What do you do and what is the connection with WordPress?
Combell offers hosting for every kind of website or application, for every CMS. WordPress being the most popular CMS, we have a lot of customers for whom we provide WordPress hosting. Many members of the Combell team also have a thorough expertise in WordPress and are actively involved in the WordPress community.
About which topics can you help our visitors during the WordCamp?
By helping our customers work out the best possible infrastructure for their WordPress hosting, our team has built up a rich experience in optimization of the hosting & infrastructure for WordPress. They address problems with performance and security, and know how to make use of cache for optimization.
We also want to inform visitors about our brand-new offer that’s coming soon: Managed WordPress hosting. By taking care of an important part of the technical side of the maintenance of the website (updates, security, …), the site becomes safer, which makes the internet a safer place too. And meanwhile the user can fully focus on his content. We believe that Managed WordPress is the future.
How long do you work with WordPress?
We work about 17 years with WordPress – since its very beginning – that would be the bigger part of our own existence (our company was established in 1999). In all those years, we have developed various hosting flavors to be a perfect fit for this CMS – from small websites for SME till big corporate websites.
Why do you sponsor WordCamp Antwerp?
Because our company and our customers benefit from the ease and strength of the WordPress CMS, we want to give something in return. That is why we have been supporting the community for many years.
For this edition, we are also looking for the best WordPress ambassadors to test our new product that’s coming soon: Managed WordPress. We are interested in their feedback, and are eager to learn how we can improve it even more.
Why should people come to WordCamp Antwerp?
WordCamp Antwerp is the best place for all WordPress users and developers to learn about the newest features and best practices. With so many WordPress experts present, it is a good place to establishing partnerships, to getting to know the newest services on the market, such as our new Managed WordPress offer.
And of course, it is always a great place for networking with other WP enthusiasts who think alike. Here you not only build businesslike relations, but also friendships, and both will benefit you in the long run.
