I put a computer at your premises and run it — it holds the company programs and data we pick together. If there is nowhere to put one, I rent a machine for you and run it the same way.
An assistant for your documents and the links between your programs have to run somewhere. Sometimes what you already have is enough — then you do not need this page. We start here when today's place is not enough, or the data cannot leave the company.
Arrange a conversation about your caseImportant things sit scattered across services whose rules you do not set, and every month another subscription joins them. Nobody holds the full list of what is where and who can see it.
Every time AI comes up, the same question does too: are we allowed to put our documents there? Without an answer the project stalls before it starts.
Backups run and every indicator is green. Even so, nobody has checked whether the data can actually be restored. Only a restore test shows whether the backup is usable in the case that was tested.
Four steps, in this order. The first two put the hardware in place. Only the third and fourth make it something you can rely on when things go wrong.
We settle whether the hardware sits with you or is rented
a decision with its consequences named plainly
I install the system and the tools for the tasks we pick together
a running place for data and applications
I set up backups and test them by restoring
a backup the data can actually be restored from in the case that was tested
I attach automatic service checks and alerts
a signal before anyone in the company notices
It will fail eventually — that is part of the project, not an exception to it. This is why the backup is checked by an actual restore rather than a green tick: afterwards you know the result for the scenario that was tested and the measured time of that attempt. That is not a guarantee for the duration of every future failure — and it is the harder part of the work, not installing the machine.
What this evidence does not show
I do not give the company's name and I do not show how the technology there is put together. What you can check is the open part: my own servers, which I run the same way.
I ask what you want to start first and which data is involved. The hardware follows from that, not the other way round. 30–45 minutes, remote, no charge.
Hardware with you or a rented machine: I say plainly what each option costs, how long setting it up takes, and where your control over the data ends.
I install the system, the tools and the backups. We start with one task, not with everything at once.
We restore data from the backup and measure how long it takes. Only that counts as acceptance — not a screen saying “done”.
Instructions and handover, or monthly care — depending on who is to run it from here.
Hardware or rental is a cost on your side and I show it separately from my work, so you can see what you pay to whom. My part is a fixed price, set after the conversation about what will run on it.
On site: the data stays physically in the company, you set access yourself, and after the one-off purchase you pay no provider a monthly rent for that machine; the costs that remain are power, the copy kept off the device, and replacing the hardware later. The start is slower, because hardware has to be bought and connected. A rented machine: you start faster and buy nothing, but you pay continuously, and the data sits with someone whose rules you do not set. By default I propose the computer at your premises, because that is why you are here: so the data stays in the company. I propose the rented machine when there is nowhere to put a computer, or you want to start right away — and I say plainly what you give up.
Usually not to begin with. One small machine covers the first tasks. AI models running locally may need a stronger graphics card, and I say so before the purchase, not after. Hardware follows the task, not a stock of spare capacity.
It will eventually, and that is planned for. This is why the backup is checked by an actual restore: you then know the result for the scenario that was tested and the measured time of that attempt, not a guarantee for the duration of every future failure. Without that attempt a backup is only an assumption — and it is the most common thing I find when somebody says they have backups.
No. A spot with power and network is enough, where a device can sit continuously and nobody switches it off or moves it. If there is no such spot, the rented machine is the sounder option — and that is what I will advise.
I do not rebuild your network and I do not replace your staff's computers. I do not buy hardware in your name — you buy it yourself, and I say what and why. And I do not rule on whether you comply with the regulations.
I answer for keeping the machine running, for testing the backups and for setting up access the way we agreed. What is in the data, and who should see it, is your company's call. Whether your case needs further formal steps is a question for your own adviser — I do the technical part and say where it ends.
In Bavaria the Digitalbonus is running; I describe its conditions on the home page. One thing worth knowing early: only a project that has not yet started can be funded, so the conversation about funding belongs before the start, not halfway through.
Write what you want to start first and whether your company data may leave the premises. I will reply with which option makes sense for you — including when I think none does for now.