Digital independence with open source: The future in our own hands
ti&m Open Source Stack // Today, anyone thinking about their digital future – whether they’re a bank, public authority, or energy supplier – is asking themselves one crucial question: How can we remain independent, secure, and capable of acting in a world that is both technologically fragmented and geopolitically networked?
The answer lies in digital sovereignty and technological self-determination. It is the ability to control data, infrastructure, and governance autonomously at all times, without dependence on proprietary platforms. The increasing number of cyber attacks, complex regulations, and international dependencies are raising the bar when it comes to resilience, data protection, and compliance. For Switzerland, a country committed to neutrality and stability, digital sovereignty is no longer just an option – it is a strategic imperative. Companies and administrations must be able to determine who has access to data, where this data is stored, and what technology they want to use in the long term.
Open Source as an enabler of independence
The key to achieving this is open source technology. Open code and collaborative development foster transparency, trust, and technological freedom – the foundation of true sovereignty. Open source enables:
Freedom from vendor lock-in:
Open standards ensure long-term capacity to act and prevent lock-ins.
Transparency and trust:
Viewable source code enables audits and security checks – essential for compliance and governance.
Accelerated innovation:
Progress and quality are achieved faster in global communities than in closed systems.
Sustainable cost control:
Eliminating license models creates predictability throughout the entire life cycle.
But openness alone is not enough. Open source only reaches its full potential when implemented in an enterprise-ready manner that is secure, scalable, and professionally operated. This is exactly where ti&m comes in with its Open Source Stack.
ti&m Open Source Stack – Swiss sovereignty in practice
The ti&m Open Source Stack combines the openness of global innovation with the stability and security of a Swiss enterprise platform. Swiss-hosted, auditable, and modular in design, the Stack forms the technological basis for sovereign, future-proof digital ecosystems.
From use to contribution: Open Source as a cultural principle
Sovereignty is evident not only in the infrastructure and operation, but also in the code itself. With our Solution Building Blocks (SolBB), ti&m promotes the reuse of tested open source components, for instance for authentication (IAM), process control, and document management. This allows applications to be created faster, more securely, and with consistent architectural quality.
But true independence only comes about through active participation. That is why ti&m actively contributes to the open source community by providing modules, interfaces, and framework extensions, under open licenses wherever possible. By doing so, we are not only implementing regulatory requirements such as the EMBAG (the Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Governmental Tasks), which calls for the promotion and reuse of open source in administration. We are also strengthening the joint development of central digital building blocks in Switzerland.
Business value through openness
The ti&m Open Source Stack creates measurable added value – technologically, organizationally, and strategically:
Regulatory security: Meets FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority), DSG (Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection), and EU GDPR requirements, with endtoend traceability and auditability.
Full data sovereignty: All systems are operated exclusively in Switzerland, for maximum control and legal clarity.
Efficiency and scalability: Automated processes reduce operating costs and shorten delivery cycles.
Cost transparency: No license fees, no hidden dependencies.
Innovative strength: Open standards and reuse accelerate the integration of new technologies.
Sovereignty as an ongoing process
Digital sovereignty is not a state of being, but a conscious decision to favor control, transparency, and independence in a networked world – technologically, organizationally, and economically. Open source is the lever, not the goal. The ti&m Open Source Stack provides the building blocks for this. It is Swisshosted, enterpriseready, and uncompromisingly open. It helps organizations achieve independence step by step – with more control, less dependency, and a stable foundation for future innovations.
The ti&m Open Source Stack at a glance
Workplace: maximum flexibility through bestofbreed productivity solutions.
BI & Data: seamless integration of Open Datastack, the opensource data platform.
AI: integration of machine learning and AI components for automation and optimization.
DevOps/CI/CD: Infrastructure, Automation & IaC, Application Development and Deploy with automated build, test, and deployment processes.
Monitoring & Observability: full transparency on performance, security, and operation.
Security & IAM: Identity & Access Management and Secrets & Policy for secure access and data protection.
Hosting & 24/7 Support: sovereign and reliable operation and maintenance in Swiss data centers.
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