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ICU Shape-02 1

Solutions and Consulting.

From mainframes to cloud, we create solutions that connect old and new, keeping systems stable while opening room for change.

/ People Who Build Solutions.

We are a team of over 30 specialists with experience in mainframes, cloud, and enterprise software. We work closely together and share knowledge directly, so clients speak with the people who do the work. This keeps us practical, flexible, and able to handle a wide range of IT needs.

ICU Shape-02 1

PROVISIONING

Fast, self-service access to data and environments - automated, governed, and ready to scale.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data access via microservices & APIs
/ Unlock datasets with clean, versioned interfaces.

ICU Shape-02 2

Application modernisation & cloud-native development
/ Refactor/re-platform for portability and resilience.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Consistent runtime for scalable, reliable deployments.

ICU Shape-02 2

CI/CD pipelines
/ Automated, tested, policy-controlled paths to production

ICU Shape-02 2

Radical automation
/ Infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code to eliminate toil and errors

Enterprises fight fragmented estates, manual hand-offs, and “snowflake” setups that slow delivery and raise risk. Teams wait for access, data sits behind monoliths, and every release rebuilds provisioning from scratch. Compliance adds friction, tooling overlaps, and performance tuning is reactive. We fix this by decoupling apps from infrastructure, exposing data via clean APIs, and standardising repeatable paths to production so provisioning becomes predictable, auditable, and fast.

ORCHESTRATION

Hybrid that works: existing platforms and cloud
operating
as one - secure, flexible and cost-aware.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Integrating existing platforms with cloud
/ Connect heritage systems to modern services via APIs and events.

ICU Shape-02 2

Cloud setup (private, hybrid, public)
/ Design and implement landing zones and guardrails.

ICU Shape-02 2

Software-Defined Everything
/ Networks, storage and security expressed as code.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Shared services, patterns and libraries to avoid rebuilds.

ICU Shape-02 2

Integration & reusability
/ Infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code to eliminate toil and errors

ICU Shape-02 2

Security
/ Zero-trust principles, identity, encryption and continuous compliance.

Many estates evolve into a mix of legacy and cloud with ad-hoc connections, duplicated services and unclear boundaries. Latency surprises, vendor sprawl and inconsistent security create risk; migrations threaten downtime and teams lack a single operating model. We assess the landscape, define target architecture and implement integration patterns so workloads interoperate cleanly across on-prem and cloud.

INTEGRATION

A lean control layer that keeps core data stable while modern services move fast -secure, observable, simple to run.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data consolidation & disentanglement
/ Reduce dependencies; establish clean, versioned interfaces.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data(base) management and continuity
/ Refactor/re-platform for portability and resilience.

ICU Shape-02 2

Performance & tuning
/ Capacity planning and runtime optimisation for predictable SLAs.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Consistent scheduling, policy and runtime governance.

ICU Shape-02 2

Flexibility and stability
/ Architectures that scale without trading off reliability.

ICU Shape-02 2

Accessibility and compliance
/ Role-based access, audibility and regulatory alignment.

Enterprises often inherit tightly coupled systems, brittle batch schedules and unclear ownership. Data is duplicated across silos, controls are inconsistent, and changes ripple unpredictably. Limited observability and manual recovery raise operational risk, while compliance demands slow delivery. We design a loosely coupled orchestration layer, clarify interfaces and responsibilities, and embed guardrails so platforms stay dependable as delivery speeds up.

ORCHESTRATION

Hybrid that works: existing platforms and cloud operating as one - secure, flexible and cost-aware.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Integrating existing platforms with cloud
/ Connect heritage systems to modern services via APIs and events.

ICU Shape-02 2

Cloud setup (private, hybrid, public)
/ Design and implement landing zones and guardrails.

ICU Shape-02 2

Software-Defined Everything
/ Networks, storage and security expressed as code.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Shared services, patterns and libraries to avoid rebuilds.

ICU Shape-02 2

Integration & reusability
/ Infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code to eliminate toil and errors

ICU Shape-02 2

Security
/ Zero-trust principles, identity, encryption and continuous compliance.

Many estates evolve into a mix of legacy and cloud with ad-hoc connections, duplicated services and unclear boundaries. Latency surprises, vendor sprawl and inconsistent security create risk; migrations threaten downtime and teams lack a single operating model. We assess the landscape, define target architecture and implement integration patterns so workloads interoperate cleanly across on-prem and cloud.
 

PROVISIONING

Fast, self-service access to data
and environments - automated, governed, and ready to scale.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data access via microservices & APIs
/ Unlock datasets with clean, versioned interfaces.

ICU Shape-02 2

Application modernisation & cloud-native development
/ Refactor/re-platform for portability and resilience.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Consistent runtime for scalable, reliable deployments.

