In the expert talk on "Service Provider Business in Transformation", Jens Köhler (IBM), Ingo Kraupa (noris network), Oliver Kügow (Proact Deutschland), Günther Schiller (ACP) and Ulrich Seibold (Hewlett-Packard) discussed how the market will continue to develop. Participants also benefited from the transfer of knowledge from the reference reports and think tanks. In addition, the accompanying exhibition with 20 top providers invited participants 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 2018". The winners were determined in a large reader survey in cooperation with the nine IT portals of Vogel IT-Medien:
Web hosting category
Platinum: 1&1 Internet
Gold: STRATO
Silver: Hetzner Online
Category VPS/vServer
Platinum: netcup
Gold: HostEurope
Silver: IP-Projects
Category Dedicated Server
Platinum: Manitu
Gold: Alfahosting
Silver: myLoc managed IT
Category Exchange Hosting
Platinum: QualityHosting
Gold: Dogado
Silver: Netclusive
Category Application Hosting
Platinum: Mittwald CM Service
Gold: Profihost
Silver: Root360
Category Managed Hosting
Platinum: Plusserver
Gold: Arvato Systems
Silver: SysEleven
Category Domains
Platinum: United Domains
Gold: DomainFactory
Silver: InternetX
Category Colocation/Data Center
Platinum: Datacenter.de / Noris Network
Gold: Heidelberg iT
Silver: QSC
Colocation/Data Center XXL category
Platinum: Interxion
Gold: Equinix
Silver: CenturyLink Communications
Category Managed Service Provider
Platinum: Bechtle
Gold: Rackspace
Silver: ACP
Category Cloud Service Provider
Platinum: Vodafone
Gold: Hetzner Online
Silver: Profitbricks
Category Cloud Provider/Hyperscaler
Platinum: Amazon Web Services
Gold: Microsoft
Silver: Google
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