EANS-News: adesso founds hosting services subsidiary

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Company Information

Dortmund (euro adhoc) - IT service provider adesso has joined forces
with hosting provider ADACOR to establish adesso hosting services
GmbH. The new company offers a range of complex hosting and cloud
services solutions.

adesso has expanded its group portfolio with a range of services
focussing on the development and hosting of system environments by
founding adesso hosting services GmbH. The new adesso subsidiary is a
joint venture by adesso AG and ADACOR Hosting GmbH. adesso holds a 51
percent stake in the new company, while the remaining 49 percent is
owned by ADACOR.

The wide range of individual, complex hosting and cloud services
solutions offered by the new company means that adesso will now be
able to offer an optimum service portfolio across the entire
value-added chain.

The key competencies of adesso hosting services GmbH include: -
Complex hosting: Custom, high-performance hosting solutions based on
certified security standards, including managed hosting, trusted
hosting and media hosting. - Cloud services: Versatile cloud
technologies for hosting internet projects and media files, including
the provision of virtual servers, virtual storage systems and content
delivery.

"Application development and application management are more closely
linked than ever before," explains adesso co-CEO Dr. Rüdiger
Striemer. "That's why many of our customers expect the full range of
services from a single source. adesso is now in the position to
provide applications as a service and assume responsibility for the
full range of operation and maintenance tasks. That will allow us to
develop new commercial models and, by founding the new subsidiary,
the adesso Group is now perfectly positioned to take advantage of
resulting synergies. In ADACOR we have found a partner with
outstanding expertise capable of meeting our high standards of
quality and security right from the get-go."

The Executive Board

Further inquiry note:
Martin Möllmann
Manager Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 231 930-9330
E-Mail: ir@adesso.de

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company: adesso AG
Stockholmer Allee 24
D-44269 Dortmund
phone: +49 231 930-9330
FAX: +49 231 930-9331
mail: ir@adesso.de
WWW: http://www.adesso-group.de
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: DE000A0Z23Q5
indexes: CDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/general standard: Frankfurt
language: English