New ISG study: q.beyond confirmed as Microsoft Leader

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New ISG study: q.beyond confirmed as Microsoft Leader

30.04.2024 / 12:00 CET/CEST
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New ISG study: q.beyond confirmed as Microsoft Leader

  * q.beyond is once more a "Leader" in "Microsoft 365 Services - Midmarket"
    and "SAP on Azure Services"

  * It is also a "Rising Star" for the first time for "Power Platform
    Services" and "Generative AI Services for the Microsoft Clouds"

* Combination of consulting and operations expertise pays off

Cologne, 30 April 2024 - In the new "ISG Provider LensTM Microsoft Cloud
Ecosystem 2024", q.beyond AG has been designated for the second time running
in this provider comparison as a "Leader" in the two market categories of
"Microsoft 365 Services - Midmarket" and "SAP on Azure Services". In two
further segments, "Power Platform Services" and "Generative AI Services for
the Microsoft Clouds", q.beyond has also been designated for the first time
as a "Rising Star". According to ISG, this status is granted to companies
with promising portfolios and great future potential. For "Managed Services
for Azure - Midmarket", ISG also views q.beyond AG as a particularly
competitive "Market Challenger".

ISG is a leading global market research and analysis company in the
technology segment. The current study compares the services offered by
Microsoft service providers in the various segments of the Microsoft
ecosystem and thus supports decision-makers when procuring services.

"Custom-fit services and clear roadmaps"

According to ISG, q.beyond's "Leader" status in the "SAP on Azure Services"
market segment is due above all to its wide-ranging SAP expertise, its
innovative solutions for the supply chain and its focus on security and
compliance. "q.beyond is synonymous with excellence in the digital
transformation. With its leading SAP expertise and forward-looking security
standards, it guides companies seamlessly into the cloud", comments Axel
Oppermann, Senior Analyst at ISG and leading author of the study, in
summarising the assessment. "q.beyond's solutions in this market segment set
standards in terms of their innovation and reliability."

In its substantiation of q.beyond's "Leader" status for "Microsoft 365
Services - Midmarket", ISG stresses that the company has "a clear overview
of the market and a profound understanding of its customers". Furthermore,
the IT service provider combined technical expertise with methodical
competence, enabling its customers to benefit from "custom-fit services,
clear roadmaps and reliability".

Combination of highly secure solutions and compliance

This combination of highly secure solutions and an ability to ally security
with compliance and development enabled q.beyond to achieve "Rising Star"
status in the "Power Platform Services" market segment for the first time
this year. The company's strengths are to be found above all in its wide
variety of automation solutions, its end-to-end service portfolio, ranging
from pre-sales consulting to implementation through to training and
operations, as well as in its individual customer solutions.

In the Microsoft segment of "Generative AI Services for the Microsoft
Clouds", q.beyond is the only provider designated as a "Rising Star". Here
too, it was above all the company's innovative security and compliance
solutions and its combination of consulting and implementation expertise
that led to the designation. The ISG analysts also highlighted its "clear
view of market trends in the field of generative AI".

From planning through to implementation

"Cloud, AI and security are currently the most prominent topics that are
occupying our customers and us, so we are especially pleased that ISG has
issued designations for our services in these areas in its latest study",
comments Thies Rixen, CEO of q.beyond AG. "Not only that: These designations
further underline the success of our strategic approach of offering
end-to-end support to our customers. Alongside implementing and operating IT
services, this also entails prior evaluation and consulting." In IT
modernisation workshops, customers and q.beyond record the current IT
situation, evaluate this and jointly define what the IT landscape should
look like in future. The IT service provider is also a designated Microsoft
Solutions Partner and, within the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP),
has five general designations and five designations as expert for proven
specialisations.

Interested parties can find further information and the entire study at this
link: https://www.qbeyond.de/isg24/


About q.beyond AG:
q.beyond AG is the key to successful digitalisation. We help our customers
find the best digital solutions for their business and then put them into
practice. Our strong team of 1,100 people accompanies SME customers securely
and reliably throughout their digital journey. We are experts in Cloud, SAP,
Microsoft, data intelligence, security and software development. With
locations throughout Germany, as well as in Latvia, Spain and India, and its
own certified data centres, q.beyond is one of Germany's leading IT service
providers.

Contact:
q.beyond AG
Arne Thull
Head of Investor Relations /Mergers & Acquisitions
T +49 221 669-8724
invest@qbeyond.de
www.qbeyond.de


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   Language:       English
   Company:        q.beyond AG
                   Richard-Byrd-Straße 4
                   50829 Cologne
                   Germany
   Phone:          +49-221-669-8724
   Fax:            +49-221-669-8009
   E-mail:         invest@qbeyond.de
   Internet:       www.qbeyond.de
   ISIN:           DE0005137004
   WKN:            513700
   Listed:         Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
                   Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
                   Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
   EQS News ID:    1890907

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