DECOIT

What DECOIT does

DECOIT GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German IT consulting and system integration firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in the Technologiepark Uni Bremen. The company operates as a vendor-neutral (herstellerneutral) system integrator and software house, serving primarily German mid-market and enterprise customers across manufacturing, government, and utilities, with secondary exposure to small and medium businesses. Its service portfolio spans IT consulting, network and server infrastructure (NAS, SAN, backup, virtualization, identity management via Univention Corporate Server, Windows Server, Active Directory, LDAP), monitoring and SIEM (Checkmk, Nagios, Icinga, LogRhythm, plus the proprietary ScanBox), IT security (firewall, UTM/IDS, VPN, antivirus, endpoint protection), Voice-over-IP (KITOMA, Asterisk, Kamailio, Jitsi), groupware (OSGA, Open Xchange, BlueMind, Kopano), digital archiving (ecoDMS, OpenKM), and custom software development.

DECOIT monetizes primarily through project-based professional services engagements and recurring maintenance and service contracts with guaranteed response times, supplemented by subscription-based security solutions and one-time software licensing. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm has no external institutional investors or funding history in the available sources. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct-enterprise, anchored by reference customers such as forum technik GmbH, Logopak Systeme, KVT Kurlbaum AG, Plate Büromaterial Vertriebs GmbH, Stadtwerke Emden GmbH, and municipal entity Samtgemeinde Bothel. Marketing reach is built via the corporate website, newsletter, conference presence (historically including CeBIT), and active GitHub contributions. The firm also derives reputational and pipeline benefit from membership in OSBA, IFIT, Trusted Computing Group, Open Invention Network, Allianz für Cybersicherheit, and the regional Technologiepark Uni Bremen tech-park cluster.

DECOIT has developed several proprietary open-source products, including OSGA (groupware), ScanBox (scalable attack detection), Asterisk4UCS (Asterisk VoIP integration with Univention Corporate Server), and the Android IF-MAP Client for mobile network access control. The firm maintains long-standing research collaborations with Fraunhofer SIT, Fraunhofer FOKUS, and the University of Bremen's TZI, and participates in German and EU IT-security research projects covering VoIP, network monitoring, and trust/security architectures. A recently announced cooperation with Citadelo extends its offering into professional pentesting services. The company is founder-managed under Managing Director Prof. Dr. Kai-Oliver Detken through a GmbH & Co. KG structure (general partner: DECOIT Verwaltungs GmbH), and operates from a single Bremen office with no disclosed subsidiaries, M&A, or leadership changes in the source material.

Name

DECOIT

Legal name

DECOIT GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://decoit.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DECOIT GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German IT consulting and system integration firm founded in 2001 that provides vendor-neutral IT infrastructure, VoIP, security, monitoring, and software development services to mid-market and enterprise customers in Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting: Vendor-neutral consulting services in network, VoIP, monitoring, and IT security. This includes herstellerneutrale Beratung (vendor-neutral consulting) as a core service offering.
2. System Integration and Management: Network & server systems (NAS, SAN, backup, high availability, virtualization), identity & infrastructure management, monitoring and SIEM solutions.
3. Software Development: Custom software development adapted to individual customer processes, including online shops and Open Source Software continued development and support.
4. IT Security Solutions: Secure email communication, network security (firewall, UTM, IDS, proxy, VPN), antivirus solutions, logging, endpoint protection.
5. Maintenance and Service Contracts: Individual contracts with guaranteed response times, monitoring, and ongoing support services.
6. VoIP Solutions: Voice-over-IP implementation including KITOMA, Asterisk, Kamailio, Jitsi video conferencing, and related infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DECOIT is a vendor-neutral (herstellerneutral) IT system integrator and software house that has consulted on, integrated, and managed customer IT infrastructures since 2001. The company delivers IT consulting, system integration, and management services across network/server infrastructure, virtualization, monitoring/SIEM, IT security, VoIP, groupware, and digital archiving, with a strong emphasis on open source software and custom adaptations to individual customer processes.

Product overview

DECOIT operates as a vendor-neutral IT system integrator and software house offering a portfolio of services rather than a single unified product. Their service portfolio spans system integration and management (covering network/server infrastructure, backup, virtualization, identity management with UCS, Windows Server, LDAP, and Active Directory), monitoring and SIEM (Checkmk, Nagios, Icinga, LogRhythm, ScanBox, Bugzilla, Redmine, Zammad), IT security (secure email, network firewalls/UTM/IDS, VPN, endpoint protection), digital archiving (ecoDMS, OpenKM), groupware (OSGA, Open Xchange, BlueMind, Kopano), Voice-over-IP (KITOMA, Asterisk, Kamailio, Jitsi), software development, e-commerce solutions, and open-source support. Their open-source product offerings include Android IF-MAP Client, DECOIT IF-MAP-Clients, and Asterisk4UCS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OSGA: Groupware product developed by DECOIT
• ScanBox
• Asterisk4UCS

