Strategy and adoption
We assess where open source truly pays off: a review of your software estate, TCO against proprietary, an adoption roadmap and reduced dependence on a single vendor.
Open Source Enterprise Consulting
Adopt, govern and maintain open source at enterprise scale, with data sovereignty as the through-line.
Open source as a strategic advantage
Open source gives a company control over its stack, transparency into what runs in production, cost efficiency and freedom of choice: code that is inspectable and modifiable, backed by global communities, with no vendor lock-in. To turn that into a real advantage you need governance, compliance and support: we accompany the whole journey, from choice and migration to day-to-day operation, with clear contracts and responsibilities.
Open Source Program Office (OSPO)
We set up and run your OSPO: policy, roles, approval processes and a culture of contribution, so open-source use becomes governed and deliberate.
Licence compliance
A dependency inventory, licence-compatibility checks (GPL, AGPL, MIT, Apache 2.0), obligation management and due diligence, including in acquisitions or releases.
Supply chain and SBOM
We generate and maintain the Software Bill of Materials (CycloneDX or SPDX), with dependency traceability and vulnerability management, aligned with the Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2.
Migration to open source
We plan the move from proprietary software to open (virtualization, databases, productivity, operating systems), with an analysis of risks, costs and phases.
Support and maintenance with SLAs
Enterprise support contracts on open-source stacks: security patching, updates, long-term maintenance and guaranteed response times on Linux, Kubernetes, databases and middleware.
Sovereignty and on-premise
Self-hosting and on-premise deployment, with data that stays inside your perimeter, all the way to open-weight AI inference run in house, without depending on someone else’s switch.
Development, hardening and upstreaming
Development on open-source projects, integration into your systems, security hardening of deployments and upstream contributions, to stay aligned with the communities and the ongoing evolution of the projects.
Our approach
Our goal is to put you in a position to own and govern your stack: understand what you use, under which licences and with which risks, then build the controls that make open source reliable in production. We work in phases, prioritising regulatory deadlines (Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2) and the points of greatest value for your infrastructure.
Our services include:
- Assessment of the software estate and vendor dependence
- Open-source licence policy and governance
- Setting up and running an OSPO
- SBOM generation and maintenance (CycloneDX, SPDX)
- Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2 gap analysis on the software in use
- Migration plans from proprietary to open source
- Support and maintenance contracts with SLAs
- On-premise deployment and open-weight AI inference
It is the same principle we bring to our own products: Admina Enterprise is built on Admina, the open-source AI governance framework released under the Apache 2.0 licence. For us, open source is the way we work before it is a service we sell.
Open source has been in noze's DNA since 2000, both as technology and as community. We co-founded T-OSSLab, the Tuscan open-source competence centre, and CIRS, the Italian consortium of FLOSS companies. We were among the founders of the Zope Italy Association and of the PloneGov launch in Italy. Admina itself began as an open-source project by our founder Stefano Noferi, as we cover in the dedicated article. The full picture is in the Open Source section.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is open-source enterprise consulting?
It is the set of services that lets a company adopt, govern, secure and maintain open-source software at scale: from strategy and licence compliance to SLA-backed support, migration from proprietary and on-premise execution. The goal is to reduce lock-in and cost while keeping control of the stack.
Is open source safe and reliable for a company?
Yes, provided it is governed. Security does not depend on whether the code is open or closed, but on the controls around it: a dependency inventory and SBOM, vulnerability management, timely patching and support contracts with response times. These are exactly the practices we put in place.
What is an OSPO and do we need one?
An Open Source Program Office is the function that governs how a company uses, contributes to and releases open-source software: licence policy, approval processes, risk management and relationships with communities. It helps organisations that use open source widely and want to move from implicit use to governed, compliant use.
How does open source relate to the Cyber Resilience Act and NIS2?
Both regulations shift attention to the software supply chain: traceability of components, vulnerability management and update obligations. An SBOM, a defined patching process and dependency governance are the concrete pieces that help you meet the requirements.
Can you provide SLA-backed support on open-source software?
Yes. We offer support and maintenance contracts with guaranteed response times on open-source stacks in production: Linux systems, Kubernetes, databases and middleware, with security patching and long-term maintenance.
How much does it cost to move off proprietary software?
It depends on the starting point. We begin with an assessment that compares your current total cost (licences, maintenance, constraints) with the open scenario, then build a phased migration plan. Often the lever is not just licence cost, but the sovereignty and freedom of choice you regain.
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