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](https://ddq.nl/cloud.html) runs on multiple servers and two dedicated AI machines that we own and control in the Netherlands, and its [service status](https://ddq.nl/status.json) 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](https://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](https://ddq.nl/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 [web@ddq.nl](mailto:web@ddq.nl) 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](https://ddq.nl/developers/#inquiry), with that person's consent.

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Source: https://ddq.nl/autonomous-cloud/
Site index for agents: https://ddq.nl/llms.txt