Services

Six fields, one principle: we take responsibility for systems in production and for the automation that makes them operable. Most projects touch at least two fields.

Our services are independent of your industry: in the end a database, a Linux system or a Kubernetes cluster has to run, whatever business you are in. Historically most of our clients have been large financial services and telecommunications companies; the standards for availability, security and traceability that apply there are the ones we work to in any environment.

For larger projects we also bring in colleagues from our network whom we have worked with for years, such as Dariusz Miller (IT Miller UG) and Ralf Zerres (Networkx GmbH, Cologne). You get a well-rehearsed team and a single point of contact.

DevOps & Automation

OpenShift and Kubernetes, Kafka, Ansible and AWX, GitLab, Helm and Flux. We build the platform, run it and automate whatever repeats.

Typical for: Platform and DevOps teams building, stabilizing or rolling out OpenShift/Kubernetes and Kafka to further environments

  • OpenShift
  • Kubernetes
  • Kafka
  • Ansible
  • AWX
  • GitLab
  • Helm
  • Flux

Databases

Oracle 7 to 19c with RAC, Data Guard and APEX, PostgreSQL with Patroni, MariaDB Galera, Exasol, MS SQL Server. Setup, upgrade, tuning, migration, operations.

Typical for: Database teams facing an upgrade, a performance problem or a migration; data warehouse operators on Oracle and Exasol

  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • Patroni
  • MySQL/MariaDB
  • Galera
  • Exasol
  • MS SQL Server
  • APEX

Linux/Unix & Infrastructure

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to 10, SLES, Debian as well as Solaris, HP-UX and AIX. Patch management, platform migrations, performance tuning, high availability, application servers.

Typical for: Operations departments with mixed RHEL, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX estates

  • HAProxy
  • Keepalived
  • Apache HTTPD
  • nginx
  • Tomcat
  • JBoss
  • Ansible
  • RHSM

Cloud & Virtualization

AWS, VMware vSphere, Nutanix, Terraform. We evaluate, build prototypes and migrate, with an eye on the legacy systems that have to come along.

Typical for: Teams deciding between cloud and their own data center, or facing a VMware upgrade or platform migration

  • AWS
  • VMware vSphere
  • vCenter
  • Nutanix
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • OpenShift

Monitoring & High Availability

checkmk, Nagios, Grafana, Oracle Enterprise Manager; backup and recovery with RMAN; failover clusters, Patroni, Galera, HAProxy and Keepalived. We spot incidents early and build systems that survive them.

Typical for: Operations teams who want to see outages and performance problems before users report them

  • checkmk
  • Nagios
  • Grafana
  • Enterprise Manager
  • RMAN
  • Patroni
  • Galera
  • HAProxy

IT Consulting & Project Management

Project and sub-project management for upgrades, data center moves and outsourcing transitions. Estimates, SLA negotiation, high-availability and backup concepts. Training within the project included.

Typical for: IT leaders who want an infrastructure project led on the basis of a reliable estimate

  • ITIL
  • Scrum
  • MS Project
  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • UML

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