What Nicman Group does

Nicman Group is a privately held, self-funded US IT services firm founded in 2002 that delivers managed cloud infrastructure and IT consulting to enterprise clients, with primary operations in Colorado and additional offices in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Poznan, Poland. Its infrastructure stack includes three owned US data centers (Englewood/CO, Secaucus/NJ, Philadelphia) holding SSAE16 SOC-1, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ITAR and ISAE 3402 compliance, running a VMware ESXi-based private cloud with sub-1ms intra-cluster latency, redundant 10/40Gbps networking, and S3 API-compliant object storage branded Nicman Vault. BaaS and DRaaS are delivered as Actifio-powered copy data management services that advertise restart of up to 100 virtual machines in 30 seconds, and the company also operates a niche HP-UX/Itanium managed hosting business through its Flagship-tier HPE partnership.

The consulting arm provides test automation (advertising up to 60% testing cost reduction and 40% faster time to market), performance and integration testing, full-cycle application development in PHP/Ruby/C#/Python/Swift/Kotlin, DevOps engineering (Bitbucket, Jenkins, Git), data warehousing on NetApp, infrastructure prototyping, and offshore IT outsourcing from Poznan. Named enterprise customers include Abbott Laboratories (testing process transformation across seven areas), Colas (JD Edwards performance testing), Ricky's NYC (a Magento 2 e-commerce platform processing 20,000 orders annually at $5M revenue, plus 40-store POS support), 3PLG (warehouse software), and CompassCom (GPS capacity testing). Nicman Labs operates as a wholly-owned cloud services sub-brand launched in 2012.

The business operates on hybrid managed-services and subscription revenue: monthly HP-UX managed hosting starts at $1,300, dedicated servers and private cloud are billed month-to-month, cloud compute uses usage-based and reserved-capacity pricing (e.g., 4 vCPU/8 GiB at $0.1525/hour, 3 TB at $273.30/month), and BaaS uses a hybrid model of one-time setup and hardware fees plus per-GB recurring charges. Distribution is dual channel: direct enterprise sales via 'Request a consultation' CTAs in Colorado and New Jersey, plus partner-led go-to-market through HPE, IBM, Red Hat, VMware, NetApp, Actifio and Azure resellers. The company claims 15-40% cloud cost reduction for customers, is bootstrapped with no external investors, and targets a horizontal mix of mid-market and large enterprise clients across healthcare, retail, construction, logistics, and technology.

Name

Nicman Group

Legal name

NICMAN Group LLC

Website

https://nicmangroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nicman Group is a privately held US IT services firm operating three owned data centers and a Polish offshore unit, delivering managed cloud infrastructure (private cloud, BaaS, DRaaS, Nicman Vault object storage) and consulting services (test automation, performance testing, DevOps) to enterprise customers, with specialized HP-UX/Itanium hosting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed Cloud Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (5324)

SIC

Services-Computer Rental & Leasing (7377), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed DevOps / Platform Operations (Run & Operate) (BPAEAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services) (HDABAAAD), Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure Staffing (BPACADAD)

Keywords

• Managed cloud infrastructure
• Disaster recovery services
• Backup as a service
• Software testing consulting
• Data center hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Clifton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Managed Cloud and Infrastructure Services: Recurring revenue from managed cloud hosting, dedicated hosting, IaaS, private cloud, and colocation services. Includes 24/7 support, monitoring, and SLA-backed infrastructure.
2. Professional Services - Consulting: Software testing (test automation, performance testing, integration testing), development services, DevOps, and IT outsourcing. Project-based and retainer engagements.
3. BaaS and DRaaS: Backup as a Service and Disaster Recovery as a Service. Pricing includes setup fees, hardware fees, and recurring per-GB storage costs with tiered retention options.
4. HP-UX Hosting: Managed hosting services for HP-UX platforms starting at $1,300/month. Includes hardware, software choices, security options, and 24x7 monitoring. Base systems include Itanium processors, storage, HP-UX OS versions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nicman Group operates three US-owned data centers and an offshore delivery center in Poland to provide managed cloud infrastructure (private cloud, dedicated hosting, IaaS, BaaS, DRaaS, HP-UX hosting, object storage) and IT consulting services (test automation, performance testing, integration testing, application development, DevOps). It sells these to mid-market and enterprise organizations as an alternative to hyperscale cloud providers, emphasizing cost reduction, 99.999% uptime SLAs, and rare legacy HP-UX expertise.

