November was a month of transformation at MMI. From modernizing our core components and integrating AI-powered search to strengthening software quality and expanding our cloud capabilities, we’ve been busy building smarter, more secure solutions for the future. Dive into the highlights and discover how these innovations can empower your business.
ID Repository – Our ID telephone book
One of our core components, the MMI ID Repository, has been modernized. Originally built on MS SQL Server, customers can now choose between PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server for their implementation. Relational databases remain essential for managing large volumes of objects and storing IDs and metadata in a structured model.
What’s new? We’ve integrated AI-powered search into the repository. Using Natural Language Processing (NLP), you can now search your data intuitively, detect gaps (e.g., missing IDs in planning systems) or request objects directly.
We achieve this by leveraging MCP servers and clients, built on our own custom codebase designed to connect agents and data sources using the Model Context Protocol.
This AI capability can also be applied to your own data solutions. Contact us to explore how natural language search can boost efficiency for your team.
Middleware solutions
At MMI, we frequently design and implement middleware platforms that act as the integration layer between systems. Our solutions are built around a message bus, similar to an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), and deliver key benefits for modern IT landscapes:
- Flexible integration of heterogeneous applications
- Asynchronous communication for scalability and resilience
- Robust architecture for consistency and fault tolerance
We leverage proven open-source technologies like RabbitMQ to ensure reliable messaging. This approach creates a stable backbone for digital infrastructures, enabling decoupling, scalability, and high availability.
Security and Software Quality with SonarQube
Quality and security are fundamental to our REDNET 2030 development process. That’s why we’ve introduced SonarQube as a central Quality Gateway:
- Every change to the master branch must pass SonarQube’s quality gate
- Automated analysis of maintainability, code smells, and security vulnerabilities
- Full integration into our CI/CD pipeline and GitLab for transparent code reviews
Developers also benefit from SonarQube’s IDE extension, which highlights issues like excessive complexity during implementation and provides detailed guidance.
Documentation with xWiki – Structured Knowledge for Agile Projects
Effective documentation is critical for sustainable software development. We use xWiki as a central platform for project knowledge:
- Predefined templates for consistent structure helping architects, developers, admins and operation team members to understand the software solution
- Adaptable for frameworks like arc42
- Faster onboarding and transparent decision tracking
For example, our Security Manifest for DevSecOps demonstrates how security guidelines can be documented in a structured and maintainable way.
Hosting on the MMI Cloud – European, Secure, Transparent
Our MMI Cloud offers a sovereignty-focused alternative to hyperscalers, designed for security, transparency, and enterprise-grade hosting.
You can find the technical setup here.
This setup ensures reproducible deployments, declarative environments, and strong security boundaries.
For technical details, questions or collaboration inquiries, reach out at info@mmi-media.de.