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12.10.2012

EuroCloud awards its European champions

News Release of the EuroCloud Europe Awards

Luxembourg, October 10, 2012 - They have the best product in Europe, the most successful business idea, the most successful implementation and provide the highest efficiency: five cloud services’ providers and case studies have been awarded during the EuroCloud Europe gala ceremony, held in Luxembourg on Monday October 8th. More than 50 cloud providers from twelve European countries participated. Only the companies which had won the national EuroCloud Award in their own country could apply at the European level. The ceremony took place in the context of the EuroCloud Congress, gathering executives and cloud experts from all European countries on the 8th and 9th of October.

"The services and case studies provided by the winners impressively show the range and quality of cloud services already available today across Europe", says Bernd Becker, CEO of EuroCloud Germany_eco and vice president of EuroCloud Europe. "We are pleased that the EuroCloud Europe Awards have become an established institution within the industry".

In each category were awarded the following companies:

  • Best Cloud Service Product: PingFederate 6.6 (GB)
  • Best Start Up: Zyncro (ES)
  • Best Case Study Private Sector: Infopark Cloud Express (DE)
  • Best Case Study Public Administration: E-Gov Portal Services (Portal Austria) (AT)
  • Highest Increase in Efficiency Using Cloud Services: CE On-Demand mit Integrated communication and collaboration platform based on hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010 für Hungarian Water Rescue Service (HU)

The winners of the EuroCloud Europe Awards were selected by a jury made of twelve European cloud experts. The award was presented last Monday evening as part of the EuroCloud Europe Award Gala 2012 held druing the EuroCloud Congress in Luxembourg.

The photos of the award ceremony and the first day of the EuroCloud Congress 2012, can be found here.

More information about the EuroCloud Europe Congress can be found on the congress website: http://www.eurocloudcongress.org/

The 2013 edition of the EuroCloud Congress will be held in Luxembourg for the fourth consecutive time, on October 15th and 16th.

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About EuroCloud

Founded in 2010, EuroCloud is a European network gathering SaaS and cloud computing communities from 27 European countries, including vendors and industry experts. It is aiming at developing the next generation of added value applications. Through its diverse membership, EuroCloud promotes cloud computing in Europe, including current state of the markets and future innovations, and has become a critical exchange platform across the different continents.

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