History
From Early Web Pioneer to Cloud Expert Three Decades of Building What’s Next
Founded in 1996, comdivision began as an early pioneer in web and content management, helping public institutions and organizations take their first steps online. As technology and customer needs evolved, so did comdivision—shifting its focus toward IT management, virtualization, and ultimately cloud technologies.Over the years, this evolution led to a clear specialization: designing, consulting, and operating complex cloud and virtualization platforms. By becoming an early VMware Enterprise Partner and continuously deepening its expertise, comdivision established itself as a trusted advisor for organizations navigating the journey from traditional infrastructure to modern cloud‑based environments.
Shaping the Next Generation of Private Cloud
In 2026, comdivision looks ahead to a cloud landscape increasingly defined by private cloud operating models, tighter platform consolidation, and a renewed focus on long‑term architectural decisions. With VMware Cloud Foundation firmly positioned as the centerpiece of Broadcom’s strategy for private and hybrid cloud, organizations are no longer asking whether to modernize—but how to do it right and how to make it last.
Building on decades of experience in architecture, consulting, and enablement, comdivision’s focus continues to evolve toward helping customers design durable private cloud platforms, operate them efficiently, and adapt them as requirements around cost control, compliance, AI workloads, and sovereignty continue to grow. Rather than chasing short‑term trends, the emphasis remains on repeatable designs, operational maturity, and clear accountability.
As partner ecosystems consolidate and expectations on professional services rise, comdivision enters this next phase with a clear role:
to act as a long‑term architectural partner for organizations that need clarity, stability, and technical depth in an increasingly complex infrastructure market. The journey that began with early web platforms in 1996 now continues with a single guiding principle—helping customers make infrastructure decisions they won’t regret five or ten years down the road.
Navigating the Broadcom Era and Doubling Down on Cloud Foundation
Starting in 2023, the VMware ecosystem entered a period of profound change following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, finalized in late 2023. Broadcom rapidly simplified VMware’s portfolio, transitioned all offerings to a subscription‑only licensing model, and positioned VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as the central platform for private and hybrid cloud adoption. These changes fundamentally altered licensing, partner programs, and long‑term infrastructure strategies for enterprises and service providers alike.
During this transition, comdivision took on an increasingly visible role as a trusted interpreter and advisor for customers affected by the new model. Through technical consulting, architecture guidance, and extensive public analysis, comdivision focused on helping organizations understand VCF‑centric operating models, licensing implications, and realistic migration or optimization paths within the Broadcom‑VMware framework.
By 2024 and 2025, comdivision’s position as one of Broadcom‑VMware’s most experienced professional services partners became even more pronounced. As Broadcom narrowed its partner ecosystem and emphasized partners capable of delivering high‑value professional services around VMware Cloud Foundation, comdivision was frequently cited as an example of a partner aligned with this strategy, based on its long‑standing focus on architecture, operations, and enablement rather than resale alone.
By end of 2025, comdivision continues to focus on private cloud, hybrid cloud, and cloud operating models built around VMware Cloud Foundation, supporting customers through design, migration, optimization, and long‑term operations. In an ecosystem marked by consolidation and rapid change, comdivision’s role has evolved from early adopter and specialist to long‑term strategic partner, helping customers make durable infrastructure decisions in an increasingly complex cloud landscape.
Resilience, Recognition, and Industry Leadership
Between 2020 and 2022, comdivision entered a phase of strong growth and global recognition, even as the IT industry navigated the challenges of the COVID‑19 pandemic. In 2020, comdivision achieved Principal Partner status multiple times within VMware’s newly launched Partner Connect program, underlining its deep investment in service quality, validated delivery, and customer outcomes.
In 2021, comdivision celebrated its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter century of continuous evolution. That year also represented a major milestone in technical validation: comdivision became the second partner globally to achieve seven VMware Master Services Competencies, confirming exceptional expertise across multiple VMware solution areas. Notably, this achievement came during a period of record performance, demonstrating resilience and focus despite global uncertainty.
By 2022, comdivision’s position at the top tier of the VMware ecosystem was firmly established. The company completed the achievement of all eight VMware Master Services Competencies, becoming the first partner globally to hold the full set. This recognition reflected years of consistent investment in architecture, consulting, training, and operational excellence—cementing comdivision’s role as a leading professional services partner for complex multi‑cloud and cloud operating model transformations.
Global Recognition and Deep Specialization
Between 2017 and 2019, comdivision’s long‑term investment in VMware expertise translated into formal global recognition. During this period, comdivision achieved multiple VMware Master Services Competencies (MSCs), the highest validation VMware offers for services partners, confirming proven delivery excellence across key solution areas such as data center virtualization, cloud management and automation, network virtualization, and digital workspace.
By 2019, comdivision had also become one of the first partners in Germany and EMEA to achieve the VMware Cloud on AWS Master Services Competency, reflecting its early and practical leadership in hybrid cloud architectures. This milestone reinforced comdivision’s position as a trusted advisor for customers evaluating and adopting cloud operating models that span on‑premises and public cloud environments.
Throughout these years, comdivision continued to combine architecture consulting, implementation, and enablement, working with customers across Europe and North America. The focus shifted increasingly toward repeatable cloud designs, operational maturity, and business‑driven outcomes, setting the stage for the company’s later role as one of the most highly certified VMware professional services partners globally.
