Server manufacturer Thomas-Krenn concludes cloud partnership with gridscale

Cologne, Germany, August 12, 2021 – The strategic partnership with the Cologne-based cloud technology provider gridscale opens up new arbitrarily scalable IaaS and PaaS services for the server manufacturer Thomas-Krenn.AG.

Launching the „Thomas Krenn Cloud“, users will enjoy a virtual data centre that enables cloud service configurations to improve IT operations drastically. In addition to compute, storage and network resources, customers also benefit from extensive PaaS and database services as well as turnkey cloud applications. Using a pay-per-use principle, users will experience a transparent real-time billing process, exact to the minute.

“With its combined portfolio of high-quality hardware and virtual servers, Thomas-Krenn enables flexibility and individuality in IT operations,” Henrik Hasenkamp, CEO of gridscale, states, pleased about the new cooperation. “Tackling hybrid scenarios and the intelligent linking of local on-premise IT with highly dynamic cloud services, we see our collaboration pioneering in the German market.”

Fast access, simple handling
The Thomas Krenn Cloud provides straightforward management of all resources. Every function can be controlled and fully automated via an intuitive web interface or the RESTful API. The virtual servers are located in multiple certified German high-security data centres or, depending on customer requests, at various locations in Austria and Switzerland, ensuring reliability and failure security.

“Especially our medium-sized customers benefit from great cost reductions and IT operation advantages thanks to simple and custom-fit configurations of their IT infrastructure”, adds Christoph Maier, CEO of Thomas-Krenn AG. “Together with gridscale, we will successively expand our cloud portfolio and continuously provide new cloud services. This allows us to create an integrated end-to-end offer and to ultimately strengthen our core competence also in the server sector.”

Cloud offering already up and running
Companies can already book and utilise the Thomas Krenn Cloud. While gridscale experts carry out administration, maintenance and further development of the platform, Thomas-Krenn AG focuses on the technical consulting of its customers and the marketing of the new cloud offer.

The press release of Thomas-Krenn AG and further information are available at https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/unternehmen/presse/pressemeldungen.html.

About gridscale
gridscale is an IaaS and PaaS provider headquartered in Cologne. The company stands for easy-to-use and flexible cloud technologies. gridscales’ intuitive interface design empowers people without in-depth IT knowledge to manage the IT infrastructure while a Kubernetes environment facilitates the management of cloud-native workloads. Thousands of companies, agencies and managed service providers already rely on gridscale to implement and operate their digital projects – from high-traffic webshops to complex SaaS or enterprise IT solutions. White-label options are available to resellers and with the gridscale software ‘Hybrid Core’ data centre operators themselves can become cloud providers. gridscale with its about 100 employees is led by Henrik Hasenkamp and Marc Dittmann.

About Thomas-Krenn.AG
Thomas-Krenn.AG is a leading, fast-growing manufacturer of individual server and storage systems. Since 2002, the company has been supplying end-users, resellers and data centre operators with high-quality hardware according to the build-to-order principle. As a solution provider for individual customer projects, Thomas-Krenn.AG stands for the highest service quality in hardware-related development, contract manufacturing, product finishing and logistics. Thus, the company is a recognised and reliable partner for industry, system houses, service providers, and medium-size end customers from every industry. Thomas-Krenn.AG produces all servers in Germany at the Freyung site with currently around 180 employees.