Together with the Endava Cloud team, I had the opportunity to participate in Cloud Fest 2025, held at Europa Park in Germany. Cloud Fest focuses on cloud technology from all fields, with a high focus on private and public cloud. The session covered topics such as AI, open-source, security, sustainability, and the evolution of the cloud. Numerous showcases provided us with the opportunity to network and gain a better understanding of the EU market. My primary goal for the event was to network and visit all the exhibitors. Yes, I visited all the exhibitors, and I had the opportunity to chat with around 120 of them. There was a mix of cloud hardware providers, solution providers for private cloud, physical and virtual appliance providers and startups from this space. I was surprised that no public cloud vendors were present at the conference, considering there were over 150 exhibitors and more than 9,000 attendees. The cloud repatriation trend in the EU is stronger than ever. T...