CANCOM/Pironet is 7-fold Cloud Leader at the Experton Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2015

Munich/Cologne, 10 June 2015 - The Experton Group honoured CANCOM/Pironet with awards in seven market categories in its provider assessment this year. The IT company achieved awards as Cloud Leader in the market segments Managed Private, Enterprise Public and Hybrid Cloud, as well as for its Platform as a Service, Cloud Workplaces, Communication as a Service and Cloud Transformation offerings. In justifying their decision, the analysts emphasised the above-average attractiveness of the portfolio and competitive strengths in these sectors.

"A 7-fold award as Cloud Leader is definitely remarkable," explains Heiko Henkes, Manager Advisor at the Experton Group. "The awards clearly show that CANCOM/Pironet is outstandingly qualified to cover the most varied requirements of medium-sized and larger companies in setting up comprehensive and holistic cloud structures." This evaluation also shows how the attractiveness of the joint portfolio has benefited from the merger of CANCOM and Pironet.

Stringent evaluation system
The Experton Group analysts assessed the cloud provider environment in Germany for the sixth time, counting several hundred market participants. However, the majority of these fell through the stringent evaluation system of the Experton Group; ultimately only a few managed to become Cloud Leaders. The assessment criteria of the market observer include, for instance, factors such as transparent SLAs, ISO certifications and also the quality of customer support, the project experience and the strategic orientation and development potential of the solutions.

"The fact that we are right at the front in a market which is becoming increasingly fiercely competitive and were even able to improve in the categories analysed underscores our efforts to constantly optimise our solution range and to think a step ahead in the IT sector for our customers," says Rudolf Hotter, COO at CANCOM.

One-stop cloud shop for companies
According to the Experton Group, CANCOM/Pironet is one of the frew providers on the German market which offers such a wide-ranging and high-quality cloud solution portfolio in future-oriented cloud categories. The Group has consequently created a genuine one-stop shop for a very broad range of corporate cloud requirements.

From setting up the cloud environment and operating it either in its own ISO-certified data centres or in the customer's data centre, through to communication, collaboration and also Platform as a Service offerings, CANCOM/Pironet offers its customers complete freedom of choice when establishing cloud structures. This includes, for example, comprehensive IT modernisation strategies, migration projects and the complete redefinition of the IT environment, through to a "New Style of IT". The customers include medium-sized to larger enterprises from all kinds of industries - for instance MAHLE, Deutsche See, Heidelberger Leben and Malteser.

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