In the mid-2000s, the ecosystem of Italian web agencies and system integrators faces a double challenge: the explosion of demand for dynamic sites and web applications on one side, the growing complexity of system infrastructures and technology stacks on the other.
In this context, noze becomes the technical partner of a network of Italian web agencies and system integrators, offering:
- server farm administration: management of the shared system infrastructure to host end-customer applications, with 24/7 monitoring, backup and update management
- Zope and Python consulting: support to internal developers on architecture, performance and customisation of the Zope/Plone stack, at the time one of the most mature technologies for CMS and web applications
The main customers of the network include:
- Puntoweb.net S.r.l. (Pisa) — Web Agency and System Integrator
- HT&T Consulting S.r.l. (Pontedera, PI) — Web Agency and System Integrator
- TLC WEB (Lamezia Terme) — Web Agency and System Integrator
The partnership model allows web agencies to focus on the end-customer relationship and on project design, delegating to noze the advanced system and Python competences. The geographical coverage of the network — Tuscany, Calabria — reflects the distribution of the Italian SMEs adopting the open source stack for their own web projects.