Sekom Offers Customized Solutions and Services to Companies

Until recently, information technology was used as a tool in the business world, but now it has become the core focus of institutions and companies. Consequently, the IT sector has differentiated itself from other industries, becoming the most crucial partner for all sectors. In short, we are living in a period where business cannot continue without technology. It is not a prediction to say that we will increasingly see the integration of business and technology and the prominence of technology-driven projects.

As technology is vital for the development and sustainability of business processes, the qualifications of the companies working in this field have also gained significance. As Sekom’s Deputy General Manager Burak Şahin emphasizes, many technology investments made on impulse and the inadequacy of partner firms can cause significant harm to both the industry and the companies receiving the services. Therefore, all companies need to take the right steps under the consultancy and partnership of firms experienced in technology and investments.

Burak Şahin also points out that technology-focused investments will present significant opportunities for the development of our country.

Highlighting the importance of human resources in this context, Burak Şahin states, “Technology has not only changed business methods and sectoral investment approaches but also significantly impacted employees’ working hours and the geographies they work in. For this reason, the current focus is on technologies that are independent of human memory and require minimal operations and human intervention.”

According to Burak Şahin, who emphasizes that concepts such as traceability, transparency, and integrity will gain even more importance in today’s world, these values will become increasingly significant for both manufacturers and integrators like Sekom.

Regarding Sekom’s development process and vision, Burak Şahin shares the following insights:

“Today, technology is developing based on the internet. As international connections, information sharing, and marketing activities between countries increase, all sectors are affected by this development. Therefore, the internet and its proper use are extremely important. Sekom was founded in 1992, the year the internet was introduced to Turkey, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Over time, Sekom has evolved into an end-to-end system integrator by deepening its expertise in the communication field and adding various specialties alongside it. Today, in addition to serving in traditional areas such as networking, UC, and data centers, Sekom also provides consultancy and project-based services in cloud technologies, which the entire world now acknowledges as essential.”

Highlighting that institutions and companies are increasingly carrying out cloud-based digital transformations, Burak Şahin also comments on the growing importance of data and Sekom’s approach to this topic:

“Data is now the most valuable asset in the world. Collecting data is, of course, important. But even more crucial is data security and rapid data analysis. Therefore, we also provide services in data security and data analysis.

Another point is that businesses now want to focus solely on their core areas and the software that reflects their own operations. They want to receive all their infrastructure needs—switches, servers, operating systems, cloud architecture, and monitoring—as a service. Some may want to obtain these services from global cloud providers, while others may choose to set up on-premise systems and receive these services from Sekom.”

Services Offered by Sekom

In addition to providing services in the corporate sector, Sekom also offers services in the service provider domain. Recently, Sekom has started offering services in Edge Computing, which has become feasible due to the convergence of ISPs and the corporate market.

As the amount of data that needs to be processed increases, and the outputs of this data become crucial for organizations, the speed of these processes has gained significant importance for customers. Consequently, Edge Computing has become increasingly essential.

Within this scope, Sekom collaborates with Red Hat for the infrastructure of Edge Computing while also partnering with companies that provide niche software solutions to support various use cases for customers in different fields.

Today, many organizations are transitioning to open-source platforms and software solutions backed by corporate support as they want to focus on their core areas of expertise.

“This major transformation, which includes infrastructure and cloud architecture transitions as well as the migration to microservices-based applications, is a critical step in our customers’ digital transformation,” says Burak Şahin, who further explains:

“At Sekom, we understood the importance of this area long ago and developed our expertise. We share our experiences and provide consulting and end-to-end project services. Organizations that place IT at the center of their business want to work with reliable partners for all their technology-related projects.

Our main objective at Sekom is to not only utilize products from well-known, widely used manufacturers in our projects but also to stay updated with the global landscape and bring the best solutions available for specific areas. However, our goal is not just to implement products and handle configuration settings.

When a technology is developed, it is not designed for a single domain. For instance, a university, a holding, a TV broadcaster, or a mobile operator can use it. Therefore, adapting these technologies to the specific areas of operation of our customers is crucial.

By adaptation, we don’t just mean adjusting parameters on the device. It also involves integrating the technology with the existing internal systems of the organizations and, if necessary, providing value-added middleware solutions.

To address all these areas, Sekom has a team of approximately 30+ experts, including those specializing in specific domains as well as those focused on DevOps, AppDev, and software development. Additionally, in cases where specific domain expertise is required, we also collaborate with our solution partners.”

Sekom is a partner of well-known international companies in their respective fields, such as Cisco, Red Hat, Sandvine, Juniper, Enea, Infinera, Casa Systems, Netinsight, Haivision, and Ateme.

Regarding Sekom’s goals, Burak Şahin further adds:

Insights from Burak Şahin on Sekom’s Goals

“Our unchanging goal is to accompany our customers in their digitalization journey, not only within Turkey but also by further expanding our operations abroad. However, to move forward confidently on this path, human resources are of great importance.

We believe that the most valuable resource in the IT world is people. One of our key objectives in the upcoming period is to contribute to the development of a more qualified workforce in the sector, and we have already rolled up our sleeves in this regard. We have started collaborating with some of our business partners on training initiatives.

Education will be a major focus and investment area for Sekom.”

– BThaber, August 2022, excerpt from Bilişim 500 publication.