Klaus Elsbacher

COMPAREX AG offers information technology solutions and services in the areas of license management, sourcing, technical product consulting, and cloud-based professional services. Its products focus on performance optimization, risk management and compliance, and cost reduction and savings. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp. provides modular mid-range and high-end computer data storage systems, software, and services. It offers cloud, bog date analytics, internet of things, converged infrastructure, storage, servers, data protection, application solutions, and industry solutions. The company was founded by Namihei Odaira in 1989 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

VEW AG provided utility services like electricity, heating, gas, water and sewage treatment services. The generation of power was produced from a range of primary energies like nuclear energy and lignite produced in the company's own opencast mines for base load, hard coal, gas and renewable energies like water, wind and biomass for mid-merit and peak load. The company was headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.