summ-it

Company profile: summ-it (styled summ-it®) is an information technology services firm that provides managed services, data analytics and software development. The organisation presents itself as a provider of database and cloud solutions and ongoing system support. The CEO is listed as Wojciech Wencel. Headquarters country: Poland. Regions of operation indicated by client references and platform choices include Europe.

Services and capabilities

• Managed database services — 24/7/365 support and remote database management for a large estate of databases; system monitoring, maintenance and incident handling.
• Cloud engineering and cost optimisation — cloud migrations, implementation of cloud database solutions on platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform and private cloud environments, and cloud cost reduction activities.
• Database security and auditing — license audits, security audits, infrastructure assessments and a proprietary audit program for identifying configuration and security issues.
• Data engineering and analytics — data integration, data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes and deployment of business intelligence reporting (including Power BI) and Data Warehouse implementations.
• Custom software development — bespoke application development and integration to support business workflows and data flows.
• Proprietary monitoring and DBA tooling — an in-house system for database monitoring and configuration validation (referred to as Superb DBA).

Industry focus

• Retail — implementations of workflow digitisation platforms and database migrations to support store or corporate operations.
• Media and technology services — ongoing server and database support, data migration and ETL processing for media/technology groups.
• Digital marketing/e-commerce — work on fast data collection and processing to support online campaign management and reporting.
• Manufacturing and other sectors — database administration and cloud solutions referenced across multiple sectors.

Technology and delivery approach

Technical themes across engagements include database administration, system monitoring, cloud platform deployments and data pipelines. Deliverables commonly consist of managed database systems, cloud migrations and configurations, ETL processes and data warehouses, BI reports and custom applications integrated with client data sources. Delivery emphasizes continuous operations (24/7 support), automated monitoring and use of proprietary audit and monitoring tools to assess security and performance. Reported operational metrics include support for nearly 10,000 databases and service level availability figures cited around 99.99% to 99.995%.