<s>
The	O
Deutsche	B-General_Concept
Börse	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Exchange	I-General_Concept
AG	I-General_Concept
(	O
DBCE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
joint	O
venture	O
,	O
established	O
in	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
between	O
Deutsche	O
Börse	O
AG	O
and	O
Zimory	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
the	O
marketplace	O
can	O
either	O
cover	O
their	O
additional	O
storage	O
and	O
computing	O
requirements	O
or	O
offer	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
capacities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vendor-agnostic	O
of	O
the	O
DBCE	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
neutral	O
intermediary	O
between	O
cloud	O
providers	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
users	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
marketplace	O
,	O
providers	O
offer	O
IT	O
infrastructure	O
resources	O
such	O
as	O
CPU	B-Device
,	O
storage	O
and	O
RAM	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
side	O
,	O
buyers	O
have	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
,	O
buy	O
and	O
subsequently	O
use	O
appropriate	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
offers	O
from	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
now	O
,	O
the	O
marketplace	O
of	O
the	O
DBCE	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
platform	O
worldwide	O
on	O
which	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
resources	O
can	O
be	O
compared	O
,	O
purchased	O
,	O
used	O
and	O
paid	O
for	O
on	O
a	O
standardized	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
start	O
off	O
,	O
five	O
providers	O
from	O
various	O
European	O
countries	O
offered	O
their	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
resources	O
via	O
the	O
DBCE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
marketplaces	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
DBCE	O
seeks	O
to	O
make	O
available	O
vendor-agnostic	O
cloud	O
resources	O
procured	O
via	O
the	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
a	O
central	O
interface	O
(	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
for	O
all	O
standard	O
cloud	B-Architecture
technologies	I-Architecture
and	O
enables	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
the	O
purchased	O
resources	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
technologies	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
accelerate	O
the	O
normally	O
drawn-out	O
contract	O
negotiations	O
between	O
providers	O
and	O
users	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
different	O
CPU	B-Device
offers	O
are	O
normally	O
difficult	O
to	O
compare	O
,	O
the	O
DBCE	O
specifies	O
the	O
PU	O
as	O
a	O
defined	O
standard	O
for	O
all	O
CPU	B-Device
offers	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Which	O
means	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
matter	O
from	O
which	O
provider	O
the	O
buyer	O
is	O
procuring	O
CPU	B-Device
resources	O
via	O
the	O
marketplace	O
:	O
The	O
PU	O
always	O
delivers	O
comparable	O
performance	O
,	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DBCE	O
has	O
49	O
employees	O
,	O
comprising	O
experts	O
from	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
industry	O
and	O
the	O
financial	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
management	O
board	O
of	O
the	O
Deutsche	B-General_Concept
Börse	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Exchange	I-General_Concept
AG	I-General_Concept
are	O
Randolf	O
Roth	O
and	O
Maximilian	O
Ahrens	O
.	O
</s>
