Cadres IT Operations & Infrastructure
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Fig. 1 — Operating model

Automate the routine.
Verify the result.
Human by exception.

IT operations tools that do the routine work and check it, so your team only steps in when something needs a decision. Cadres started because patching one server took us up to an hour of manual checks. Each product works on its own; connect them when it helps.

linux · windows · vmware · snmp teams · slack · intune · jamf multi-vendor · plugin bridge okta · entra · workday · m365 · +25 jira · github · servicenow incidents tickets evidence → meridian · optional identity ← portal · included Relay Endpoints · patch · verify Beacon ITSM · SLAs · journeys Synapse Network · standards Portal Identity · included Meridian Evidence · audit vendor · in the unit bridge · optional identity · included DWG C-100 · EACH UNIT OPERATES ALONE · BRIDGES OPTIONAL · NOT TO SCALE
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Connector providers
Portal's connector catalog, including HR systems from Workday to Gusto.
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Seeded frameworks
In Meridian, from SOC 2 to the EU AI Act, with more than 1,700 mappings between them.
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Close engine steps
Keystone's month-end close posts the adjusting entries itself and records hash-chained evidence at each step.
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Screenshots per audit
Evidence comes from the systems that did the work. Each item is SHA-256 verified and every view is logged.
Sect. A — Product plates Six units · each operates alone

Relay

Unit 01 · Endpoint Management

Patching that records a machine's state before and after, compares the two and rolls back if something changed that shouldn't have. Also monitoring, PAM, discovery and security detection, for everything from datacenter servers to rugged scanners on the warehouse floor.

PlaneServers · Workstations · Ruggedized
BridgeBeacon · Meridian
Beta ProgramPlate 01 →

Beacon

Unit 02 · ITSM

Incidents, requests, changes and problems in one ticket model. SLAs measured against 24x7 or business-hours calendars in the right time zone, rule-based automations, requests raised from Teams or Slack, and change control with a CAB and freeze windows.

IntakeTeams · Slack · Portal
Executes viaRelay device bridge
Beta ProgramPlate 02 →

Synapse

Unit 03 · Network Operations

Your whole network in one view across vendors, scored against standards you set. Vendors are added as plugins, so a new one doesn't need a project. It also matches firmware against KEV and NVD, scores device health and shows traffic.

VendorsMulti-vendor · plugin bridge
RemediationApproval-gated journeys
Early AccessPlate 03 →

Portal

Unit 04 · Identity

Identity provider and identity governance. Passkeys first, SAML and OIDC federation, access requests that provision the account once approved, joiners, movers and leavers driven by HR events, and access reviews that meet SOX separation-of-duties rules.

Included withEvery product
MigrationOkta · Entra
Beta ProgramPlate 04 →

Meridian

Unit 05 · Audit & Compliance

24 frameworks, rule-based control scoring, SOX ICFR, internal audit and vendor risk. AI can draft text, but it never decides whether a control passes. Auditors get their own scoped portal instead of a shared folder.

EvidenceSHA-256 verified
Draws fromSystems that did the work
Early AccessPlate 05 →

Keystone

Unit 06 · CRM & Finance

CRM and finance for SaaS companies on one ledger, so a founder can run pipeline, billing and month-end close without an ops team. The 11-step close posts its own adjusting entries, and payments connect to your banks and payment providers.

CloseASC 830 · 740 · 326
PaymentsBanks · payment vendors
Private BetaPlate 06 →

Sect. B — Doctrine

Built by someone
who ran the stack.

I spent twenty years running global infrastructure on tools that rarely did what the brochure said. Every Cadres product follows these rules.

R-01

It isn't done until it's checked.

Every automated action records the state before and after and compares them. Patching rolls back if something changed unexpectedly. Month-end close stops if the books don't balance. Nothing reports success unless it can show it.

R-02

People step in only when needed.

If someone keeps doing a task a rule could handle, the product is wrong. People make the decisions and the software works through the checklist.

R-03

Fixed rules where it matters.

Control scoring, ticket automations and compliance checks run on rules you can read. AI helps with drafting and sorting, but it never makes the call.

R-04

One copy of the data.

Tickets know which device they're about. Evidence comes from the systems that did the work. You shouldn't have to reconcile by hand anything the products can keep in step themselves.

Sect. C — Evaluation notes
Can we start with just one Cadres product?

Yes. Start with whichever product fixes your most pressing problem. Each one works on its own, and you can connect others later.

Is Cadres one platform with six modules?

No. It's six separate products, each with its own job. If you use more than one, they can share data.

Is Portal always a separate paid product?

No. Portal is included with every other Cadres product to handle sign-in. It only becomes a separate decision if you want it as your company-wide identity provider or for identity governance.

What does a trial look like?

We set it up around your environment and the product you want to test. Trials run for months, because you only find out whether operations tools are any good by running them. You start with a Portal tenant and turn on the products you want to try.

Sect. D — Start Trial

Start a trial.

Every trial includes Portal for sign-in. You can add other products to the same tenant as you go.

Trial path

You get a Portal tenant first, then turn on Relay, Beacon, Synapse, Meridian or Keystone when you want to try them.

Who you talk to

You work directly with the people building it.

Every trial includes Portal for sign-in. Trialling Portal as your main identity provider is a separate conversation.