Cloud and managed services are the future-oriented models for companies to procure IT services flexibly and transparently. Hosters and service providers benefit from this in particular. However, the more and more diverse services they offer, the more critical their ability to provide automated and scalable infrastructures and platforms becomes. The question also arises as to which equity, revenue and customer structures are suitable so that providers can continue to position themselves successfully in the hosting and service providing market in the future.



These and other questions will be answered at the HOSTING & SERVICE PROVIDER SUMMIT, which will take place for the fifth time on May 12 and 13 at the Villa Kennedy in Frankfurt am Main. In addition to proven formats such as keynotes, reference projects and think tanks, participants will be able to get to know three new facets of the exchange for the first time: expert roundtables, Hosting VIPs "On the Spot" and Hosting Investor's Panels will offer new perspectives and impetus for their business. In addition, the Summit will be accompanied by 25 top providers who will be available to hosting and service providers in one-on-one meetings to exchange experiences and opinions.



A novelty this year are the HOSTING AWARDS, which replace the coveted Hosting & Service Provider Award. For the first time, no jury will award the prizes, but Vogel IT-Medien will let the readers of IT-BUSINESS and its seven other IT portals vote for the winners.



Further information on the Summit can be found at www.hspsummit.de.

Further information on the award can be found at www.hspsummit.de/award.



In its seminars, industry summits and congresses, the Vogel IT Academy (akademie.vogel-it.com) offers IT decision-makers and partners focused knowledge on a wide range of topics. The Academy is a division of Vogel IT-Medien, Augsburg, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vogel Business Media. The most important media brands of Vogel IT-Medien are IT-BUSINESS, eGovernment Computing, BigData-Insider.de, DataCenter-Insider.de, CloudComputing-Insider.de, IP-Insider.de, Security-Insider.de and Storage-Insider.de. Vogel Business Media is Germany's largest trade media company with 100+ trade journals, 100+ web portals, 100+ business events as well as numerous mobile offerings and international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The company celebrates its 125th birthday in 2016.