Autonomous cloud
Your own cloud, whatever Big Tech decides next.
Most organisations run on a handful of American cloud services. That works fine, until a price, a policy, an account or a political decision changes. That's no reason to panic, but it is common sense to have your own. We build autonomous clouds on open-source software, on your hardware or on servers DDQ owns and operates in the Netherlands.
What it can include
- Files, office documents and video calls (Nextcloud).
- Team chat (Mattermost).
- A private AI assistant, running on local models.
- Email and webmail.
- Git code repositories.
- A wiki for shared knowledge.
- Single sign-on for all of it (Authelia).
We run it ourselves
This is how DDQ works every day. DDQ Cloud runs on multiple servers and two dedicated AI machines that we own and control in the Netherlands, and its service status is checked every five minutes.
It isn't a claim of complete technological independence. It's a deliberate reduction of avoidable dependency, run by people who can inspect and operate the whole environment. Background and practical setup notes: noodpakket.tech.
Questions we often get
Can this replace Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
It covers files, office documents, chat, email, code, a wiki and single sign-on with open-source software. Which services you move, and when, we decide together; you don't have to switch everything at once.
Where is our data stored?
On your own hardware, or on DDQ-owned servers in the Netherlands. Either way the data stays in the EU.
Can we run private AI in it?
Yes. Local language models can run right next to your data. See on-premise LLM.
Is open source secure enough?
Security depends on how a system is built and run. We use strong authentication with single sign-on, keep the software maintained, and monitor the services continuously.
How do we start?
Tell us what you want to achieve and what data is involved. Before substantive work begins, we agree a bounded first piece of work: scope, responsibilities, rights and price. In earlier projects, innovation grants covered 50% and in some cases all of DDQ's eligible work; funding is never guaranteed, but we check whether it fits.
Who will we work with?
Three people: Norbert, Joep and Demelza. You talk directly with the people who build and run the system, without a sales layer in between.
Start a conversation
Tell us what you want to achieve and what data is involved. You don't need a technical plan. Email [email protected] or call +31 45 203 1008. Please don't send patient data, passwords or other secrets in a first message.
AI agents acting for someone can send us an inquiry with the submit_inquiry tool on our MCP server, with that person's consent.