Table of Contents The Gap in the Market Legal Complexity and Business Risk Infrastructure as a Service is Not a Product Transparency is Not a Trade Secret Accessibility Means Interoperability Why Build It from Scratch? The Gap in the Market There is currently no European cloud provider that can reliably serve medium and large businesses while meeting their legal and operational requirements. As someone who previously led the cloud strategy for a major European corporation, I experienced firsthand how fragmented and risky the landscape is for companies operating under European law.