What does hosting mean with us — in one sentence?
Hosting answers where your server workloads run — by numbers, not fashion: public cloud, our EU data centre, or still in your house. The operations are the same in all three places.
The three paths
| Path | When it fits | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Public cloud (Azure, AWS) | Fluctuating loads, modern applications, global access, tight Microsoft integration | Flexible, but running costs grow with usage — constant full load gets expensive |
| EU data centre — our virtualisation environment | Constant workloads, plannable costs, data sovereignty, no hyperscaler tie | Fixed monthly costs per workload; location and contract partners in the EU |
| In your house | Machine-adjacent systems, large local data volumes, good existing hardware | Remains a first-class option — we operate what is there |
Most environments end up mixed — the ERP in the data centre, collaboration in the cloud, machine control in-house. That is exactly why we price per instance, wherever it lives.
Why we have no cloud religion
“To the cloud” is a brochure sentence, not a strategy. The honest per-workload calculation has four items: platform costs, licence consequences, connectivity, and compliance. We put that calculation openly on the table — and recommend against a move when the numbers say so.
What we take on
- The placement decision per workload — with a three-year cost comparison, not a first-month one
- The migration as a project: planned, with a maintenance window and a way back
- Operations afterwards: monitoring, patch windows, backup with restore tests — the same block as before, only the place is new
- Platform costs passed through transparently: you see what the place costs and what the operations cost
FAQ
Do we have to go to the cloud? No. “In your house” is an equal answer with us — we earn on operations, not on the move. What we no longer recommend: buying new own hardware without having run the alternatives once.
Where exactly does the data sit in the EU data centre? In an EU data centre with EU contract partners — the concrete locations and the privacy documentation are disclosed in the offer, not on request.
Can we move back or elsewhere later? Yes — workloads we operate are documented and portable. No place is a one-way street; that too is part of “no lock-in”.