ICsense is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and focuses on the design and development of custom ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits). Their solutions serve a wide range of industries, combining technical depth with tailored innovation and expertise.
ICsense designs highly tailored solutions that meet each client’s specific requirements, seamlessly integrating the digital and analog domains. Their custom high-performance ASICs are built for applications where precision, dependability, and efficiency are critical.
Driven by deep in-house expertise and a strong culture of technical excellence, ICsense has built a solid reputation as one of Europe’s leading independent ASIC design houses. Their commitment to technological independence is a core principle in everything they do.
The Broadcom acquisition of VMware introduced widespread uncertainty, prompting companies like ICsense to reconsider the risks of relying on a single vendor.
ICsense recognized that achieving true scalability and robustness would require a more advanced and future-ready storage solution.
Deploying a Ceph cluster without prior hands-on experience proved to be more complex and time-consuming than anticipated.
ICsense faced uncertainty around whether their hardware and network architecture were robust enough to support the level of resilience they required.
To ensure a smooth and well-informed transition, ICsense invested in hands-on Ceph training. This gave their engineers the confidence, skills, and deeper understanding needed to manage the platform effectively in a production environment.
The training provided ICsense with a solid technical foundation, sharpened their ability to troubleshoot issues with confidence, and gave them the in-depth knowledge needed to successfully position Ceph as a sustainable and strategic part of their infrastructure.
ICsense’s new Ceph cluster is now fully operational and tightly integrated with their Proxmox environment. It has been successfully validated through real-world failure simulations, demonstrating the resilience and reliability they set out to achieve.
The new Ceph setup gives the ICsense team the flexibility to scale resources independently and adapt infrastructure as needed, while staying fully in control, a direct reflection of the technological independence that has always defined their approach.
ICsense has shifted from uncertainty to confidence, now fully equipped to shape their own technology roadmap without being constrained by vendor limitations, giving them both strategic clarity, long-term stability, and full operational control over their infrastructure.
The training also transformed how the team approaches technical documentation and problem-solving, turning documentation from a passive reference into an active tool they can confidently interpret, explore, and apply independently across their infrastructure.
42on supports Ceph teams with the complete operation of Ceph clusters by providing Consultancy, Training, Emergency Assistance, and Managed Services.
Why choose 42on as your partner for your open source infrastructure?
42on's passion for open source, particularly Ceph, is not just a statement but a core ethos. Actively engaged in the Ceph and related open source communities, our contributions to GitHub, tech blogs and events showcase our enthusiastic involvement
We avoid vendor lock-in and work together with clients that use open source or subscribed Ceph. This vendor-agnostic approach ensures clients have the freedom to choose their preferred vendor while benefiting from 42on's expert support and guidance.
We understand that every business has unique needs. Therefore, we provide a range of services that allow you to customize your level of control. You can choose to maintain complete control or delegate tasks as you see fit.
