I remember October 2013 very clearly. My nephews were playing Minecraft at home, which at the time was spreading like wildfire among children. They asked me to help them quickly share a game server with their classmates. I did not yet realize that this seemingly simple problem would become the moment that, years later, would shape my entire path.
By that time, my founding partner and I had already been working for many years on network technologies, protocols, and the deeper mechanisms of how the internet actually works. We always wanted to truly understand systems – especially the parts that are not properly documented. We were never satisfied with knowing that something works; we wanted to understand what is happening underneath. Solving the Minecraft connectivity issue sparked something new in both of us. That was the moment we began seriously exploring the idea of building a virtual private network over the internet that could make human connectivity simpler, safer, and more natural.
This period was not only a technological discovery for me, but also the beginning of a personal journey. We wanted to try everything, and we wanted to understand everything. This mindset gave us the momentum to create our first internet service company and its flagship product. The path, however, was far from easy. We went through countless failures, iterations, and experiments, but our engineering mindset and persistence always carried us through the challenges.
Over the years, we were supported by people who believed in us. Joseph helped us build a strong business model, Attila contributed significantly to the technological development, and my childhood friend Tom selflessly provided the opportunity to prove our solution in a real, highly demanding IT environment. Together, we created the Remote Network Connection™ services, which we later extended across multiple operating systems and platforms.
Years later, when I visited New York, I had a strange but powerful sense of reflection. Standing among the skyscrapers, I did not just see a metropolis – I saw the same human drive that had guided us from the very beginning: the need to connect, to build, and to create something lasting. The monumental buildings, the glass structures reaching toward the sky, and the city’s energy felt almost sacred to me. It was as if human belief, knowledge, and creative force were rising toward the sky itself.
As a Hungarian, I was deeply moved by what I experienced there. I felt a strong desire to bring home to Hungary what I had seen and felt – the courage for innovation, the belief in the future, and the human energy behind technology. I did not want to simply build technology; I wanted to represent a mindset in which trust is a true value. It was there that I truly understood that the most important infrastructures of the future are invisible: they are built from connections, data, authenticity, and trust.
This realization later became part of the identity of CloudTrust. It is no coincidence that the background image of the CloudTrust website features a photograph of New York skyscrapers. To me, this image represents much more than a cityscape. The towering buildings symbolize the continuous flow that defines today’s digital world: data rising into the cloud and returning securely to those who need it. In this sense, skyscrapers become modern digital cathedrals, representing innovation, connectivity, and human trust at once.
A significant part of my career has been spent in the financial sector, working with financial institutions. This experience not only taught me the importance of trust, but also shaped a strong mindset focused on data security and risk awareness. Every day, I witnessed that protecting the most valuable resources is not merely a technological challenge, but a responsibility. In the financial world, trust, security, and transparency are inseparable; no system can operate sustainably without them. As I increasingly moved toward digital technologies, it became clear to me that the same principle applies to modern IT. In the world of data, cloud services, and online systems, trust has become as fundamental a value as money once was in the traditional economy.
This is why CloudTrust’s core belief and motto became:
'Trust is the new currency when it comes to digital technology'
For me, CloudTrust has never been just a company. It is the embodiment of a conviction that accompanied my journey from the lecture halls of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, through the world of network technologies, all the way to the skyscrapers of New York. The conviction that in the digital age, the most valuable asset is not technology itself, but trust—enabling people, organizations, and communities to connect securely.
Because ultimately, it is not systems that connect the world, but the trust behind them.“
Gabor, founder
