Databox is the leading Cloud provider in Croatia and our professional track partner. We have talked with Filip in this interview, to learn more about their company and their service. Read the interview and be sure to find them at WordCamp Zagreb for more questions.
It is good to have you with us Filip and we are thrilled to have Databox as a professional track partner. Could you introduce Databox?
DataBox is the leading Cloud provider in Croatia with its own data center designed according to TIER 3 standard specializing in managed cloud services. Through our specific expertises we provide virtual and dedicated server infrastructure, disaster recovery solutions, data storage solutions as well as supervision of the ICT system and designing, deploying and maintaining data centers at the users location.
Your data centers are based in Croatia, does that mean that your clients are mostly from this region or do you host international clients as well?
Most of our clients are from Croatia and South East Europe, but they are starting to notice us in Central Europe as well. We already have clients in Germany and Austria, and one of our biggest client is from Canada. With increasing activity in Central Europe we decided to make our physical presence in Austria. At the moment we are deploying our infrastructure in data center in Vienna as our point of local presence.
What is the benefit for a user to use your services rather than to invest in his own infrastructure?
First of all there is zero capital investment for the client. You only pay the resources that you really need and use. No maintenance costs and no unpredictable expenses. Infrastructure and knowledge to power your needs and business is our concern.
What are your expectations of WordCamp Zagreb?
I expect it to have a positive impact on the growth of the WordPress community and beyond. We work with a lot of developer companies on designing and deploying infrastructure needed to power their ideas and projects, so we hope that this conference will provoke interest not only WordPress community but the people who just scratched the surface of this universe. Program of the conference is great but networking between breaks and after party will help them far more.
How do users learn about your service?
DataBox is a young company, and most of our business is concluded through networking and referrals. We recently started with a couple marketing web campaigns as we are getting closer to deploying our first backup service for small and medium businesses as well as for private users.
What are the plans for the future?
Invest in technology, people and knowledge. We firmly believe that future of Cloud lies in managed cloud services as companies will be focusing more on their core business and the job they are best at.