Product overview

Nicman Group is an IT consulting and infrastructure services company that operates 3 data centers in the US (Colorado, New Jersey, Philadelphia) with an offshore center in Poland. The company's product portfolio consists of consulting services (Test Automation, Performance Testing, Integration Testing, Application Development, DevOps, Offshore IT Outsourcing, Cloud Infrastructure Advisory) and infrastructure services (Managed Cloud, Dedicated Hosting, BaaS, DRaaS, HP-UX Hosting, Nicman Vault object storage, Cloud Secure File Storage, IaaS, Infrastructure Prototyping, Data Warehousing, Testing Environment Hosting, Copy Data Management). Key products include Nicman Vault (S3 API compliant object storage), DRaaS and BaaS (powered by Actifio), and specialized HP-UX hosting. The company positions itself as an alternative to major cloud providers (AWS, Azure) with cost-competitive private cloud and infrastructure services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Test Automation Regression and repeatability testing service that automates functional tests to reduce time to market by up to 40% and testing costs by up to 60% for enterprise software organizations.
• Performance Testing Load, stress, and capacity testing consulting service that decreases response times, increases capacity, and lowers infrastructure costs for enterprise applications.
• Managed Cloud VMware ESXi-based private cloud environment with ultra-low-latency networking, redundant 10/40Gbps backbone, high-performance multi-zone storage delivering 10K+ IOPS, and 99.999% SLA-backed availability for enterprise workloads.
• BaaS (Backup as a Service) Backup service powered by Actifio that provides data protection, snapshot management, test/development environments, and archival preservation through a single platform with up to 80% storage reduction.
• DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service) Cloud-based disaster recovery service with near-zero RTO and RPO powered by Actifio, supporting VMware, Hyper-V, Oracle, and Linux environments and enabling restart of up to 100 virtual machines in as little as 30 seconds.
• HP-UX Hosting Managed hosting service for HP-UX workloads with 99.999% uptime SLA, supporting Itanium and PA-RISC hardware with HP-UX, OpenVMS, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and HPBSD operating systems, databases including Oracle and IBM Informix, HP MC Serviceguard clustering, and disaster recovery.
• Nicman Vault Fully S3 API compliant, multi-tenant, multi-datacenter hybrid cloud object storage with distributed peer-to-peer architecture, no single point of failure, and 100% AWS S3 API compatibility.
• Cloud Secure File Storage File-level cloud storage service with hierarchical structure, encryption at rest and in transit, automation, and accessibility across devices for enterprise users.
• IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) Virtualized hardware computing resources including virtual servers, network connections, bandwidth, and load balancers delivered using Cisco, Dell, NetApp, IBM, HP, and Brocade hardware.
• Infrastructure Prototyping Performance testing and optimization service that builds production-like environments to identify hardware and configuration bottlenecks before enterprise infrastructure investments.
• Data Warehousing Data extraction from operational systems into historical snapshots for ad-hoc queries and scheduled reporting using NetApp, Sun, and Dell storage solutions.
• Cloud Infrastructure Advisory Advisory service for optimizing and transforming data center physical infrastructure, working with industry standards and best practices for enterprise clients.
• Testing Environment Hosting Performance testing environment hosting service that replicates production specifications for the duration of projects at reduced costs.
• Copy Data Management Copy data management technology that captures application-consistent data via snapshots to create virtual copies for backup, disaster recovery, and test/development use cases, reducing storage required by 80–90%.
• Application Development Full-cycle software development service for web, mobile, and desktop platforms using PHP, Ruby, C#, Objective-C, Go, Python, Swift, and Kotlin.
• Integration Testing Testing framework for distributed systems with API testing, test code coverage analysis, and service virtualization using IBM Rational Integration Tester.
• DevOps Continuous integration and deployment services, automated provisioning, and managed IT operations using Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Git.
• Offshore IT Outsourcing Software development and testing services delivered through the European technology office in Poznan, Poland with English-speaking staff for global clients.
• EU Projects Project completion services for EU projects delayed by geopolitical tensions, including CI/CD pipelines and software migration support.
• Dedicated Hosting Full server access hosting with Dell Generation 11 and 12 servers, up to 2 Intel Octo (8) Core Processors, up to 512GB RAM, up to 24x2TB hard drives, 1-10Gbps network ports, all operating systems supported, with IPv4 and IPv6 available.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cloud infrastructure bill reduction of 15 to 40%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationNicman Group is an HPE Silver/Gold Partner and T2 Service Provider. Uses HPE infrastructure including HPE Integrity C3000, C7000, RX servers with PA-RISC and Intel Itanium CPUs. Provides managed hosting services for HP-UX, OpenVMS, OpenBSD, NetBSD, HPBSD. Partnership enables delivery of managed hosting and cloud offerings leveraging HPE infrastructure.
• ActifiocoreTechnology or IntegrationNicman Group is Actifio's MSP (Managed Service Provider) in the United States, specifically in Colorado region. Provides complete BaaS and DRaaS solutions including setup, configuration, hardware, training, SLA management, data copies in Nicman Cloud, and restoration capabilities. Reduces storage required for backup up to 80%.
• IBMcoreTechnology or IntegrationIBM Advanced Business Partner. Focused on IBM Rational and Business Analytics packages. Consultants are certified and experienced with IBM software. Specializes in optimization and implementation of Business Analytics and Rational packages.
• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationVMware is used as the hypervisor for Nicman Group's private cloud environment. Infrastructure partnership for cloud hosting services.
• NetAppcoreTechnology or IntegrationStorage partner using NetApp storage solutions for data warehousing. NetApp Snapshot, SnapVault, SnapMirror, and FlexClone technologies are used for backup, restore, disaster recovery, and data cloning.
• 365 DatacentersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for additional physical locations as needed.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Rackspace Technology: Largest pure-play managed cloud provider offering multi-cloud managed services, private cloud (VMware), BaaS/DRaaS, and application modernization. Directly comparable to Nicman across managed cloud, dedicated hosting, and enterprise infrastructure services, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Dataprise: Managed IT services and cloud provider delivering managed infrastructure, DRaaS, cybersecurity, and IT consulting to mid-market and enterprise. Closely comparable to Nicman's combined infrastructure + consulting service model.
• Liquid Web: Managed hosting and cloud provider offering dedicated servers, private cloud, BaaS, and managed WordPress/e-commerce hosting. Comparable to Nicman in serving mid-market enterprise with managed dedicated hosting and infrastructure services.
• 11:11 Systems: Managed cloud, colocation, BaaS, and DRaaS provider focused on mid-market and enterprise. Comparable to Nicman in delivering managed infrastructure with SLA-backed services and disaster recovery, with similar positioning on data-residency and regulated workloads.