Maturing Cloud Expertise and a Major Milestone
Between 2014 and 2016, comdivision further matured its role as a specialized cloud and virtualization consultancy, building on several years of deep focus on VMware‑based platforms. Customer projects during this period increasingly centered on standardized architectures, automation, and operational excellence, particularly for service providers and enterprises preparing for cloud‑scale operations.
Knowledge transfer and enablement continued to expand as core strengths, with comdivision combining architectural consulting and training to help customers not only deploy modern infrastructures, but operate them sustainably. This phase reinforced comdivision’s position as both architect and long‑term advisor rather than a short‑term implementation partner.
In 2016, comdivision marked its 20th anniversary, reflecting two decades of continuous evolution, from early web services to a globally active consulting organization focused on cloud technologies. By this point, the comdivision group consisted of multiple companies serving customers worldwide with design, consulting, training, and troubleshooting across the full IT stack.
A Clear Commitment to VMware and Cloud Platforms
Starting in 2010, comdivision made a deliberate strategic decision to focus its services almost entirely on VMware and the surrounding ecosystem, including backup, management, and cloud‑related technologies. This marked the transition from general virtualization projects to end‑to‑end cloud platform design, implementation, and operation.
During this period, comdivision increasingly supported service providers and enterprises in building standardized, repeatable infrastructure architectures. Consulting engagements shifted toward software‑defined data centers, automation, and operational models that allowed customers to scale services reliably rather than operate isolated environments.
At the same time, training and knowledge transfer became a core pillar of comdivision’s work. By combining consulting experience with hands‑on education formats, comdivision helped customer teams not only deploy VMware‑based platforms, but also operate and evolve them independently strengthening its role as both architect and educator in the cloud transformation journey.
2013 was also the formation of comdivision North America Inc. in Florida to strengthen the already existing US business and create local teams.
Sharpening the Consulting Focus and Building Expertise
In 2007, comdivision formally established comdivision consulting GmbH to concentrate all consulting and integration activities in a dedicated entity. This step made it clear that comdivision’s long‑term strength lay in consulting, outsourcing, and complex IT architectures, rather than in operating large‑scale hosting platforms.
During this period, comdivision further expanded its hands‑on expertise in enterprise virtualization and storage, building on its early VMware partnership. Practical experience from real customer environments increasingly shaped the company’s architectural approach, emphasizing operational stability, scalability, and automation.
A key milestone followed in 2009, when founder and lead architect Yves Sandfort was invited by VMware to contribute to its global education program. Becoming a VMware Certified Instructor and mentor reinforced comdivision’s growing reputation not only as an implementation partner, but also as a trusted authority in knowledge transfer and enablement a role that continues to define the company today.
Laying the Foundation with VMware Virtualization and Cloud
Between 2004 and 2006, comdivision deepened its focus on consulting, integration, and operated IT services, building on the experience gained from running large‑scale hosting and managed environments. During this period, the company accumulated extensive hands‑on knowledge in enterprise infrastructure and storage, driven by real customer operations rather than theoretical designs.
A major milestone came in 2006, when comdivision became an early VMware Enterprise Partner, recognizing early on that virtualization would fundamentally change how infrastructure was designed and operated. This step marked the beginning of a long‑term strategic alignment with VMware technologies and set the technical direction for comdivision’s future work in software‑defined data centers and cloud architectures.
From Webservices to IT-Management with VMware
Between 2000 and 2003, comdivision deliberately shifted its focus from pure web platforms toward IT management, hosting, and outsourcing services. As customers’ environments grew in complexity, comdivision increasingly took responsibility not just for applications, but for the operation of underlying infrastructure.
The clear highlight of 2000 was the request to support the german olympic team in sydney incl. press support onsite and remote.
In 2001, during a challenging period for the internet economy, the founders consolidated ownership and made strategic decisions to stabilize and refocus the company. This period marked a transition from experimental web services to professionally operated, customer‑critical IT services.
By 2003, comdivision formally separated its hosting business from consulting and integration, allowing each area to scale independently. This step clarified comdivision’s long‑term direction and laid the foundation for its later specialization in consulting, virtualization, and cloud technologies.
From individual use cases to the first SaaS offering
Between 1997 and 1999, comdivision expanded its early web platform approach and scaled its ISy.Net content management system in real‑world use. The focus during these years was on operating and hosting web‑based services as subscription offerings from comdivision’s own infrastructure, well before “SaaS” became a common term.
During this phase, comdivision worked closely with public institutions and organizations, helping them not only launch websites but operate them reliably over time. This period laid the groundwork for comdivision’s later strengths in operating complex IT services, as the company gained hands‑on experience running customer‑facing platforms, managing infrastructure, and delivering services with high availability and operational responsibility.
By the end of the 1990s, comdivision had firmly moved beyond pure web development into service operation and IT management, setting the direction for its later transition into virtualization, outsourcing, and cloud technologies.
It all began with some web pages, an idea and a few computers
In 1996, comdivision was founded as an early web and technology pioneer. The company focused on enabling organizations—especially public institutions to create, manage, and maintain their own websites at a time when the web was still largely static. To achieve this, comdivision developed its own content management platform, ISy.Net, allowing non‑technical users to update web content without programming skills. One of its first major successes was helping hundreds of public service organizations establish an online presence, laying the foundation for comdivision’s long‑standing focus on practical, user‑driven technology solutions.
