WhereGroup

The WhereGroup offers premium consultation for professional Open Source businesses and Free Software users. The software itself in all cases is free to download and easy enough to install and get going. We support this by contributing considerable resources to some projects.

Architecture Design

Installation and getting the software to run provides for the operational foundation for any business process. Before this can be done the architecture needs to be designed carefully to fit within your environment and meet your needs.

Geodata Management Consultation

We help you design your data models to comply to your business needs. We do this with a strong focus on longevity and quality as geodata is not a static thing but wrapped in dynamic processes. Importing, converting and migrating geodata requires the application of quality assurance routines. In many cases these processes have to be iterated on a regular basis due to the dynamic nature of geodata. This justifies for a more profound analysis of data processing workflows and opens opportunities for higher automization.

Security Requirenments

Security splits into three main sectors with varying degree of complexitiy depending on your special needs:

Depending on your requirements each of them can multiply implementation cost. Global 24/7 availability nearing 100% requires operation of physically separated high end computational centers. High requirement on confidentiality can be crucial to your operation if you work with personal data. Integrity is crucial if lives depend on your operations. The foundation for both can already be found in your environments and is managed by applying standard it technologies and solutions.

Another issue is the spatial software used. Security can involve using keys and certificates through digital signature services in public-key infrastructures. By managing keys and certificates through a PKI, organizations can establish and maintain trustworthy networking environments. Geodata and spatial intelligence is not easily integrated into existing PKI infrastructures and requires thoughtful selection of used technology to prevent vendor-lock-in. We have acquired a lot of practical experience over the past years integrating geospatial solutions into existing security environments, offer our consultation to each of the above topics. We maintain partnerships with further specialists bridging the gap between mainstream IT and spatial.