Software development
New products, internal tools, and services designed so a team can keep them after we leave. Tests and a path to operate the system are part of the work.
Enterprise software engineering
Karaf, Camel, ActiveMQ, and the systems around them
Specialized software development, modernization, architecture, and integration for complex enterprise systems. This is the practice OpenTek was founded on. It sits apart from the AI adoption consulting on the rest of the site.
Heath Kesler is an Apache Karaf committer and a co-author of Apache Karaf Cookbook. Experience contributing to technologies including Apache Karaf, Camel, and ActiveMQ.
AI-assisted software engineering
Help teams use AI to develop new software, and set up the repositories, tests, and review path so the workflow survives the engagement.
Modernization
Make an existing system buildable, testable, and observable before new tools touch it.
Enterprise integration
SOA, messaging, and highly available integration. Camel routes, ActiveMQ topologies, and the failure modes that show up after the happy path.
Architecture
Open-source enterprise architecture: Apache Karaf, Camel, ActiveMQ, and the constraints that keep those systems up.
Legacy system work
Long-lived Java and integration systems that have to stay up while they change. AI participates only after the system is reachable.
What the original practice covers
- Apache Karaf custom distributions and operations
- Apache Camel integrations and high-throughput routes
- ActiveMQ topologies and messaging design
- SOA and highly available enterprise integration
- Java, APIs, and distributed systems that have to stay up while they change
OpenTek Solutions LLC provides Apache Karaf, Apache Camel, and ActiveMQ consulting. If your runtime is OSGi, your routes are Camel, or your messages travel ActiveMQ, you are in the original practice.