Open-Source & Linux

Open-source and Linux expertise, applied to real problems

Our team has a depth of expertise in Linux and open-source technologies that widens what we can build and support. Sustained investment in research and development, plus system administrators who are genuinely curious, keeps our capability ahead of the standard MSP toolbox.

The challenge

Sound familiar?

One-size-fits-all stacks

Some requirements don’t fit neatly into off-the-shelf products. Providers limited to a single vendor’s catalogue can only offer what’s in it.

Licensing costs that scale badly

Per-seat and per-server licensing can grow faster than the value it delivers, particularly for infrastructure roles open-source handles well. Per-seat AI licensing is heading the same way, which is worth testing before you commit the whole studio to it.

Inherited Linux systems

Practices sometimes inherit Linux servers or open-source tools nobody remaining understands, quietly critical and quietly unmaintained.

How WIT helps

Deep technical capability beyond the usual toolbox

Open-source technology underpins much of the modern internet. Used well, it offers reliability, transparency and excellent value. WIT has the in-house depth to design, build and support open-source infrastructure to the same standard as our Microsoft practice and to know which tool fits which job.

Our investment in research and development is a deliberate part of how WIT works: evaluating technologies early, testing them properly and bringing the ones that earn their place into client environments.

What you gain

Wider solution space than single-vendor providers
Reduced licensing cost where open-source fits
Safe hands for inherited Linux estates
Bespoke answers to awkward problems
A provider that keeps learning

Capabilities

What’s included

Linux server management

Design, hardening, monitoring and administration of Linux systems in production.

Open-source infrastructure

File, backup, monitoring, virtualisation and network services built on proven open-source platforms.

Bespoke solutions

Tailored technical solutions where off-the-shelf products don’t fit the requirement.

Advanced systems administration

Automation, scripting and infrastructure-as-code approaches to keep estates consistent.

Research and development

Structured evaluation of emerging tools before they go anywhere near your systems.

Private and self-hosted AI

Open-weight models deployed on infrastructure you control, so project data never leaves it. Sized, secured and maintained like any other production system.

In practice

How this plays out in AEC work

High-volume storage

Cost-effective, resilient storage architectures for large project archives and backups.

Specialist tooling

Supporting the niche technical tools that computational design and research teams adopt.

Infrastructure services

Monitoring, automation and internal services running quietly and reliably on open platforms.

AI that cannot leak

For practices whose client agreements will not tolerate project information reaching a third-party model, a private deployment keeps the capability and removes the exposure.

FAQs

Common questions

We have an old Linux server nobody understands. Can you help?

Yes, this is a situation we see regularly. We audit and document the system, stabilise it and then agree whether to maintain, migrate or replace it.

Is open-source software secure enough for business use?

Well-chosen, well-maintained open-source software is used at the core of most serious infrastructure worldwide. As with any software, security comes from configuration, patching and management, which is exactly what we provide.

Can open-source really reduce our costs?

Often, for the right workloads, particularly infrastructure roles such as storage, monitoring and virtualisation. We’ll always give you an honest comparison, including support overheads.

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Let’s make technology work better for your practice

Tell us about your current setup, challenges and future plans. We will help you identify the right next steps.

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