Friday's Last Word: SingleHop CEO Zak Boca — Who exactly is he?

SingleHop CEO Zak Boca has been in the infrastructure and web hosting space for more than 10 years. Before joining the Chicago-based hosted IT infrastructure provider, Boca co-founded and operated midPhase, a web hosting provider.

What are Boca's plans for SingleHop's?

"2015 is all about expanding our hosted private cloud services, which means more automation around private cloud deployments, and more options around datacenter locations," Boca says.

Who does Boca's challenge to sit in the hot seat?

Geoff Mina, CEO of Connect First.

What is "Friday's Last Word"?

Friday's Last Word welcomes cloud-centric CEOs who are willing to speak with Talkin' Cloud without someone peeking over a shoulder. Click on each photo to learn more about the CEO you're viewing — it's that simple.

Think you can handle sitting in the hot seat? Send an email to Talkin' Cloud Senior Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com for further information. If he doesn't get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.

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