Posts by Matthew Brooks

Product & Engineering Oct 27, 2026

AI Sovereignty Starts with Sovereign SASE

Gartner’s Predicts 2026: AI Sovereignty report makes a case that should reshape how every CIO thinks about AI: sovereignty is not just a capability, it is becoming a deciding factor in how nations and enterprises build, deploy, and govern AI. Gartner projects that by 2027, 35% of countries will be locked into region-specific AI platforms built on proprietary, in-country data, up from roughly 5% today. That is a structural change in how the global AI market works, with direct implications for any organization operating across borders. Gartner’s answer is a sovereign-by-design architecture that maps workloads to jurisdictions and uses controlled…

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Industry Insights Aug 20, 2026

Europe’s Data Sovereignty Reckoning: Why Sovereign SASE Matters

Data sovereignty in Europe now extends beyond where data is stored to who controls the infrastructure that accesses, inspects, logs and governs it. The blog explains how the CLOUD Act and geopolitics expose gaps in residency-only strategies, why sovereign cloud alone is insufficient, and how Versa Sovereign SASE extends sovereignty across the full access and operational stack.

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Industry Insights Jul 28, 2026

The EU’s Digital Borders Call for Sovereign Access, Not Just Sovereign Cloud

As a result of Europe’s sovereignty shift, Sovereign Cloud data residency is no longer sufficient. Sovereign Access is necessary, and for modern enterprises that is why Sovereign SASE is becoming a core requirement for digital sovereignty.

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Product & Engineering May 26, 2026

Versa SASE Fabric  

The Versa SASE Fabric, a part of the Versa Secure Access Fabric, is an interconnected, policy-aware, distributed system where networking, security, identity, analytics, and orchestration operate as a single unified platform. Learn why it’s based on an optimal architecture and what sets it apart. 

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Industry Insights Mar 11, 2026

Essential benefits of single-vendor SASE

Discover how single vendor unified SASE benefits reduce costs, improve SecOps efficiency, and eliminate integration complexity vs. stitched solutions. See why.

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AI Sovereignty Starts with Sovereign SASE

Matthew Brooks
By Matthew Brooks
Technical Marketing Manager
October 27, 2026

Gartner’s Predicts 2026: AI Sovereignty report makes a case that should reshape how every CIO thinks about AI: sovereignty is not just a capability, it is becoming a deciding factor in how nations and enterprises build, deploy, and govern AI. Gartner projects that by 2027, 35% of countries will be locked into region-specific AI platforms built on proprietary, in-country data, up from roughly 5% today. That is a structural change in how the global AI market works, with direct implications for any organization operating across borders. Gartner’s answer is a sovereign-by-design architecture that maps workloads to jurisdictions and uses controlled…

Europe’s Data Sovereignty Reckoning: Why Sovereign SASE Matters

Matthew Brooks
By Matthew Brooks
Technical Marketing Manager
August 20, 2026

Data sovereignty in Europe now extends beyond where data is stored to who controls the infrastructure that accesses, inspects, logs and governs it. The blog explains how the CLOUD Act and geopolitics expose gaps in residency-only strategies, why sovereign cloud alone is insufficient, and how Versa Sovereign SASE extends sovereignty across the full access and operational stack.

The EU’s Digital Borders Call for Sovereign Access, Not Just Sovereign Cloud

Matthew Brooks
By Matthew Brooks
Technical Marketing Manager
July 28, 2026

As a result of Europe’s sovereignty shift, Sovereign Cloud data residency is no longer sufficient. Sovereign Access is necessary, and for modern enterprises that is why Sovereign SASE is becoming a core requirement for digital sovereignty.

Versa SASE Fabric  

Matthew Brooks
By Matthew Brooks
Technical Marketing Manager
May 26, 2026

The Versa SASE Fabric, a part of the Versa Secure Access Fabric, is an interconnected, policy-aware, distributed system where networking, security, identity, analytics, and orchestration operate as a single unified platform. Learn why it’s based on an optimal architecture and what sets it apart. 

Essential benefits of single-vendor SASE

Matthew Brooks
By Matthew Brooks
Technical Marketing Manager
March 11, 2026

Discover how single vendor unified SASE benefits reduce costs, improve SecOps efficiency, and eliminate integration complexity vs. stitched solutions. See why.

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Gartner Research Report

2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms

Versa has for the fourth consecutive year been recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms1 and is one of only 12 vendors that met the criteria for inclusion based on the analysts’ evaluation of the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform.