Around 200 top managers met at the "Hosting & Service Provider Summit" in Frankfurt on May 23 and 24. Under the motto "Host. Provide. Futurize.", the participants from the cloud and managed services industry discussed how they can shape business models for the future and position themselves successfully alongside hyperscalers.
Keynotes on the topics of edge computing, multi-cloud partnerships, GDPR and customer insights from an automotive manufacturer and the Swiss Post provided special insights into how the service provider landscape will change in the future in terms of requirements and areas of application.
Participants also benefited from the knowledge transfer from the reference reports and think tanks. In particular, the new format "Under Pressure - the crisis as an opportunity" generated enthusiasm: Dr. Béla Waldhauser (Telehouse), Paul Martin (vertical) and Timo Mankartz (dogado) reported on their most difficult challenges. In addition, the accompanying exhibition with 22 top providers invited visitors to one-on-one meetings for an intensive exchange of experiences and opinions.
The highlight of the summit was the presentation of the "Hosting & Service Provider Awards 2019". The winners were determined in a large reader survey in cooperation with the IT portals of Vogel IT-Medien:
The winners of the "Hosting & Service Provider Awards" 2019 at a glance:
Category Webhosting
Platinum: Hetzner Online
Gold: STRATO
Silver: Alfahosting
Category VPS/vServer
Platinum: netcup
Gold: Host Europe
Silver: IP-Projects
Category Dedicated Server
Platinum: manitu
Gold: Server4You
Silver: myLoc managed IT
Category Exchange Hosting
Platinum: QualityHosting
Gold: Telekom
Silver: netclusive
Category Application Hosting
Platinum: 1&1 IONOS
Gold: Mittwald CM Service
Silver: Profihost
Category Managed Hosting
Platinum: PlusServer
Gold: Arvato Systems
Silver: dogado
Category Domains
Platinum: InterNetX
Gold: United Domains
Silver: DomainFactory
Category Data Center / Colocation
Platinum: Noris / Datacenter.de
Gold: Heidelberg iT
Silver: SpaceNet
Category Data Center / Colocation XXL
Platinum: Equinix
Gold: Interxion
Silver: e-shelter
Category Managed Service Provider
Platinum: Bechtle
Gold: Computacenter
Silver: Cancom
Category Cloud Service Provider
Platinum: Microsoft
Gold: Amazon Web Service
Silver: Google
You can also find the list of winners including photos here: https://www.hspsummit.de/award.html
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