Consulting Services

Turnkey Database Migration Projects

We are offering more than just traditional database management by either staff augmentation, remote DBA support or onsite DBA support. We have the experience and resources to execute even the most complex and demanding database migration projects.

• Cross-Vendor Migrations
  Migrating database between vendors requires exceptional planning and disciplined execution. As well as a deep understanding of the fundamental architecture of each database vendor. What is best practice for one vendor can be a big problem in another. We know how to overcome these issues.
  
  We are experts in:
  • Sybase to Oracle migrations
  • Oracle to Sybase migrations
  • Sybase to SQL Server migrations
  • SQL Server to Sybase migrations
  • Oracle to SQL Server migrations
  • SQL Server to Oracle migrations
    
    
• Cross-Platform Migrations
  This is the most common database migration. Many clients are migrating platforms to downgrade outdated MPP systems to more efficient Linux based commodity servers. Many times a cluster version of the database vendor must be implemented to match performance and scalability requirements. We have the experience to plan and execute these platform migration by right-sizing the solutions.
  
  
• Major Release Upgrades
  Major database release upgrades can be burden to the current DBA staff and redirect resources that could be more productive supporting revenue generating application enhancements. Unfortunately release upgrades are not always discretionary. If your organization requires compliance with supported releases, you have to upgrade.
  Why paying for maintenance if you don't upgrade your release. A) When you call in for support , you will most likely be asked to upgrade to the latest version of the database before any support can be provided. B) The access to software upgrades and patches are the main cost of any maintenance fee. If you don't upgrade you're wasting your money.

 

Database Architecture

To truly provide outstanding consulting services in database architecture, we can tap into our vast experience pool of experts. Dobler Consulting's president Peter Dobler was Director of Database Technology at Nielsen Media Research, the TV Ratings company, where he was in charge of the architecture of its databases. Some of them ranked amongst the largest in the world. Bottom-line; trust your database architecture needs to the proven experts.

 

Database Performance Tuning

Decades of experience allows us to be extremely efficient in solving database performance issues. The key to a successful performance tuning engagement is to find the problem fast and apply a permanent solution.

To ensure that we find the problem as fast as possible, we partner with the leader in performance tracking systems, Confio. Sometimes it is not always the database that causes the problem, but with no information it is always assumed that the database is the root cause until proven innocent.

We will provide the power of Confio with all of our performance tuning engagements at no cost to our clients.

 

Capacity Planning

Most people mistakenly associate capacity planning with hardware purchases. Well, if you don't know what else can be done, then this might be true. Capacity planning is the art to squeeze the most out of available resources. Sometimes rescheduling priorities on a starved system will free up resources and add more mileage. The CFO definitely appreciates deferred purchases of any kind.

 

Disaster Recovery Planning

With the past experience of designing the disaster recovery environment of Nielsen Media Research, we have a huge pool of experience to tap into. Having done this in the past will benefit any client who is looking to protect its systems.

 

Full Life Cycle Database Management (Architecture, Design and Implementation)

This is the combination of all the disciplines mentioned above. With proven experience and a stellar success record with our clients, we have the resources to cover all your database needs from A to Z.

 

DBA Staff Augmentation

Of course we can provide the traditional staff augmentation to complement the existing DBA team of our clients.

Staff augmentation for any situation:

• Short term engagements to augment peak workloads
• Long term engagements to cover entire software development live cycles.
• Complete assessments of database environments and configurations.

 

Project Management

As a member of PMI and participating in PMP certifications, we have the expertise to provide project management experience to our clients.

• Project Planning Management.
• Project Execution Management.
• PMO setup and maintenance