Hundreds of thousands of IT professionals qualified since 2003

Fast Lane celebrates 20 years as a global provider of IT training and professional services

May 2023 – Fast Lane, a global specialist in education and consulting services, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Since its founding in 2003, the company has grown to become a global leader in technology and business training and consulting services, serving major international clients across all industries in over 90 countries.

Starting as a Cisco training partner in the DACH region, Fast Lane is now a partner of 35 leading IT vendors and one of the most renowned providers in the industry with a global presence. Experienced and highly qualified Fast Lane experts have trained hundreds of thousands of IT professionals around the world in the last 20 years in various technology areas such as network infrastructures, data centers, cloud, AI, cybersecurity and more, and accompanied them on their way to success. Fast Lane is the cadre and talent factory for cloud, security and high-end IT and supports customers and IT vendors worldwide in ambitious digital transformation projects.

Through close partnerships with Cisco, Microsoft, AWS, Google, VMware, Red Hat and many other renowned technology providers, Fast Lane is able to offer qualification solutions for both proven IT solutions and the latest technological developments and trends. A wide variety of learning solutions, face-to-face and online formats through to the interactive digital learning platform Fast Lane LIVE make it possible to tailor offerings to any company, to scale qualification solutions and to react flexibly to changing requirements.


We are proud that we have been successfully training and developing IT professionals for 20 years and play an important role in the IT services industry, explains Torsten Poels, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Fast Lane Group. Our mission from the beginning has been to reduce the skills shortage by providing high-quality training and services and preparing for internationally recognised certifications. Over the past 20 years, we have built up extensive expertise and have become an essential service provider for numerous companies and IT professionals.


We would like to thank our customers, partners and employees for their support and commitment over the past 20 years, adds Daniel Hedtmann, Vice President EMEA of the Fast Lane Group. We look forward to continuing our success together in the future and further expanding our role as the world's leading IT training provider. One of our future focuses will also be portfolio expansion in the area of management and leadership skills.