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Business technology partners

Technology expertise for organisations with serious work to do.

We bring software, infrastructure, data and ICT expertise together to build systems that work in the real world.

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Work that runs real operations.

Based in Bloemfontein, working across Southern Africa.

Most technology problems don’t arrive in one category.

So we work across five, as a defined project or an ongoing partnership.

  1. Software & Systems

    Business systems, platforms and applications built around how your organisation actually operates. Custom software development, Web applications, Mobile and offline-first field apps, Business and enterprise systems

  2. Infrastructure & ICT

    The servers, networks, cloud and support that systems run on, planned and run properly. IT infrastructure consulting, Cloud and hosting environments, Servers and networks, Security and access control

  3. Data & Intelligence

    Turning operational records into reporting, dashboards and analysis people use to decide. Data analytics, Dashboards and reporting, Data engineering and integration, Business intelligence

  4. Integrated Technology

    Where software meets the physical world: devices, sensors, tracking and field systems. Hardware and software integration, IoT and sensor data, Asset and vehicle tracking, Monitoring and alerts

  5. Technology Consulting

    Independent advice on what to build, buy, fix or leave alone, before money is committed. Technology strategy, Digital transformation planning, Systems architecture and solution design, Technology assessments

Integrated technology

Technology that doesn’t stop at the screen.

Vehicles, machines, sensors in a field. We work from the device to the decision it informs.

How iFalconTrace connects vehicles to operators
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Mining

  1. Device Equipment, sensors and inspection tablets
  2. Connectivity Site network, mobile data or offline sync
  3. Platform Inspection, asset and workforce platform
  4. Data Compliance records and operational dashboards
  5. Decision Alerts, maintenance scheduling and sign-off

Agriculture

  1. Device Field sensors, devices and crew phones
  2. Connectivity Rural connectivity with offline-first sync
  3. Platform Farm operations platform
  4. Data Yield, tally, cost and condition analytics
  5. Decision Planning, payments and timely intervention

Logistics

  1. Device GPS tracking hardware in vehicles
  2. Connectivity Mobile network communications
  3. Platform Tracking and fleet management backend
  4. Data Trip, route and usage reporting
  5. Decision Geofence alerts and remote vehicle commands

Where the work is complex, and the stakes are operational.

Industries we work in

Mining & industrial

Inspection, compliance, asset tracking and field systems that keep working when the connection doesn’t.

Financial services

Lending, collections, reporting and secure internal systems with the audit trail regulators expect.

Agriculture

Field data, crew and job management, monitoring and analytics for operations spread across farms.

Also working with

Government & municipalities, Development organisations, Education, Healthcare, Logistics, Professional services.

Systems that organisations depend on.

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We also help growing businesses with websites, online stores and booking tools. See smaller projects

Built for the long term.

We stay involved after the first release, helping organisations maintain, improve and extend their technology as their needs change.

We deliver the work ourselves, and bring in trusted specialists from a growing network when a problem needs them. Join the Lumko network

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  1. Discover

    Understand the organisation, the people involved and the real problem.

  2. Design

    Agree the solution, the architecture and what belongs in each phase.

  3. Build

    Deliver in reviewable stages, so you see progress and steer it.

  4. Integrate

    Connect to your systems, data, devices and infrastructure.

  5. Support

    Keep it running, secure and in the hands of trained people.

  6. Improve

    Extend and refine it as the organisation and its needs change.

Then back to discovery, as the organisation and its needs change.

Lumko Seminars

The conversation continues.

Lumko Seminars brings together executives, professionals, academics and industry experts to explore how technology, data and innovation are shaping organisations and communities.

Next seminar The Power of Data · Bloemfontein and online

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Have a technology problem worth solving?

Let’s talk about what you’re trying to achieve. We’ll help you work out what the problem really involves and who needs to be in the room to solve it.

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