For decades, cheap natural gas from Russia was taken for granted in Europe. It was reliable, inexpensive, and convenient; entire industries geared their production toward it, and entire economies based their calculations on it. Hardly anyone asked what would happen if the supplier changed its terms or turned off the tap.
In 2022, this comfortable dependence turned into a strategic risk overnight. The technology wasn’t the problem—the pipelines were working. The problem was that control lay elsewhere. When you’ve tied yourself to a single supplier, you’re no longer negotiating the price—you’re negotiating your own ability to act.
This exact pattern is repeating itself today in IT, only more subtly. Cloud infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and convenient. And just as with natural gas, the crucial question usually doesn’t arise until it becomes too costly to answer: Just how dependent have we actually made ourselves, and who ultimately holds the reins?
Cloud technologies are now an integral part of modern IT strategies. At the same time, many companies are increasingly seeking greater control over their infrastructure, data, and operating models. Issues such as vendor lock-in, dependence on individual platform providers, and limited transparency are playing an ever-greater role in this context.
With the new synaforce Cloud, synaforce is therefore pursuing a clear approach: modern cloud infrastructure based on open standards, combined with controllable operating models and long-term technological independence.
OpenStack as the Foundation of a Sovereign Cloud
The synaforce Cloud is based on OpenStack, an established open-source standard for cloud infrastructures. OpenStack is used worldwide by companies, service providers, and technology vendors and is continuously being further developed.
The use of an open industry standard achieves one thing above all else: independence. Infrastructures, automation, and operational processes remain transparent and controllable. At the same time, dependence on proprietary platforms and closed ecosystems is reduced.
For many companies, this aspect is becoming increasingly relevant. This is especially true where the cloud is viewed as a long-term foundation for business-critical applications and digital services—and not merely as a short-term scaling platform.
“Many companies don’t realize until it’s too late just how heavily they’re tied to a single platform. With the synaforce Cloud, we’ve made a conscious decision to use OpenStack so that infrastructure, operations, and data remain under our control. Our customers decide for themselves how much they want to manage on their own and which tasks they want to hand over to us.” Tobias Lehner, synaforce
Cloud with Control Instead of a Black Box
The synaforce Cloud provides multi-tenant and logically separated customer environments (Virtual Private Clouds). This allows customers to enjoy the benefits of modern cloud architectures while maintaining clear responsibilities and controllable operating models.
The platform supports a variety of operational approaches: from full self-service to augmented managed services and customized solutions with high availability.
Customers and partners can independently manage their infrastructure, for example:
- when provisioning virtual machines
- when configuring networks and security
- during automated rollouts
- when using API- and IaC-based operational models
At the same time, operational services can be supplemented by synaforce, including the assumption of defined operational and support tasks. This creates a model that combines modern cloud capabilities with clear accountability.
Target Audiences for the synaforce Cloud
The platform is specifically designed for organizations with heightened requirements for control, scalability, and long-term manageability of their infrastructure.
KRITIS and Regulated Environments
Organizations in critical or regulated sectors require traceable operating models, clearly defined responsibilities, and high availability.
The OpenStack-based synaforce Cloud enables controllable cloud architectures with clear tenant separation as well as hybrid and dedicated operating models.
Combined with synaforce’s operational expertise and established certifications such as ISO/IEC 27001, BSI C5, DIN EN 50600, and ISAE 3402, this creates a robust foundation for security- and compliance-critical environments: open in architecture, controllable in operation, and traceable during audits.
Software Vendors and SaaS Providers
Many software vendors face the challenge of delivering existing applications as SaaS solutions.
The synaforce Cloud offers a scalable infrastructure platform for this purpose, featuring multi-tenant environments, API integration, and Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities. Automated deployments, repeatable rollouts, and standardized platform architectures can be implemented efficiently.
At the same time, the freedom to use proprietary technologies and operating models is preserved.
With our platform, we enable software vendors to implement both traditional technologies and new scalable ones—such as Kubernetes based on Infrastructure as Code. This ensures that any path during the transformation phase, from A to B or vice versa, is scalable and efficient.
synaforce can provide support as needed, drawing on its many years of expertise in architecture.
IT System Integrators
System integrators, too, are under increasing pressure to deliver complex infrastructure solutions that are both cost-effective and highly available.
The synaforce Cloud makes it possible to outsource infrastructure and platform operations and focus more on customer solutions and their own core business.
Dedicated environments, hybrid architectures, and secure network connections enable flexible operating models to meet a variety of customer requirements.
At the same time, synaforce works hand-in-hand with system integrators, providing support for architectural questions with its many years of expertise and offering guidance during the onboarding process.
Modern Cloud Technology for Productive Workloads
The platform supports modern cloud and automation concepts, including:
- flexible scaling of compute, storage, and network resources
- high-availability and multi-zone architectures
- AutoScaling for dynamic load balancing
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
- API-based provisioning and automation
- Automated rollouts and CI/CD processes
- Hourly usage-based billing, as well as quota models
- Scalable backup solution developed by synaforce
The synaforce Cloud combines traditional infrastructure approaches with modern cloud operating models. Existing systems and applications can be integrated step by step and combined with new cloud services.
Hybrid Architectures Instead of Forced Full Migration
Many companies today have hybrid IT landscapes: traditional virtual machines, dedicated systems, on-premises applications, and modern cloud services all running in parallel.
The synaforce Cloud was deliberately designed to connect these worlds. Dedicated environments, connectivity solutions, and hybrid operating models enable a phased transformation of existing infrastructures without forced full migrations or rigid platform requirements.
Conclusion: The Cloud Requires Control
The synaforce Cloud is not just another attempt to copy hyperscalers. It is a deliberate alternative for organizations that want to use the cloud while retaining control, traceability, and independence.
OpenStack forms the technological foundation for this: open, established, and interoperable. The underlying operating model is also crucial. Customers can independently manage, automate, and scale their environments, and supplement them with specific operational services from synaforce as needed.
This creates a cloud infrastructure for enterprises, software vendors, and system integrators that require modern cloud capabilities and do not want a “black box”: sovereign, integrable, and controllable over the long term.
The synaforce Cloud combines open cloud technology with controllable operations for organizations that want to strategically and independently advance their digital infrastructure.
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