Emerging players

• PhoenixNAP: IT infrastructure provider offering dedicated servers, private cloud, BaaS/DRaaS, and colocation with a focus on security and compliance. Comparable to Nicman's compliance-certified managed infrastructure model, with similar emphasis on HIPAA/PCI-grade environments.

Broad incumbents

• Cyxtera Technologies: Global colocation and interconnection provider with enterprise data center footprint and managed services. Comparable to Nicman's owned-facility strategy and SLA-backed infrastructure delivery, though operating at much larger scale.
• DXC Technology: Global IT services firm offering managed infrastructure, application development, testing, and modernization to large enterprise. Comparable to Nicman's consulting-plus-infrastructure model at significantly larger scale, particularly relevant for legacy workload migrations.
• HPE GreenLake: HPE's managed private cloud offering, including continued support for HPE Integrity/HP-UX workloads. As Nicman's flagship HPE partner, GreenLake is both a peer and a channel/competitive overlap for the same HP-UX customer base.
• IBM Cloud: Hyperscale cloud and managed services arm of IBM with strong heritage in Power/HP-UX-adjacent enterprise workloads and IBM Rational tooling. Nicman's IBM Advanced Business Partner status places it as a delivery partner within IBM's ecosystem.
• Capgemini Engineering: Global IT services and engineering firm with strong presence in testing services, DevOps, and managed infrastructure. Comparable to Nicman's performance testing, test automation, and offshore delivery capabilities, especially through European delivery centers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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