Local Office | LibreOffice and Collabora Online13. October 2025
Microsoft Office – A product that has been part of growing up. I have such good memories of using Word, Excel and PowerPoint for business and private purposes. As part of the move to Digital Sovereignty, I switched to LibreOffice for Desktop use and Collabora Online for Mobile use. It takes a while to get used to Writer, Calc and Impress. Two things which made the move easier for me on Windows Desktop: I now…
Local Notes | Nextcloud Notes10. October 2025
I used to write in Notebooks using ink. I loved the feeling of using an ink pen on paper. I still do when I feel like writing with no device between me and and thoughts. I started writing with Notes especially with OneNote around 2015. Fast forward to 2025 and I becoming an advocate for Digital Sovereignty, I wondered how do I switch to another Notes application that works on the Desktop and Mobile. As…
Local Email | Strato Business Email9. October 2025
As a recent advocate of Digital Sovereignty, I decided to switch to a local Email provider hosted in Germany. I had been hosting my website with Strato for many years so I looked into the Strato Business Email offering and it had exactly what I needed. I had been using Microsoft 365 Email for all these years and the integration is seamless. Exchange ActiceSync takes care of the Email, Calendar and Address Book all in…

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Moss and Lichens provides a unique combination of local consulting services based out of Munich, Germany and international services based out of USA, India and Germany. The local consulting services are provided by Ranjith with two decades on consulting experience in Telecommunications, Retail and Strategy Consulting domains. The international services are provided along with Sysvine which acts as close partner providing expertise in AI Engineering, App Engineering and Cloud Engineering.

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Dorothea S

Senior Digital Product Owner at Hoffmann Engineering Services GmbH

“Thanks Ranjith Venkatesh #Kudos for two great days of agile training. 👏 I am always impressed how you explain things using specific examples, but still lay the necessary theoretical foundation along the way. At the same time, you simply sprinkle in helpful inspiration to deepen the discussed topics afterwards. “

Andrew P

CX @ Atlan | Active Metadata and the home for Data Teams

“Ranjith has been a trusted development partner for many years. I have always been able to rely upon not only the quality of his deliverables, but his partnership and fantastic level of understanding of how his solutions will solve our business problems. Beyond the technical he is also a great and motivational person to work with across multiple roles.”

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Full Stack Engineer at Hoffmann SE Hoffmann Group

“With your commitment and hard work on our application platform and IoT project we could achieve amazing results, especially in the realms of DevOps, Infrastructure and Operations. Your contributions were critical in driving the success there. ”