Independent IT consulting / Oathgate

Infrastructure
built for what
comes next.

From the network edge to the virtual data center. Practical expertise for the systems your business depends on.

Let’s talk infrastructure
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Principal-led. Remote-first.
Northern Colorado & beyond.
Explore the foundations ↓

01 / Our expertise

Complex systems.
Clear direction.

A / Compute & continuity

A stronger foundation. A clearer path forward.

Plan and evolve your VMware and VCF environment, align storage with workloads, and make recovery part of the architecture—not an afterthought.

B / Networks & connection

Make the connections that matter.

Build a Cisco network around how your organization actually works. Get experienced guidance on design, modernization, and the difficult issues between them.

02 / How we work

Direct access to the person doing the work.

01 / The process

Review the environment

Start with dependencies, versions, topology, ownership, recent incidents, and the constraints around change.

02 / The process

Plan and implement

Convert ambiguity into architecture decisions, migration order, validation gates, and rollback criteria.

03 / The process

Transfer the working knowledge

Walk through the changes, test results, open issues, and runbooks with the team that will maintain the environment.

03 / Engagement deliverables

A plan. The work.
A usable handoff.

Agree on the question to answer, the work to perform, and the evidence needed to accept it. Infrastructure consulting for assessments, migrations, and difficult troubleshooting.

Deliverables are agreed to match the scope of your engagement.

  1. Assessment findings

    Current-state inventory, dependency map, and prioritized risks.

  2. Implementation plan

    Design decisions, change sequence, validation checks, and rollback criteria.

  3. Operating documentation

    As-built diagrams, runbooks, and open issues for your team.

Find your starting point

Start with the project in front of you.

VCF readiness

Clarify platform fit, sequencing, dependencies, and operating ownership before private cloud work starts.

Cisco network stability

Review the switching, routing, segmentation, and cutover paths that production systems rely on.

Data center modernization

Connect virtualization, compute, storage, backup, and management decisions into one supportable plan.

Colorado delivery

Remote-first execution with practical onsite support when deployment coordination benefits from local presence.