In the run-up to the award ceremony, visitors to the "Storage Technology Conference 2015", the "Storage Solutions Day Fachkongress - Swiss 2015" and the "IT-Security Management & Technology Conference 2015" voted online on the basis of content, presentation style and the overall package of presentations and workshops. From this, 21 winners were determined, who were honored during the Vogel IT-Medien press and marketing raft trip on the Isar.
The award winners of the "Storage Technology Conference 2015":
- Marcel Binder (Samsung): Best Speaker for both Best Presentation and Best
Value
- Christoph Hammerer (Fujitsu): Best Speaker in the direct vote
- Stefan Bösner (Dell Software): Best Workshop
- André M. Braun (Dell): Best Speaker in the direct vote
- Dell, including Ben Catic and Hans Schramm: Team award for the best workshop
in the direct vote
The award winners of the "Storage Solutions Day Fachkongress - Swiss 2015":
- Hans Schramm (Dell): Best Speaker in the direct vote and for Best Value
- Florian Köppli & Johann Schrem (Nutanix): Best Speaker in the direct vote and for Best
Presentation
- Markus Erlacher & Philipp Witschi (itnetX): Winner for Best Presentation
- Jens Berensmann (Wagerenhof Uster Foundation, for SimpliVity): Winner in the category
Best Value
- Dr. Jürg Stiefenhofer (SimpliVity): Winner of the Best Workshop
The award winners of the "IT Security Management & Technology Conference 2015":
- Thomas Uhlemann (ESET): Best Speaker in the direct vote and for Best Value
- Matthias Koll (G Data Software): Winner in the Best Presentation category
- Rüdiger Trost (F-Secure): Winner in the Best Presentation category
- Christoph Riese, Jochen Pretli, Harald Bauschke and Björn Zackenfels (Sophos):
Winners of the Best Workshop
The guests at the three events also voted for the best keynotes. The winners were:
- Prof. Dr. Radermacher, "Storage Technology Conference 2015": "Globalization,
Sustainability, Future - Where is the digital transformation taking us?"
- Prof. Günther Dissertori, "Storage Solutions Day Fachkongress - Swiss 2015":
"Particle physics and its applications: Anti-matter, proton beams and more".
- Daniel Domscheit-Berg, "IT-Security Management & Technology Conference 2015": "Big
Picture of the Digital Revolution"
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