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Praise for the Open Telekom Cloud from analysts Cloud Spectator wrote that the Open Telekom Cloud provided an superior overall performance compared to other public clouds in Europe. In the benchmark test Deutsche Telekoms cloud offered the best value for money computing power and reading speed.The current Western Europe Cloud Service Provider Analysis study tested the leading cloud providers. In addition to Deutsche Telekom the offerings from AWS Microsoft and Google were analyzed. The study tested computing power storage capacity in the block storage and value for money. In the comparison with its competitors the Open Telekom Cloud achieved the best results in four categories CPU Memory Performance Multi Core Storage Read Performance CPU Performance per Euro and Storage Read Performance per Euro. In their summary of the results the analysts wrote T Systems Open Telekom Cloud is a frontrunner compared to the latest offerings from Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine. It provides superior overall performance and excellent value for money.Detailed information on the test and the complete study can be downloaded here.New release with Queens and hacker protectionThe test winner is getting a new release in April. With immediate effect the Open Telekom Cloud will operate with OpenStack Queens. The users will notice the change thanks to new functions and updated APIs.Open Telekom Cloud is now even more secure for operators of web portals. The new Web Application Firewall WAF protects websites from targeted attacks. For example the new WAF service can prevent attacks on SQL databases SQL injections. This increases security when operating this common type of database in the public cloud. In addition the WAF can provide faster help for zero-day attacks as website providers can now apply patches independently of third-party providers. The WAF also thwarts attacks via proxy servers or through several hijacked systems.