Products and services

• Android IF-MAP Client Android application implementing the IF-MAP protocol for network access control and security information exchange on mobile devices, distributed as open source via DECOIT's GitHub.
• DECOIT IF-MAP-Clients Implementation of IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Points) clients for communicating with metadata brokers in network security architectures.
• Asterisk4UCS Integration package combining Asterisk IP telephony with Univention Corporate Server (UCS), available as open source with documentation and source code on GitHub (github.com/decoit).
• OSGA (Open Source Groupware Architecture) Groupware solution developed by DECOIT for managing group communication and collaboration, with customizability and configurability as distinguishing attributes.
• ScanBox Scalable attack detection system for network security monitoring, with a dedicated product site at scanbox-product.de.
• Vendor-Neutral IT Consulting Vendor-neutral (herstellerneutrale) consulting services in network, VoIP, monitoring, and IT security, providing individualized recommendations that adapt to each customer's IT infrastructure and processes.
• System Integration and Management System integration covering network and server systems (NAS, SAN, backup, high availability, virtualization), identity and infrastructure management, and monitoring/SIEM solutions across heterogeneous vendor stacks.
• Custom Software Development Custom software development adapted to individual customer processes, including online shops and ongoing development and support of Open Source Software projects for customers.
• IT Security Solutions and Services IT security services covering secure email communication, network security (firewall, UTM, IDS, proxy, VPN), antivirus solutions, logging, and endpoint protection, delivered as a managed security service.
• Maintenance and Service Contracts Individual maintenance and service contracts with guaranteed response times, monitoring, and ongoing support services for customers seeking continuous IT infrastructure support.
• VoIP Solutions and Services Voice-over-IP implementation and integration services including KITOMA, Asterisk, Kamailio, Jitsi video conferencing, and related infrastructure components.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fraunhofer SITcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch cooperation partner. DECOIT has worked with Fraunhofer SIT in national and international IT security research projects.
• Fraunhofer FOKUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch cooperation partner. DECOIT collaborates with Fraunhofer FOKUS on various research initiatives.
• University of Bremen / TZIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing research partner located in the same technology park as DECOIT, collaborating on IT research projects.
• FH DortmundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch cooperation partner for various IT research projects.
• NICTA (National ICT Australia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research cooperation partner.
• Uni SiegenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch cooperation partner.
• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner. DECOIT offers Red Hat products as part of their vendor-neutral product portfolio for enterprise customers.
• UniventioncoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner offering Univention Corporate Server (UCS) as part of identity and infrastructure management solutions. DECOIT has developed Asterisk4UCS integration.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner. Products offered include Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, and related solutions.
• CheckmkcoreTechnology or IntegrationMonitoring solution offered as part of DECOIT's monitoring, SIEM and issue-tracking portfolio.
• Icinga / NagioscoreTechnology or IntegrationOpen source monitoring solutions offered as part of DECOIT's technology portfolio.
• Asterisk / KamailiocoreTechnology or IntegrationOpen source VoIP solutions. DECOIT has developed Asterisk4UCS integration and actively contributes to these open source projects.
• LogRhythmcoreTechnology or IntegrationSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution offered as part of DECOIT's security portfolio.
• Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA)minorOthersDECOIT is a member of the Open Source Business Alliance, supporting open source ecosystem development.
• IFIT (Freies Institut für IT-Sicherheit e.V.)minorOthersDECOIT is a member of IFIT, the Free Institute for IT Security, supporting cybersecurity knowledge sharing and development.
• Trusted Computing GroupminorOthersDECOIT is a member of the Trusted Computing Group, participating in security standards development.
• Technologiepark Uni Bremen e.V.minorOthersDECOIT is located in and is a member of the Technologiepark Uni Bremen technology park, supporting regional tech ecosystem.
• Open Invention NetworkminorOthersDECOIT is a member of the Open Invention Network, supporting open source patent protection.
• Allianz für CybersicherheitminorOthersDECOIT participates in the German Cyber Security Alliance.
• CitadelominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew cooperation announced for pentesting services, enhancing DECOIT's IT security offering.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• SUSE: Open source infrastructure vendor (Linux, Kubernetes, Rancher) heavily embedded in the open source ecosystem DECOIT operates in. Not a direct competitor for integration services, but shapes the same OSS market DECOIT services.

Broad incumbents

• Atos: Global IT services and system integration group headquartered in France with deep presence in Germany. Broad incumbent across IT infrastructure, security, and managed services that DECOIT's vendor-neutral positioning contests.
• Capgemini: Global IT consulting and system integration leader with significant German operations. Represents the upper bound of scale DECOIT cannot match on large enterprise RFPs.
• Computacenter: Large European IT infrastructure integrator and managed services provider. Competes with DECOIT for the same enterprise IT infrastructure, network, and security mandates at much greater scale and geographic reach.
• T-Systems: Deutsche Telekom's enterprise IT services arm, a major German system integrator serving large enterprises and public sector. A constant large-competitor backdrop for German mid-market SI mandates.

Regional players

• Devoteam: European IT consultancy with strong German/DACH presence focused on cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. A more comparable mid-sized European peer in consulting-led IT services targeting German enterprise and mid-market.

Direct peers

• CENIT AG: German IT consultancy and software firm focused on digitalization, PLM, and IT infrastructure, headquartered in Stuttgart. Similar profile as a German mid-market SI with proprietary software components and consulting-led GTM.
• msg systems AG: German IT consulting and software house serving financial services, insurance, and public sector with consulting, system integration, and proprietary software. Closely comparable mix of consulting-led delivery plus in-house product development.
• Allgeier SE: German mid-market IT services and software group combining consulting, system integration, and proprietary software products across multiple verticals. Comparable horizontal mid-market coverage and bundling of services with own-IP products.
• Bechtle AG: German-headquartered IT system integrator and managed services provider serving mid-market and enterprise customers across Germany and Europe. Most direct geographic and business-model peer to DECOIT, though operating at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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