Research & Development

Ongoing R&D across AI datacenters, data platforms, zero-trust security, hybrid IT/physical convergence, high-risk commerce enablement, and brand systems.

Each track produces practical artifacts: budget kits, runbooks, checklists, and frameworks available to qualified organizations under NDA.

U48

AI Datacenters (U.S.)

Site selection & interconnect queues, liquid cooling vs air, PUE/WUE targets, fabrics (InfiniBand/RoCEv2), GPU classes, DCIM & telemetry, staged CapEx, microgrids/PPAs, sustainability reporting, physical security + SOC.

ARTIFACTS:

•Budget kits
•MW sizing worksheets
•Commissioning runbooks
•Site selection criteria
•Cooling ROI calculators

U40

Data Platforms & Databases

CDC & streaming, vector indexes and RAG safety, RBAC/RLS at scale, PITR & immutable backups (3-2-1-1-0), query budgets & SLOs, lineage & contracts, FinOps for Data.

ARTIFACTS:

•HA/DR checklist
•Migration runbooks
•Cost calculators
•Schema design patterns
•Query performance guides

U32

Zero-Trust & Resilience

Identity-first segmentation, endpoint hardening, M365 security baselines, DLP, tabletop drills, vault-tier backup patterns.

ARTIFACTS:

•Security baselines
•Rollout plans
•Tabletop scenarios
•Incident playbooks
•Compliance checklists

U24

Hybrid IT + Physical Security

Cross-signal correlation (EDR + camera + access control), retention & evidentiary models, privacy and redaction pipelines.

ARTIFACTS:

•Correlation maps
•Retention matrices
•Privacy policies
•Integration guides
•Chain-of-custody templates

U16

High-Risk Commerce Enablement

Platform risk mitigation, resilient payments (NMI/Authorize.net), content moderation without censorship lockouts, compliance messaging.

ARTIFACTS:

•Payment integration guides
•Compliance templates
•Platform selection criteria
•Risk mitigation checklists

Brand Systems & Community

Regulated market storytelling, product cadence, distributor enablement, fan community building.

ARTIFACTS:

•Brand playbooks
•Launch checklists
•Distributor kits
•Community engagement frameworks

Capabilities Matrix

Cross-reference of capabilities, projects, and typical artifacts

CAPABILITY	WHERE IT SHOWS UP	TYPICAL ARTIFACT
Sovereign Cloud	FDI, Enterprise/Gov	Landing zone, guardrails, cost model
Zero-Trust	Enterprise/Gov, HNWI	Baseline, rollout plan, tabletop
Virtualization & VDI	Porter County, Great Dane	ESX plan, VDI sizing
DR/BCP	Multiple	RPO/RTO map, runbooks
Databases & Lakehouse	Askbuc Data	Schema, ELT/CDC plan, SLOs
Vector/RAG	Askbuc Data	Retrieval policy, safety gates
AI Datacenters	FDI, Silica City	Site shortlist, MW budget, PUE plan
Hybrid Security	Askbuc Labs	Correlation map, retention matrix
AI Comms	Askbuc Comms	NEPQ flows, CRM integration
Ads Ops	Askbuc Growth	Account audit, sGTM plan

Access our R&D workbooks

Budget kits, sizing worksheets, commissioning runbooks, and implementation guides available to qualified organizations under NDA.