The vendors we actually run
Formal partner badges and the vendor stack we actually run — not a logo grid for show.
Two kinds of partner
There are two distinct things people mean by “technology partners,” and we treat them differently on this page.
First, formal partner credentials. These are the named vendor programmes — the badges shown below — where the vendor has assessed us, awarded a badge, and put rules around how we represent the relationship.
Second, the vendor stack we run. These are the products we use day-to-day on our customer estates and our own platforms. The logos here represent the working stack, not a partner programme.
The badges signal that an independent vendor has assessed our depth. The vendor stack signals what your service is actually built on.
Partner programmes
Formal partner credentials
-
Microsoft Solutions Partner — Modern Work
Verify on vendor directory -
Dell Technologies Gold Partner
Verify on vendor directory -
UniFi Certified Partner — National
Verify on vendor directory
Each badge is governed by the vendor’s branding rules. The artwork and presentation conventions are managed centrally — see the brand guidelines microsite for the canonical reference.
Vendor stack
The technology we actually run
A representative slice of the stack we run — not a complete list. We work with far more vendors than we could sensibly put on a page; if it’s mainstream in IT, voice or networking, chances are we already work with it.
Cloud & productivity
Microsoft
Microsoft 365, Windows, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, Azure
Google Workspace — mail, docs and identity
Dropbox
Managed file sync and storage
CodeTwo
Microsoft 365 email signature management
Endpoints, servers & storage
Dell
Endpoints, servers and storage
HPE
Enterprise servers, storage and networking
HP
Business endpoints and print
Lenovo
Business endpoints and servers
Networking
Cisco
Enterprise routing, switching and security
Juniper
Enterprise and carrier networking
Aruba (HPE Aruba Networking)
Enterprise and venue networking
Ubiquiti
UniFi networking where it fits the brief
Tailscale
Secure overlay networking
Security & resilience
ThreatLocker
Application allowlisting and ringfencing
Huntress
Managed detection and response
Bitdefender
Endpoint protection
Veeam
Backup, replication, DR, Cloud Connect (we operate the destination)
Voice platform
anynode
Session border controller for SIP and Teams Direct Routing
Asterisk
Open-source telephony we build on and contribute back to
OpenSIPS
SIP routing and session border control
RTPEngine
Media proxy for our voice platform — we build the Ubuntu packages
Compute & cloud (RealCompute)
Proxmox
Virtualisation across our compute estate
OpenStack
The RealCompute cloud platform
Ceph
Distributed storage behind our cloud
Government and procurement standing
Real World is a NSW Government approved supplier, listed on the procurement panel that lets NSW agencies engage us directly.
Combined with our electrical contractor licence (481068C) and master security licence (000110601), this means Real World can be engaged through the procurement channels NSW Government, education and public-sector buyers use — without needing to bring in a separate contractor for the trades-side work.
Honest, and never the whole list
Vendor logos on an IT provider’s website are easy to fake. Drop a few major brand logos onto a page and you can look bigger than you are. We don’t do that — every badge here is one we hold, and every vendor in the stack is one we actually use on customer work, most of them daily.
We’ve also not tried to name everyone — we’d only miss someone, and a wall of logos proves nothing anyway. The stack above is a representative selection. If a vendor you rely on isn’t listed, ask us — across IT, voice and connectivity the odds are we already work with it. If you ask about anything on this page, the engineer you speak to has had their hands on it this week.
We build on open source — and give back
A lot of what we run is open source — Proxmox, Ceph and OpenStack under our RealCompute platform; Asterisk, OpenSIPS and RTPEngine under our voice platform. We don’t just consume it.
We run a public mirror at mirror.realcompute.io, serving fast local copies of the major Linux distributions — Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, EPEL and more — for the Australian community. We also build and publish Ubuntu packages of RTPEngine, which upstream only ships for Debian.
Got a specific vendor question?
Call us or send a message — we'll put you in touch with the engineer who knows the product.
1300 798 718