiently train, validate, tune and deploy AI models. By combining generative AI capabilities powered by foundation models and machine learning, IBM watsonx.ai offers organisations the opportunity to unlock the full potential of their data, enabling them to work with greater agility, efficiency and confidence. As a result, customers can build AI applications faster, using less data.

The integration of watsonx.ai on Cloud Temple's SecNumCloud qualified sovereign cloud represents a major step forward for businesses looking to innovate while maintaining rigorous control over the security and governance of their data. This collaboration will enable businesses to benefit from a robust infrastructure, optimised for AI applications and capable of supporting large-scale deployments.

Benefits for Cloud Temple and IBM customers :

  • Optimum safety and compliance: Cloud Temple's SecNumCloud-qualified IaaS and PaaS products offer rigorous data protection and full compliance with the strictest regulations, meeting the needs of the most demanding businesses.
  • Performance and flexibility : Cloud Temple's high-performance and flexible infrastructure enables enterprises to take full advantage of IBM watsonx.ai's advanced capabilities, with access to a wide range of open-source and commercial AI models, as well as high availability and optimized deployments for the most complex AI projects.
  • Large-scale efficiency and automation : By running watsonx.ai on Cloud Temple's trusted cloud, businesses can automate critical processes at scale, leverage custom AI models to help reduce operational costs, and improve efficiency, all without compromising data security.
  • Personalised customer experiences and rapid innovation: The synergy between IBM watsonx.ai and Cloud Temple enables the development of sophisticated AI applications that deliver highly personalized customer experiences. watsonx.ai helps accelerate the development and deployment of new solutions, supporting continuous business innovation.
  • AI governance: In addition to sovereignty, Cloud Temple and IBM are providing governance functionalities, two fundamental elements of high-performance AI. IBM watsonx.governance helps accelerate the accountability, transparency and explainability of AI data and processes, to help organisations prepare for and address European AI regulations, in particular the EU AI Act.

The collaboration between Cloud Temple and IBM is not just about delivering advanced technology solutions to address new business uses; it's about a rigorous approach to security, built into the design of every AI project. By combining Cloud Temple's sovereign, SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure with IBM's expertise in AI and generative AI innovation, we ensure that our customers can deploy their applications securely at enterprise scale, while driving innovation every step of the way.

Béatrice Kosowski, President of IBM France

Companies of all sizes in all sectors are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence to stay competitive. This collaboration with IBM enables our customers to take advantage of AI at enterprise scale, benefiting from a SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure that offers maximum security and total sovereignty over their data. With the recent integration of OpenShift, we offer unprecedented flexibility to deploy AI applications while helping to ensure optimal performance, even for the most demanding use cases. This flexibility also extends to the integration of many other IBM solutions that help our customers maximise their technological potential.

Christophe Lesur, Chief Executive Officer of Cloud Temple

About Cloud Temple :
Founded in 2017, Cloud Temple was born with the ambition of democratising the cloud within sensitive sectors, guaranteeing their security, without compromising innovation, in order to meet the transformation needs of Industry, Finance, Healthcare and the public sphere. Our customers' trust is built on the excellence of our cloud services. That's why Cloud Temple's offering adheres to the highest standards, such as SecNumCloud, a qualification awarded by ANSSI in 2022 for its IaaS services and in 2024 for its PaaS offering, as well as Health Data Hosting (HDS) and ISO 27001 certifications.

About IBM :
IBM is a global leader in hybrid cloud and AI, as well as business services, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on data insights, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain competitive advantage in their industries. Nearly 4,000 government entities and enterprises in critical infrastructure domains such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's Hybrid Cloud Platform and Red Hat OpenShift to impact their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's groundbreaking innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services provide open and flexible options for our customers. All of this is supported by IBM's legendary commitment to trust, transparency, accountability, inclusivity and service.
To find out more, click here: www.ibm.com/fr-fr

Press contacts
Jonathan Smadja / jonathan@lanouvelle-agence.com / 06 67 27 57 40
Gaëlle Dussutour / dusga@fr.ibm.com / 06 74 98 26 92

All press releases
Cookie policy

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, but we do not collect any personal data.

Audience measurement services, which are necessary for the operation and improvement of our site, do not allow you to be identified personally. However, you have the option of objecting to their use.

For more information, see our privacy policy.