PlanB
A New Narrative For Business Communication And Collaboration

The cloud has unlocked unparalleled opportunities, and information technology (IT) has solidified its role as a pivotal success factor in cutthroat markets. In such a setup, businesses are confronted with an essential query: How can they navigate this digital era and thrive?

As a luminary in the cloud computing and digital transformation sectors, PlanB. offers more than answers.

The firm combines technological acumen, deep business insights and extensive experience to craft digital products, forge innovative business models and design secure, adaptable cloud infrastructures. Rooted firmly in the foundations of Microsoft technologies, PlanB. operates as a focused Microsoft entity, consistently pushing the boundaries of digitalisation and its transformative potential, emphasising areas such as industry 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI) and novel work methodologies.

Cloud-Native Strategy and Modern IT Excellence

Due to the tidal wave of consolidation in the digital landscape, businesses yearn for specialised IT consulting firms. This wave has led to the establishment of massive conglomerates, creating a vacuum for expertise that boutique firms like PlanB. can adequately fill.

However, truly groundbreaking is the disruption brought about by large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT. Every business ponders how technologies like OpenAI redefine operations to boost efficiency and market effectiveness.

Here, PlanB.’s astute recognition of the technological shift shines through due to its strategic collaboration with industry stalwart Microsoft. The firm addresses these challenges through co-innovation, leveraging its AI expertise to develop tailored solutions and offering comprehensive services like distributed cloud management and cybersecurity.

Originally focusing on cloud consulting and digital product development, PlanB. has evolved to embrace a cloud-native approach, specifically using Microsoft's cloud solutions. This evolution aligns with the company's commitment to digitisation and innovation, inspiring clients to adopt modern technologies based on cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft's stack.



The Microsoft boutique’s mindset shift has been instrumental in delivering cloud-native solutions within its organisational environment, known as the digital product factory. The model is centred on co-innovating with clients, leveraging their industry knowledge and processes and combining them with avant-garde digital tools and platforms to create enhanced products, services and customer experiences. This model encompasses the entire product development lifecycle, from design thinking and user experience to DevOps-managed services, ensuring constant improvement and innovation.

Within this context, clients are poised to benefit from consistently enhancing their software, finely attuned to daily operational requisites. Its commitment to quality and security underscores each endeavor, a principle upheld as technology's cutting-edge solution transforms into tangible, reliable outcomes.

Operating within a nimble methodology, the company expedites results to market efficiently and cost-effectively.

“PlanB. delivers forward-looking solutions that proactively tackle transformative trends shaping the core of enterprise operations,” says Tobias Schmailzl, managing director at PlanB.

In the ever-evolving landscape of IT, marked by its diversity, PlanB. emerges as a dependable partner in navigating this dynamic terrain. The firm’s modern work and managed service transcends mere migration. At the core of this service lies the proficiency to decipher intricate challenges and blueprint scalable, contemporary IT infrastructure for all devices. The migration journey to Microsoft 365, where the cloud becomes home to Office and its suite of functionalities, finds seamless facilitation through PlanB.'s expertise. Mastery and rich experience with the Power platform enable it to digitise processes that align with Microsoft's standards. This streamlines operations and yields cost efficiencies by obviating the need for external software investments.

To demonstrate part of its commitment to information protection, PlanB. incorporates Microsoft Pureview Information Protection—an advanced solution that detects, classifies, protects and manages sensitive information across its locations and pathways. This solution extends beyond protecting Office data to include sensitive data across various domains.

A Transformative Cloud Partnership

A internationally acclaimed customer for optics and optoelectronics innovations grappled with a monolithic application architecture that cast a shadow over the agility needed to update business rules and scale operations. Recognising the imperative for change, they embarked on a transformational journey, with PlanB. as the strategic partner to guide them forward.
The outcome was a move toward a cloud-native order processing system powered by Microsoft’s cutting-edge distributed application runtime, Dapr. This innovative runtime enabled the creation of agile microservice applications adaptable to cloud and edge environments.



The impact was profound. Using Azure’s global reach and the integration of Dapr with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) accelerated order fulfilment, offering customers an enhanced experience now. Development speed also surged, emphasising Dapr’s agility. Beyond operational enhancements, the partnership fortified business continuity, equipping the customer to navigate disruptions.

PlanB.'s Expert Team and the AI-Driven Future

“Building excellence requires cultivating a culture that nurtures curiosity, empathy and equality. This is the core of our enterprise, the foundation upon which innovation thrives and the driving force that empowers our team members to transcend conventional boundaries,” says Schmailzl.

PlanB.'s success is attributable to its modern work culture and reputation as a leading high-tech employer. This has enabled the firm to channel well-trained experts from its talent pool into projects, deftly solving key issues for clients worldwide.

Since its inception, the firm’s interdisciplinary team has been a driving force behind the company's progress. Established with the purpose of monitoring technological developments and fostering innovation, this team's focus has evolved. Today, their primary objective is to conceptualise use cases and strategies for implementing generative AI. This is bolstered by their collaborative efforts with Microsoft's technical teams, facilitating seamless knowledge exchange and co-piloting techniques.

The latter represents the synergy between PlanB.'s cloud computing expertise and Microsoft Azure's cuttingedge technologies. Through this close partnership, solutions are created to address client challenges with precision and efficacy. The convergence of PlanB.'s insights and Microsoft's technological infrastructure ensures that businesses receive optimal solutions across various sectors, from customer interactions to software engineering.

PlanB. acknowledges generative AI’s transformative potential and its impact on various industries. The company emphasises the importance of adapting to this disruption and has oriented its entire workforce to embrace AI. This involves AI experts and employees as integrating AI into various processes, like incident response automation and telemetry data analysis, becomes a fundamental capability.

The company's partnership with Microsoft further reinforces its dedication to staying at the forefront of AI-driven innovation. It leverages Azure AI’s capabilities to tackle diverse industry challenges, empowering clients to redefine their operational paradigms.

The firm’s journey is characterised by a steadfast commitment to innovation, strategic partnerships and a workforce that embodies its forward-thinking ethos. By combining expertise and technology, PlanB. is well-poised to shape the future of AI-driven enterprise solutions and elevate businesses to unprecedented heights of adaptation.