Credativ once Again an Independent Company

Effective March 1, 2025, the Mönchengladbach-based open-source specialist credativ IT Services GmbH will once again operate as an independent company in the market. In May 2022, credativ GmbH was acquired by NetApp and integrated into NetApp Deutschland GmbH on February 1, 2023. This step allowed the company to draw on extensive experience and a broader resource base. However, after intensive collaboration within the storage and cloud group, it has become clear that credativ, through its regained independence, can offer the best conditions to address customer needs even more effectively. The transition is supported by all 46 employees.

“We have decided to take this step to focus on our core business areas and create the best possible conditions for further growth. For our customers, this means maximum flexibility. We thank NetApp Management for this exceptional opportunity.”, says David Brauner, Managing Director of credativ IT Services GmbH.

“The change is a testament to the confidence we have in the credativ team and their ability to lead the business towards a prosperous future.“, commented Begoña Jara, Vice President of NetApp Deutschland GmbH.

What Does this Change Mean for Credativ’s Customers?

As a medium-sized company, the open-source service provider can rely on even closer collaboration and more direct communication with its customers. An agile structure is intended to enable faster and more individualized decisions, thus allowing for more flexible responses to requests and requirements. Naturally, collaboration with the various NetApp teams and their partner organizations will continue as before.

Since 1999, credativ has been active in the open-source sector as a service provider with a strong focus on IT infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud technologies. credativ also has a strong team focused on open-source-based databases such as PostgreSQL and related technologies. In the coming weeks, the new company will be renamed credativ GmbH.

Update:

The credativ IT Services GmbH was renamed to credativ GmbH on March 19, 2025. The commercial register entry HRB 23003 remains valid. We kindly ask all customers, however, not to use any bank details of the former credativ GmbH that may still be saved. This GmbH was also renamed by its owners and has no direct relationship with the new credativ GmbH.

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Peter Dreuw

Head of Sales & Marketing

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Peter Dreuw has been working for credativ GmbH since 2016 and has been a team lead since 2017. Since 2021, he has been part of Instaclustr’s management team as VP Services. Following the acquisition by NetApp, his new role became “Senior Manager Open Source Professional Services”. As part of the spin-off, he became a member of the executive management as an authorized signatory. His responsibilities include leading sales and marketing. He has been a Linux user from the very beginning and has been running Linux systems since kernel 0.97. Despite extensive experience in operations, he is a passionate software developer and is also well versed in hardware-near systems.

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