Deutsche Borse launches first public vendor-neutral cloud marketplace

Deutsche Borse AG, a stock exchange and subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group has announced what the company claims to be the world’s first vendor-neutral marketplace for cloud services.As of Q1 2014, companies in New York and Frankfurt will be able to purchase infrastructure as a service from multiple providers through the online marketplace, set up as an independent company called the Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange (DBCE), and Deutsche Börse will be managing all of the transactions on behalf of the service providers.The company has launched an early adopter programme which has attracted participation from notable companies like Equinix, Host Europe, Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, and T-Systems among other, and the services offered through the DBCE will be aimed at large enterprises in addition to small and medium-sized businesses.