# What do I do?
I take care of IT infrastructures for businesses and provide them with software and apps they need.
- I advise organisations on which software or apps to use, licenses, hosting and IT infrastructure
- take care of setting things up: hosting, services and apps
- train staff so they make full use of the tools you use
- on-board new hires with apps they need to get up to speed
- train your Information System Manager (or someone who can do the job) if you want to have someone who take care of IT internally
- and remain available for support
There is no vendor lock-in.
# How is there no vendor lock-in?
- I use software any provider can host for you
- I use software whose source code is freely distributed
# Why copyleft?
Copyleft is a type of software license; why would your business want to use software that is copyleft-licensed?
Because when your organisation uses a software, you want to make sure you own the software your business is built upon.
Most of the time, users have no rights or ownership on the software they are dependent upon to survive.
Copyleft licenses stipulate that the software is yours as much as the providers’.
If you are no longer happy with the provider you have the right and the possibility to take the software as is (and ask another provider to host that software for you). Because it is copyleft-licensed. Because it is yours as much as theirs.
Software licenses can protect your organisation.
Always ask a provider what is the license of the software they are serving you with.
# What do I offer?
NEXTCLOUD from EUR 200 per year
Alternative to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace
- share folders across organisations; per user, per group, etc.
- collaborate on documents, spreadsheet, slides
- create forms (run surveys, etc)
- create a webpage with calendar slots others can book in your calendar
- get others to sign documents
- sync folder with your folders on your desktop automatically
WEBSITE from EUR 130 per year
- static website
- easy to update
- low maintenance
- news feed that sends notifications to subscribers
- integrate with Nextcloud apps: booking system, forms, etc
MATTERMOST from EUR 100 per year
Alternative to Slack
- communicate via instant message with your team
- create public channels a la Discord
- integrate with your video conference tool
- receive notifications from other applications
- use on desktop, web, iOS or android
BIG BLUE BUTTON from EUR 120 per year
Alternative to Zoom
- get a dedicated URL for conferences with your name
- organise online conferences
- record conferences
- draw on white boards
- chat with participants
VAULTWARDEN from EUR 100 per year
- manage passwords for your organisation
- share passwords with others securely
- share collection of passwords
- manage passwords permissions per user, team, organisation
- send encrypted files via temporary links
MAILBOXES (MAILCOW) from EUR 24 per year
- get email addresses with your own domain name
- get unlimited addresses/mailboxes
- pay per usage (number of email sent, storage per GB)
- use your own email applications (or SoGo)
- manage shared mailboxes e.g. contact@example.com
- manage wildcard mailboxes e.g. client-*@example.com
- administrate addresses and aliases of your organisation via Mailcow
- synchronise your contacts and calendars via CardDAV and CalDAV
Other software we offer: Discourse, Grist, Wordpress, ERPNext, Humhub, Forgejo, Etherpad, Yeswiki, Peertube, Jitsi, Matrix, Mastodon, Hedgedoc, Zammad, Snipe-IT, Uptime Kuma, Listmonk.
# Who are you?
- GNU/Linux system administrator
- Former go-to-market lead for startups
- Former entrepreneur-in-residence for a multinational
- Former public officer for digital affairs (ministry of finance)
- Researcher in epistemic security
- Essayist; essay: Asymmetry
# What does an IT setup look like for a startup or a SME?
Please see this blog post.
# What do people say?
“Roman is an expert; it is great to be able to leverage his expertise and get things done”
# Why do you run this business?
To finance my research in digital epistemic security and publish my work under a CC BY-SA license.
# Contact
See contact page