On September 26, 2013 Rene Buest hosted the „CEO Couch“ at Open-Xchange Summit 2013 in Hamburg. Among the guests on the couch were Herrmann-Josef Lamberti (EADS), Dr. Marten Schoenherr (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories), Herbert Bockers (Dimension Data) and Rafael Laguna (Open-Xchange).

The „CEO Couch“ is a format were Top CEOs are confronted with provocative questions on a specific topic and had to answer to the point. This year’s main topic was cloud computing and how German and European provider to assert oneself against the alleged overwhelming competition from the US.

On September 25, 2013 Rene Buest gave a talk at CloudOps Summit 2013 on „Cloud Computing is not simple – The complexity is in the details“. In addition he was responsible for the moderation of Track 1 „Operating Complexity“.

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With “TeamDrive SecureOffice” the German vendor TeamDrive, known for its secure enterprise cloud storage solutions, and Picsel, the Smart Office manufacturer, have joined forces to launch the first secure office solution for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. TeamDrive SecureOffice presents itself as the first Dropbox-like synchronization solution with built-in office document handling and end-to-end encryption.

INSIGHTS Report: TeamDrive SecureOffice (EN) by René Büst

openQRM-Enterprise has released version 5.1 of its data center management and cloud infrastructure software openQRM. With the new release all customers are now able to enjoy, among other things, to connect their private cloud infrastructure with public cloud environments, and thus to span a hybrid cloud. The overall picture looks really promising. Although the heading at first can suspect that openQRM is something completely new, which is trying to outstrip OpenStack or Eucalyptus. But this is not by a long shot. openQRM already exists since 2004 and has built up a wide range of functions over the years. The open source project from Cologne, Germany unfortunately lost a little in the crowd, because the marketing machines behind OpenStack and Eucalypts run at full speed and the loudspeakers are many times over. Certainly, openQRM must not hide from them. On the contrary, with version 5.1, Rechenburg’s team again has vigorously gain functions and particular enhances the user experience.

INSIGHTS Report: openQRM 5.1 is available by René Büst

Together with other big names such as Marc Benioff (CEO, Salesforce), Werner Vogels (CTO, Amazon) or Marten Mickos (CEO, Eucalyptus Inc.), Rene Buest is named as one of the „Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts On Twitter“ by the Huffington Post.

More information and the list of the Top 100 cloud computing experts on Twitter can be found under „The Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts On Twitter„.

On July 9 Jo Maitland, Jon Collins, George Anadiotis and New Age Disruption analyst Rene Buest talked about the opportunities and challenges of the cloud in Europe and countries such as Germany or the UK, and gave an insight into the cloud computing market in Europe.

The recording of the international GigaOM analyst webinar „The Future of Cloud in Europe“ is online now.

Companies have recognized the benefits of the flexibility of their IT infrastructure. However, the recent past has reinforced the concern to avoid the path to the public cloud for reasons of data protection and information security. Therefore alternatives need to be evaluated. With a private cloud one is found, if this would not end in high up-front investments in own hardware and software. The middle way is to use a hosted private cloud. This type of cloud is already offered by some providers. However, there is also the possibility to build it up and run themselves. This INSIGHTS report shows how this is possible with the open source cloud computing infrastructure solution openQRM.

Hosted Private Cloud – Open source cloud computing with openQRM by René Büst

Together with other big names such as Werner Vogels (CTO, Amazon), Adrian Cockcroft (CTO, Netflix) or Marten Mickos (CEO, Eucalyptus Inc.), Rene Buest is named as one of the world’s „Top Cloud Computing Influencers“ by the international cloud computing journal „Cloud Computing Wire“.

More information and the list of the top influencers can be found under „Top Cloud Computing Influencers„.

On July 06, 2013 René gave a talk at the Cloud Developer Camp 2013 in Frankfurt and was the moderator of the event.

Please find his slides below:

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More impressions of the Cloud Developer Camp 2013 in Frankfurt can be found under http://www.infopark.com/en/events/cloud-developer-camp/frankfurt.

The choice of a suitable customer relationship management (CRM) solution is a bit of a challenge for any business. Here, the final decision depends on the specific requirements and special needs. In this context, the flexible use of a solution is of crucial importance in order not to get into long-term contracts and high investment costs. This INSIGHTS reports provides an overview of the cloud CRM solution of TecArt GmbH from Erfurt, Germany, shows the functions and what benefits a company receives.

TecArt-CRM Mobile – Modular "All-in-One Business Suite" from the Cloud by René Büst