IBM introduces AI-ready Sovereign Software to address digital sovereignty needs

Key Highlights

• Digital sovereignty, IBM noted, extends beyond data residency to include control over technology operations, access governance, workload execution, and the jurisdiction under which AI models function.
• However, many organisations lack platforms that allow them to modernise and re-host applications, particularly AI-enabled applications, under sovereign control with continuous compliance reporting.
• Citing industry trends, IBM referred to a Gartner prediction that over 75 per cent of enterprises worldwide will have a digital sovereignty strategy by 2030, often centred on sovereign cloud approaches.
• “As AI adoption accelerates in India, organizations must balance innovation with stricter regulatory requirements and control over sensitive data and AI workloads,” said Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India and South Asia.
• “IBM Sovereign Core offers an AI-ready sovereign stack that ensures compliance, operational autonomy, and flexibility, while reinforcing our long-standing open hybrid cloud strategy.” Built on Red Hat’s open-source foundation, IBM Sovereign Core is purpose-designed to embed sovereignty directly into the software architecture, rather than layering controls on existing systems.