Axess is a 200+ person digital consulting and software firm headquartered in Alixan, France, serving enterprise and public-sector clients across software licensing, cloud infrastructure, and managed services. The engineering and infrastructure work signals an infrastructure-heavy operation: they're migrating off VMware to Proxmox (open-source hypervisor), running Kubernetes-adjacent stacks (Ceph, Ansible AWX, Centreon), and building deployment automation — a shift that reduces licensing costs while increasing operational complexity.
Axess operates across three business lines: custom software and platform development (using .NET Core, Python, PostgreSQL), cloud and infrastructure management (Ceph, Proxmox, Ansible AWX, Centreon for monitoring), and digital consulting for business transformation. Founded in 2003, the company sells primarily into French mid-market and public administration, with active projects spanning VM migration, CI/CD integration, document digitalization, and business process automation. Hiring remains concentrated in France, with senior-level engineering and marketing roles driving most placement activity.
Core stack includes PostgreSQL, .NET Core, Python, Git/GitLab, Ansible AWX, Ceph, Proxmox VE (adopting), Centreon, Grafana, Graylog, Redmine, and REST APIs. They're migrating from VMware and Veeam to Proxmox for cost reduction.
Active projects include VMware-to-Proxmox migration, CI/CD tooling integration, deployment automation, data pipeline implementation, document digitalization, and B2B digital strategy execution.
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