PCextreme CTO: “We Are Transitioning from Web Hosting to Cloud”

📅 April 16, 2019 - Dutch web hosting company PCextreme (pcextreme.com) was acquired by TWS (tws.eu) (Total Webhosting Solutions) in 2018. At this year's CloudFest in Germany, HostingJournalist.com spoke to PCextreme CTO Wido den Hollander, about their transition from a traditional web hosting model to becoming a cloud infrastructure provider. He also elaborates on the acquisition-focused expansion strategy of parent company TWS.

TWS has acquired several web hosting and cloud services companies across Europea lately, mainly in the Netherlands but also in Spain. These companies include Axarnet Group (Spain), Yourhosting, Versio, RealHosting, De Heeg, Savvii, Provider, Neostrada, Reviced Cloud Services, and [...][... Check source for end of article ...]

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