Dorma+Kaba goes to the Swisscom cloud

Swisscom and Dorma+Kaba are strengthening their collaboration: In spring 2016, the security provider will launch "exivo," an Internet-based access solution for SMEs. This makes it easy to plan, configure, order, customize and install an access system, and rights can be assigned dynamically, as the two companies write. The solution, which is designed for both mechanical and electronic applications, runs on a central platform. Sales partners and end users would obtain the desired functionalities as software-as-a-service. Renato Serafini, Business Owner of "exivo", explains: "The product supports the long-term transformation of our business model: away from the mechanical door lock product to the service business. This requires a rethink on the part of all involved, but also offers opportunities. For the first time, our partners can offer their own services on the platform and secure recurring revenue."

Development in the Swisscom Application Cloud

The new solution will be developed in Swisscom's Application Cloud, Swisscom said. On the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environment, the development team can devote itself completely to the development of attractive application functions. The cloud service in a private environment relieves developers of all tedious administration and configuration tasks, the telecommunications provider writes.

The crucial factor for the collaboration, he says, was the fit between Swisscom's PaaS environment and its own architecture. Andreas Häberli, CTO of Dorma+Kaba, says: "Our developers speak the same language and we were able to help influence the technical framework." The telecommunications company relies on modern software design methods such as the functional decomposition of software into loosely coupled, cloud-native microservices, all of which can be scaled horizontally and easily adapted, he says. In addition, the telecommunications company uses Cloud Foundry, the industry standard in cloud-native open source platforms.