Practise empathic craftsmanship
Craftsmanship starts with understanding colleagues, clients and their context. Communicating clearly is more than writing clear code.
About us
The Belgian software company that listens first
dotNET lab builds, improves and manages custom software, with development, security, cloud and identity under one roof.
The name dates from 2020, the craftsmanship goes back much further: our team has been building software for more than 25 years and has been training IT talent just as long. For us, good solutions start with listening and understanding what really matters.
- Custom software
- Security and compliance
- Cloud control
- Identity
- IT expertise
- years of experience in the team
- 25+
- internal experts
- 40+
- screened freelancers
- 1,100+
- offices in Belgium
- 2
Our story
The name is young, the craftsmanship is not
dotNET lab brings together companies that have been building software and training IT talent since 2000. Five steps, each verifiable in the Belgian company register (KBO).
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2000
BIT IT Consultancy
Where our practice begins; subcontracting through and through; trading as Bitconsult since 2013.
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2011
dotNET academy
Our training and talent arm: educating IT professionals has been in our DNA ever since.
That craftsmanship is demonstrable too. A selection of the certifications in the team:
1x Microsoft MVP, Developer Technologies A recognition Microsoft grants to only a small group of experts; few developers in Belgium carry the title.- 6× Professional Scrum Master I Scrum.org
- 6× Mid-Level Angular Developer certificates.dev
- 4× Senior-Level Angular Developer certificates.dev
- 2× Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Microsoft
- 2× DevOps Solutions (AZ-400) Microsoft
- Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) Microsoft
- Developing Secure Software (LFD121) Linux Foundation
- PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioner PRINCE2
The people behind dotNET lab
And what they carry
- Custom software
- Our people
- IT consultancy
- Security
- Custom software
- Recruitment & Sales
- IT consultancy
- HR & Operations Patricia Van Loy Operations manager
How we work
Problems are there to solve together
A good architecture only helps when the team can work with it. A consultant only makes a difference when they fit the context. A security measure only works when it is understood and supported.
That is why we want to be the partner who brings calm to complex questions: someone who thinks along, explains and takes responsibility.
Our values
That is why we choose people who:
Treat personal growth as second nature
Our field changes constantly, so everyone here keeps learning: through dotNET academy, through colleagues and in the work itself.
Want to take ownership
Taking responsibility for what you build, and also for why and for whom you build it.
Act with honesty and integrity
Saying honestly what you know, what you can do and what you still need to figure out. Even when that is not the easiest answer.
Platforms and partners
dotNET lab, IT4ITservices and our partners
dotNET lab is the umbrella software company. Within that whole we run our own platforms, and for specific domains we work with established partners. You get one point of contact, with the right specialist behind every building block.
IT4ITservices
IT4ITservices is a dotNET lab platform for freelance matching and registration. It supports our IT team reinforcement pillar by giving freelance expertise, availability and preferences better structure. Towards clients, dotNET lab remains the point of contact for context, quality and follow-up.
ProAuth
ProAuth is the self-hosted identity provider we distribute exclusively in the Benelux. We supply the licence, integrate ProAuth into custom software or existing environments and are the first point of contact for support.
UpCloud
For European cloud hosting we work with UpCloud. Your software runs on a European cloud environment, with clear control over where your data is located and who has access to it.
Services
Four domains, one common thread
Our services are built around four pillars. They may look separate, but in practice they often go together, connected by the same idea: building digital control. That is where we feel at home.
Custom software
We build applications, integrations and platforms that fit the way an organisation really works.
Read moreReinforcement for your IT team
We strengthen IT teams with experienced consultants, carefully selected freelancers and composed teams.
Read moreNIS2 & ISO 27001 readiness
We help make security and compliance concrete, with attention to risk, technical reality and feasible steps.
Read moreSovereign EU Cloud
We support organisations that want more grip on cloud, data, infrastructure, continuity and European control.
Read morePrinciples
What you can expect from us
Craftsmanship
We take technical quality seriously. Architecture, security, code quality, maintenance and handover are part of good work.
Craftsmanship
We take technical quality seriously. Architecture, security, code quality, maintenance and handover are part of good work.
Commitment
We look beyond the assignment alone. We want to understand what the question means for the organisation, the team and the users.
Clarity
We would rather communicate simply than impressively. Technical complexity should become understandable.
Reliability
We make no big promises without context. We say what we see, what we know and what still needs investigating.
Pragmatism
Not everything calls for a big project. Sometimes a small, focused step is the best start.
In practice
Work that keeps working
A good solution is not just cleverly designed.
It has to be usable. Manageable. Explainable. Adaptable when the organisation changes.
That is why we do not build just for the delivery. We build for everything that comes after.
First step
Shall we get to know each other?
Tell us what you are working on or what you are running into.
We like to start with a calm conversation. No long pitch. Context first.