ICU Shape-02 2

CI/CD pipelines
/ Automated, tested, policy-controlled paths to production

ICU Shape-02 2

Radical automation
/ Infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code to eliminate toil and errors

Enterprises fight fragmented estates, manual hand-offs, and “snowflake” setups that slow delivery and raise risk. Teams wait for access, data sits behind monoliths, and every release rebuilds provisioning from scratch. Compliance adds friction, tooling overlaps, and performance tuning is reactive. We fix this by decoupling apps from infrastructure, exposing data via clean APIs, and standardising repeatable paths to production so provisioning becomes predictable, auditable, and fast.

Solutions & Consulting.

From mainframes to cloud, we create solutions that connect old and new, keeping systems stable while opening room for change.

/ People Who Build Solutions.

For more than twenty years, ICU has worked at the heart of enterprise IT. Our history is rooted in mainframe environments, where reliability and precision are non-negotiable. That background shaped the way we approach every project today: with discipline, depth, and attention to detail.

INTEGRATION

A lean control layer that keeps core data stable while modern services move
fast
-secure, observable, simple to run.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data consolidation & disentanglement
/ Reduce dependencies; establish clean, versioned interfaces.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data(base) management and continuity
/ Refactor/re-platform for portability and resilience.

ICU Shape-02 2

Performance & tuning
/ Capacity planning and runtime optimisation for predictable SLAs.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Consistent scheduling, policy and runtime governance.

ICU Shape-02 2

Flexibility and stability
/ Architectures that scale without trading off reliability.

ICU Shape-02 2

Accessibility and compliance
/ Role-based access, audibility and regulatory alignment.

Enterprises often inherit tightly coupled systems, brittle batch schedules and unclear ownership. Data is duplicated across silos, controls are inconsistent, and changes ripple unpredictably. Limited observability and manual recovery raise operational risk, while compliance demands slow delivery. We design a loosely coupled orchestration layer, clarify interfaces and responsibilities, and embed guardrails so platforms stay dependable as delivery speeds up.

PROVISIONING

Fast, self-service access to data and environments - automated, governed, and ready to scale.

ICU Shape-02 2

Radical automation
/ Infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code to eliminate toil and errors

ICU Shape-02 2

CI/CD pipelines
/ Automated, tested, policy-controlled paths to production

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Consistent runtime for scalable, reliable deployments.

ICU Shape-02 2

Application modernisation & cloud-native development
/ Refactor/re-platform for portability and resilience.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data access via microservices & APIs
/ Unlock datasets with clean, versioned interfaces.

Our Tailor-made solution.

Enterprises fight fragmented estates, manual hand-offs, and “snowflake” setups that slow delivery and raise risk. Teams wait for access, data sits behind monoliths, and every release rebuilds provisioning from scratch. Compliance adds friction, tooling overlaps, and performance tuning is reactive. We fix this by decoupling apps from infrastructure, exposing data via clean APIs, and standardising repeatable paths to production so provisioning becomes predictable, auditable, and fast.

ORCHESTRATION

A lean control layer that keeps core data stable while modern services move
fast -secure, observable, simple to run.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data consolidation & disentanglement
/ Reduce dependencies; establish clean, versioned interfaces.

ICU Shape-02 2

Data(base) management and continuity
/ Refactor/re-platform for portability and resilience.

ICU Shape-02 2

Performance & tuning
/ Capacity planning and runtime optimisation for predictable SLAs.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Consistent scheduling, policy and runtime governance.

ICU Shape-02 2

Flexibility and stability
/ Architectures that scale without trading off reliability.

ICU Shape-02 2

Accessibility and compliance
/ Role-based access, audibility and regulatory alignment.

Enterprises often inherit tightly coupled systems, brittle batch schedules and unclear ownership. Data is duplicated across silos, controls are inconsistent, and changes ripple unpredictably. Limited observability and manual recovery raise operational risk, while compliance demands slow delivery. We design a loosely coupled orchestration layer, clarify interfaces and responsibilities, and embed guardrails so platforms stay dependable as delivery speeds up.

INTEGRATION

Hybrid that works: existing platforms and cloud
operating as one - secure, flexible and cost-aware.

Our Tailor-made solution.

ICU Shape-02 2

Integrating existing platforms with cloud
/ Connect heritage systems to modern services via APIs and events.

ICU Shape-02 2

Cloud setup (private, hybrid, public)
/ Design and implement landing zones and guardrails.

ICU Shape-02 2

Software-Defined Everything
/ Networks, storage and security expressed as code.

ICU Shape-02 2

Containerisation & Kubernetes
/ Shared services, patterns and libraries to avoid rebuilds.

ICU Shape-02 2

Integration & reusability
/ Infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code to eliminate toil and errors

ICU Shape-02 2

Security
/ Zero-trust principles, identity, encryption and continuous compliance.

Many estates evolve into a mix of legacy and cloud with ad-hoc connections, duplicated services and unclear boundaries. Latency surprises, vendor sprawl and inconsistent security create risk; migrations threaten downtime and teams lack a single operating model. We assess the landscape, define target architecture and implement integration patterns so workloads interoperate cleanly across on-prem and cloud.

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