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Our open source expertise

Maximum flexibility, security and efficiency through open source technologies – tailored to your company

We rely on proven open source technologies to provide powerful, secure, and scalable IT solutions for our customers. Our expertise extends across automation, IT security, cloud technologies, IT service management, monitoring, and much more. In addition to integrating these technologies into our services, we also offer targeted support, consulting, and customized solutions for companies that want to benefit from open source software.

Whether it's automating IT processes, optimizing security strategies, or building a scalable infrastructure, we support you with our expertise and many years of experience. Let's work together to find out which open source technologies best fit your needs.

Maximum flexibility with the right operating systems

We focus on all Linux distributions – with particular expertise in Debian, RedHat, RHEL, SuSE, OpenSUSE, SLES, CentOS, and Raspberry Pi. We also offer professional support in heterogeneous IT environments, including Windows and macOS systems.
This ensures that your infrastructure runs smoothly and efficiently – regardless of the operating system.

Open source tools for automation and orchestration

IT automation and configuration management
  • Ansible – Agentless automation for servers, networks and cloud
  • Puppet – Scalable configuration management and infrastructure automation
  • SaltStack – High-performance remote execution and configuration management
Container orchestration
  • Kubernetes – Industry standard for container orchestration and scaling
  • Docker Swarm – Integrated container orchestration for Docker environments
  • Nomad – Flexible and simple orchestration for containers and virtual machines
CI/CD and Workflow Automation
  • Jenkins – Automated build and deployment pipeline for software projects
  • GitLab CI/CD – Integrated continuous integration and deployment pipeline
  • ArgoCD – GitOps-based continuous deployment for Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Terraform – Infrastructure provisioning as code for cloud and on-premises
  • Pulumi – Cloud-native infrastructure automation with various programming languages

Technologies behind our email security service

Mail Server and Delivery
  • Postfix – Robust and secure mail server for sending and receiving
  • Dovecot –Powerful and secure IMAP/POP3 server for email access
Email Security and Spam Filtering
  • Rspamd – State-of-the-art, self-learning anti-spam and anti-phishing engine
  • ClamAV – Open-source antivirus to protect against malware and infected attachments
Database and Management
  • MariaDB – Open-source database, compatible with MySQL
  • MySQL – Widely used relational open-source database
  • PostgreSQL –Powerful open-source database with advanced database management features
  • OracleSQL – Commercial SQL database from Oracle, commonly used in large enterprises and complex infrastructures
Authentication and Encryption
  • SPF, DKIM, DMARC – Protection against fake senders and email spoofing
  • TLS Encryption – Secure sending and receiving of emails

Open source tools for security and compliance

Network and endpoint security
  • Suricata – High-performance intrusion detection and prevention
  • Snort – Open-source network security for attack detection
  • Kali Linux – Penetration testing and security auditing
  • iptables – Flexible and powerful tool for configuring firewalls on Linux systems
  • UFW – Simple firewall management for Linux systems, ideal for quick and straightforward configurations
  • OpenVAS – Vulnerability scanner for network security
  • ClamAV – Open-source antivirus for servers and workstations
Identity and access management
  • Keycloak – Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Management
  • OpenIAM – Identity and Access Management for Enterprises
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
  • Wazuh – Open-Source SIEM & Host Intrusion Detection System
  • TheHive – Incident Response and Threat Intelligence Platform
Compliance and Audit
  • OpenSCAP – Automated security and compliance checks
  • OSSEC – Host-based intrusion detection with compliance checking

Open source tools for ITSM and ticketing

IT service management and ticketing
  • OTRS – Powerful ticketing system for IT support and customer service
  • osTicket – Open source ticketing system for efficient support management and customer communication
  • Zammad – User-friendly helpdesk and ticketing system with modern features
  • GLPI – IT asset management and ticketing in one solution
Automation and process management
  • iTop – ITSM tool for configuration management and ticketing
  • BestPractical Request Tracker (RT) – Customizable ticket system for support teams
IT asset management and documentation
  • CMDBuild – Configuration and asset management for IT infrastructures
  • Snipe-IT – Cloud-enabled IT asset management for hardware and licenses

Open source tools for monitoring and observability

Monitoring and metrics
  • Prometheus – Powerful time series database for monitoring metrics
  • Grafana – Visual dashboards for monitoring and analysis
  • Zabbix – Enterprise monitoring for networks, servers and applications
Log management
  • ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) – Central log management and visualization
  • Graylog – Scalable log analysis for fast error diagnosis
Tracing and observability
  • Jaeger – Distributed tracing for analyzing microservices
  • OpenTelemetry – Standardized observability for logs, metrics and traces
Automation and alerting
  • Alertmanager (Prometheus) – Intelligent alert management
  • CheckMK – Modern monitoring tool with comprehensive web interface and scalable features for networks and servers
  • Icinga2 – Classic monitoring tool with high extensibility
  • Nagios – Classic monitoring tool with strong extensibility

Virtualization solutions

  • KVM – Open source virtualization solution
  • Proxmox – Hypervisor for virtualization and container management based on KVM
  • Docker – Containerization for applications

Cloud solutions

  • OpenStack – Open source cloud platform
  • Nextcloud – Self-hosted cloud for files and collaboration
  • OwnCloud – Alternative to commercial cloud services

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