Host, build, design, integrate, safeguard.
We don't pick and choose the easy parts. Old Hands takes end-to-end responsibility for the technical systems that keep your operation moving forward — infrastructure, engineering, integration, data architecture, forensic review, and twenty-four-hour stewardship.
Managed Hosting & Cloud Operations
High-performance, isolated Linux infrastructure hosted in Johannesburg — engineered to eliminate latency for desktop ERP clients (Sage Evolution) and high-throughput web backends.
- Containerised process isolation and independent memory/CPU limits.
- Perimeter WAF filtering, automated host patching, and DDoS mitigation.
- Daily rebuildable server images with 1-hour full rebuild capability.
- Infrastructure costs passed through transparently at exact cost.
Custom Software & Core Platforms
Bespoke transactional platforms, order management, logistics workflows, customer portals, and internal operations tooling built from first principles.
- High-assurance, statically typed backend architectures.
- Strict ledger mechanics: immutable audit trails on all state changes.
- Clean domain modeling designed for ten-to-fifteen-year longevity.
- Source code deposited in your own repository from the very first commit.
Enterprise ERP & Financial Integrations
Robust, first-party data pipelines connecting point-of-sale, e-commerce, banking feeds, and warehouse dispatch directly into Sage, SAP, and core accounting packages.
- Official vendor API integration preserving your ERP support status.
- Strict idempotency: never double-posts invoices on network retries.
- Automated daily reconciliation and instant exception alerting.
- Replaces fragile black-box connectors with custom-owned batch engines.
Database Engineering & Distributed Clusters
Production architecture, query tuning, and disaster recovery across enterprise relational engines, in-memory grids, and mainframe data stores.
- Relational: PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MariaDB tuning.
- Distributed: Redis clusters, Hazelcast, MongoDB state fabrics.
- Mainframe: Modernization and extraction for heritage Adabas estates.
- Integrity & DR: 4-hour RTO/RPO targets with verified test restores.
Systems Audits & Architecture Reviews
Forensic technical evaluations of legacy applications, vendor deliverables, and aging estates. We unearth hidden flaws and turn fragile spaghetti into durable services.
- Route & API Mapping: Complete route-by-route audit against deployed endpoints.
- Code Forensics: Security vulnerabilities, concurrency deadlocks, unindexed queries.
- Schema Reconciliation: Data cleansing, migration, orphaned record reconciliation.
- Written Roadmap: Independent architectural evaluation you can hold vendors to.
Production Operations & Support
Active monitoring, proactive maintenance, and dedicated operational support backed directly by senior engineering escalation when emergencies arise.
- Escalation Path: Direct access to senior engineers — no ticket pushers.
- Incident Response: Business hours maintenance; 24/7 P1 emergency response.
- Runbook Discipline: Automated telemetry, failover verification, capacity audits.
- Transparent Reporting: Monthly service reports with incident analysis.
Not sure which service you need?
Describe your situation in a note. A senior engineer will reply with an honest view and a direction — not a sales call.