Consulting

IT with open standards & Open Source Software

secure, agile and user-friendly

We see customer benefit, longevity and clear communication as essential elements in the realization of IT and communication projects. In the fairkom network, an experienced, multidisciplinary team works on solutions for specific requirements.
From software programming and system control to the development of mobile apps, we are able to serve the needs of our customers. With the recourse to existing open source modules, we offer secure, license-free and thus affordable software applications that we adapt and integrate into existing systems.

Open Source Software

becomes fair usable

What?	Open Source Software	fair usable as	instead of
videoconferences	Jitsi Meet	fairmeeting	Zoom, Skype
more videoconferences	BigBlueButton	fairteaching	Microsoft Teams, WebEx
chat	Rocket.Chat / Matrix	fairchat	Slack, WhatsApp
cloud solution	Nextcloud	faircloud	Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Microsoft OneDrive
office suite	Only Office / Collabora	faircloud or desktop application	Microsoft Office
text editor	Etherpad web-based editor for collaborative editing	board.net
video platform	PeerTube with peer-to-peer transmission	fair.tube	YouTube, Vimeo
social media	Mastodon federated universe	fairmove	X
single sign-on / identity management	Keycloak	fairlogin	Google Konto

What does fair usable mean?

customized, individual packages as required
integration and customization of open source software
hosted in our kubernetes cluster within the EU

What do we give back?

cooperation with open source communities
everything we develop is also open source
more open source software for the future

Customized IT solutions

independent and controllable

We focus on individual solutions and adaptations for the specific needs of our customers. Our team accompanies companies and organizations from problem and survey analysis to conception and planning, implementation to project completion with extensive operational support.
In addition to IT Consulting, we independently program software, mobile apps or adapt existing applications. Open source applications ensure secure independence and complete control of internal applications and data.

sales [at] fairkom.eu (SALES[at]FAIRKOM[dot]EU)

Working method

and procedure

1) Getting to know and understand each other

conversation via video conference / on site
what is the issue? what is the problem?
- what are the needs / requirements? where are the pain points?
- who has been responsible for the IT services & infrastructure so far?
the project team is put together accordingly

2) Analysis of the current situation

which open source applications are in use?
where is proprietary software used?
future role of open source software
- which applications should be replaced / optimized / supplemented?
- what impact will this have on IT operations & internal processes?

3) Detailed analysis of the existing infrastrucutre

now it gets technical...
We dig deeper and examine the server landscape, interfaces and external services.
What would the integration of open source modules into the existing infrastructure look like?