At a key moment for digital transformation and European technological sovereignty, OVHCloud has gathered its Spanish ecosystem in Madrid in the Backstage 2025 event. The day, which has first gathered all the actors (partners, startups, ISVs and technological allies) has served as a platform to accelerate synergies and move towards an open innovation model, supported by a cloud of an open innovation. trust.
With 165 partners already active in Spain and a growth rate that does not stop, 55 new only in the last year, Ovhcloud has turned the Spanish market into a reference within its European strategy. The company has reinforced its message: collaboration is the engine to develop more sustainable, competitive and standard technologies such as Kubernetes or VMware.
“Only with a united ecosystem we can build a competitive digital future”
The Ovhcloud Directorate made clear its commitment to a European cloud that bet on transparency, interoperability and data protection. “We continue to innovate to offer our ecosystem avant -garde solutions, based on foreseeable prices and guarantee data protection,” said John Gazal, vice president for southern Europe. “Only creating a solid, collaborative ecosystem based on a confidence cloud, we can promote a more sustainable, sovereign and competitive digital future in Europe.”
Cristina Ortiz, responsible for the Partners and ISVs program in Spain, stressed the leading role of the Spanish ecosystem: “Partners are key within our strategy, and that is why we will continue to drive synergies and provide them with tools, formation and close support so that they can develop their value with excellence.”
AI, Paas and Hyperconvergent Cloud: Keys of the future of Cloud
One of the great focuses of the Backstage 2025 was the innovation in advanced cloud solutions, such as the recent launch of Ai endpointsa proposal that facilitates the integration of artificial intelligence models in production services, together with new services in 3-AZ regions to guarantee greater resilience. In addition, real use cases of AI, Multicloud and Blockchain were addressed in the context of the Ovhcloud ecosystem, with special emphasis on the adoption of safe and sovereign solutions.
The company also revealed new initiatives aimed at its technological community: a New Portal Training To improve technical training, the launch in September of the Portal Partnerwhich will integrate directories, marketing resources and business tools, and an extension of its financial benefits policy, including specific advantages for software editors.
10 years promoting startups: blockchain and web3 in the center
The event also served to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the OVHCloud startup program, which has already accompanied some 5,000 emerging companies worldwide. As part of its evolution, the FAST FORWARD BLOCKCHAIN & WEB3 ACCELERATORa new initiative to help the founders of these sectors to climb their projects and connect internationally with other hubs of the ecosystem.
Recognitions to the talent of the Spanish ecosystem
The 2025 Backstage Awards highlighted the most outstanding members of the OVHCloud community in Spain. Among the winners were Cow Dao (Startup of the Year), Neurology (Most Disruptive Member), Auren (Business Excellence & Innovation), Sesame HR (ISV of the Year) and Soltingsis (Partner of the Year).
