Dolibarr
CRM & business operations
Bring customer records, quotes and invoices together. Give your team a shared view of the work and reduce repeated data entry.
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Sovereign Business Platform
A sovereign business platform for connected work.
Take control of the systems your business runs on. We bring applications, private AI, automation and infrastructure together to reduce repeated work and external platform dependence, with privacy, access and recovery built around your operation.
400+ managed applications
Software your team
can put to work.
Eight examples from the Seneca managed application catalogue.
DolibarrCRM & business operations
ChatwootCustomer service
NextcloudFiles & collaboration
ONLYOFFICEDocuments & spreadsheets
n8nWorkflow automation
OllamaPrivate AI models
GLPIAssets & service desk
PlaneProjects & deliveryManaged by SenecaDeployment · Updates · Backups · Monitoring
Your infrastructure. Your data. Your control.
Build around what you need.
Start with the requirement, then connect the right parts of the service.
01
Business applications
One connected flow from enquiry to delivery and support.
We join customer records, documents and tasks so context moves with the work. Fewer handovers depend on copied notes and separate spreadsheets.
02
Private AI and automation
Give people time back from repetitive administration.
AI helps prepare information and retrieve knowledge within your controlled environment. The workflow keeps permissions and accountable decisions attached to the task.
03
Infrastructure and support
Own the environment and have a team to operate it.
Seneca manages identity, updates, monitoring, backup and recovery around your private platform. Reduce external hosting dependence for the services you bring onto your estate.
A sample of our 400+ managed applications
Fewer disconnected tools.
More connected work.
Subscription costs climb. Information gets copied between systems. Choose applications that fit the work, connect them around your team and let Seneca take care of their operation.
Chatwoot
Customer service
Bring customer conversations into one team inbox. Assign enquiries and keep the history close to the people answering them.
Nextcloud
Files & collaboration
Give teams a shared home for working files. Keep business documents in your chosen environment with access under your control.
ONLYOFFICE
Documents & spreadsheets
Work on documents, spreadsheets and presentations together. Cut the confusion of emailed attachments and competing versions.
n8n
Workflow automation
Connect applications and automate routine handovers. Move information between systems without asking staff to copy it across.
Ollama
Private AI models
Run language models in your own environment. Build assistants around your business knowledge while controlling where inference takes place.
GLPI
Assets & service desk
Connect equipment records with support requests. See what you have, who uses it and which issues need attention.
Plane
Projects & delivery
Keep project tasks, priorities and progress together. Give teams a clear view of what is next and who owns it.
We run the platform. You run the business.
Seneca deploys and manages your selected applications, with updates, backups and monitoring. We connect the workflows around them so your team spends less time maintaining software and more time using it.
Choose where your applications live.
Use infrastructure on your estate or your own cloud environment. We help you choose the deployment, access and recovery arrangements that give your business the privacy, resilience and control it needs.
The applications shown are a representative sample of the 400+ applications available through Seneca’s managed platform. We’ll help you choose the right tools and editions, assess your estate and build the business case. Start with one application or put the wider platform to work.
Let’s talk about your applicationsPractical use cases
Sovereign Business Platform: where it can help.
See how everyday problems become connected work, less administration and greater control.
01
Keep the customer journey connected
An enquiry becomes a quotation, then a delivery job and eventually a support request. When each stage lives in a separate tool, staff chase information and repeat updates. The Sovereign Business Platform connects the customer record, documents and workflow so the next team receives the context with the work.
Seneca deploys and manages the applications, private AI and infrastructure together. Fewer handovers depend on copied notes, staff can see the current position, and the customer receives a more joined-up service. You retain control of the systems and information supporting that relationship.
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Give staff their time back
Preparing the weekly report should not mean collecting the same figures from tickets, files and spreadsheets by hand. Connected applications assemble the information at source, while private AI helps turn it into a draft update with exceptions highlighted. The responsible person reviews the result in the workflow.
Seneca joins the systems and manages the automation on your infrastructure. Staff spend less time copying and reconciling, and more time resolving the issues the report reveals. We help quantify the time saved and compare it with the cost of operating the platform.
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Reduce dependence on decisions outside your business
Geopolitical uncertainty, provider policy changes and large shared-service incidents can disrupt plans built around external platforms. A sovereign environment brings selected applications, information and AI onto infrastructure you control, reducing those dependencies for essential local work. You decide where the service runs and who can administer it.
Seneca designs access controls, segmentation, backup and recovery around your operation, including the external connections that remain. The gain is a more deliberate continuity strategy and greater control over privacy and security. Your business can keep investing in its own capabilities without leaving every infrastructure decision to a remote provider.
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We help turn the opportunity into a business case.
We assess how information and work move through your business, then bring applications, private AI and infrastructure into one proposal. We help build the case around time released, avoidable subscriptions and greater ownership of the services your operation relies on.
Start with a focused deployment and expand, or move ahead with a full programme. We shape delivery around your priorities, budget and readiness, and manage the work with you.
Managed open-source applications give the platform practical tools for documents, collaboration and business operations. Connected records reduce repeated updates and bring the next task closer to the information it needs.
We deploy, migrate and support the applications on your estate, connecting specialist tools you want to retain. Your business gains greater control and an opportunity to reduce avoidable subscription and administrative costs.
Deployment choices
Keep control where it matters.
Keep useful tools where they fit.
Bring critical work into your environment.
Run selected applications, files, communications and AI on infrastructure under your control. Define the functions that need to remain available during external disruption.
Design around: access, local dependencies, operating responsibilities and recovery.
Connect a private core to the tools you retain.
Keep cloud and specialist applications that serve your business. Connect them to your managed core with explicit boundaries for data and administration.
Design around: integrations, retained licences, external processing and connectivity.
Your deployment
Start where the value is. Move at your pace.
Improve one team’s workflow or bring a wider set of applications onto your platform. We assess the estate and help build the business case, then deliver the integration, migration and support around your priorities.
A focused deployment can establish the value before expansion. If you are ready for a full programme, we will plan and manage that with you.
Discuss your platformCommon questions
Straight answers to your questions.
Make deployment, costs and responsibilities clear from the start.
Do we have to replace our existing software?
No. We connect useful existing cloud and specialist applications to your private environment. The design explains what stays, what changes and where information passes between services.
Will everything work without internet access?
Selected local applications can continue without internet access when designed for that purpose. Remote users, telephony and retained cloud tools have other dependencies; we assess and test continuity around the services you need.
How do we measure savings?
We help compare current and proposed costs, including infrastructure, licences, migration and support. Time released from manual work is measured separately so the business case shows both operational and financial value.
Bring us the problem you want to solve.
We’ll discuss the requirements and the right next step.
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