Remote Database Administration (Remote DBA)

Remote DBA – The Most Responsive & Reliable DBA Solution

bluewolfdba — Sat, 22 May 2010 07:21:23 +0000

A properly maintained Database Management System renders significant time savings, storage space savings, increased information availability, and the ability to accurately update information, all of which contribute to a substantial increase in human productivity. The quality of a company’s database management is one of the most important means to achieve a competitive advantage.

There are many reasons companies turn to remote database administration, but there are five key factors, according to Bluewolf.

Acquired a new company and its database environment; you don’t have the right skill set to support the new environment in house.
Lost IT headcount
Redeployed staff to more strategic projects
Need to cut IT costs
Require higher levels and support and availability

Bluewolf is a leading remote DBA service provider, and has a proven methodology for providing high-end remote database administration support for a contractually set price, allowing for more granular and effective financial planning for future IT expenditures. Bluewolf Remote DBA offers 24×7 remote DBA support for Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Sybase and PostgreSQL. It allows companies to compete in today’s demanding business environment, maintain institutional integrity and reduce system vulnerability by depending on its best-in-class remote DBAs. Some of the unique advantages offered by Bluewolf are:

24×7 remote database support
Seasoned, full-time remote DBAs
All on-shore administrators
400+ years combined administration experience
Best-of-breed third party monitoring tools and analytics, as well as case tracking and regular proactive system assessments
Personalized process for each remote DBA customer
200+ employees
15 awards for innovation and customer service
Fixed-monthly cost
Unique Bluewolf culture: innovative, entrepreneurial, unafraid
Celebrating a Decade of Success as leading remote DBA provider in the US

Professional remote DBA solutions like Bluewolf Remote DBA not only substantially reduce enterprise database management costs, but also increase database reliability in a more agile and scalable manner than traditional in-house methods.

A Better Tomorrow with Remote DBA

bluewolfdba — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:56:45 +0000

With the advent of globalization, outsourcing IT operations has become ubiquitous. Outsourcing involves relocating a process or a project of work outside the corporate boundaries, often to a third party vendor. Companies today want to make use of outsourcing to cut costs, streamline operations and maintain competitive advantage. A large number of organizations seeking to focus their management, workforce, capital, and other resources on their core competencies examine their business processes for work that can be performed effectively and cost advantageously outside the company.

Databases provide a convenient means of storing vast amounts of information, allowing the information to be sorted, searched, viewed, and manipulated according to the business needs and goals. A substantial amount of time spent by a database administrator is focused on low-level repetitive production tasks such as monitoring, backups, patching, and troubleshooting. The increasing realization of the importance of database up time and hazards of downtime has led to the sharp rise in database outsourcing, and the evolution of remote database
administration. Companies outsource their database administration mainly for the following reasons:

Protection of business-critical data with the highest level of DBA expertise
Return of focus to company’s core competency rather than recruiting and retaining DBA staff
24×7 application support and coverage
Considerable cost savings, while benefitting from economies of scale
Access to specialized or task-dedicated talent
Access to remote managed services are not vulnerable to internal IT turnover
Highly structured level of information technology management and support

Remote database administration is an especially attractive option for smaller companies or businesses located in places where talent can be hard to find. There are some highly-experienced remote DBA vendors like
Bluewolf who have a global pack of experts providing continued optimization of the data storage infrastructure for clients. Bluewolf Remote DBA offers unique advantages:

Bluewolf Remote DBA uses world-class remote database management tools, and their own proprietary monitoring systems to track all issues and their solutions
Bluewolf Remote DBA allows companies to focus their resources on core business functions, while saving up to 40% cost of an in-house resource
Bluewolf remote database administrators are US-based, onshore and on-demand for customers on a 24×7 basis
These experts have enormous experience of handling multiple platforms, such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, and DB2 database administration
Bluewolf manages and protects the security issues that are critical to businesses

Organizations are experiencing incredible gains, financial and operational, by turning to remote DBAs like Bluewolf Remote DBA.

Expand Your Global Capabilities With Remote DBA

bluewolfdba — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:08:15 +0000

Every organization that manages data requires a system of database administration to oversee and ensure the proper deployment and maintenance of databases. With the proliferation of business applications that leverage information from databases, there is an increasing need to organize data effectively to deliver value to the business.

Businesses are taking advantage of the upsurge in applications to gain a competitive advantage. The result is that today’s DBAs are facing many challenges including multi-tier architectures, distributed data and applications, data warehousing, replication and transformation of data, cloud-based/internet-enabled databases, and the need to store and manipulate complex multimedia data. All these factors are placing an incredible strain on database administrators, and drifting them from more strategic functions. With such changes in the industry and market place, global businesses are turning to Remote Database Administration (remote DBA) to prevent DBA burnout and staff turnover, reduce system vulnerability and increase productivity.

Remote Database Administrators work remotely on solving difficult database issues related to structure, scale, programming, and security. A typical provider’s monthly service includes dedicated 24×7 remote database support at a fraction of the cost of a full-time, in-house resource, and best-in-class remote managed services and IT best practices. Advantages include fast and expert database implementation, reduced capital and ongoing expenditures, and immediate and tangible return on investment (ROI).

Bluewolf’s remote DBA program, bw.DirectDBA, is the only remote administration offering in the market today that combines the cost efficiencies of remote database administration with the risk mitigation of on-shore support. The core remote administration offering includes dedicated senior DBA resources, a single point-of-contact, best-of-breed third party monitoring tools and analytics, as well as case tracking and regular proactive system audits.

Organizations turn to remote DBA programs for remote DBA support and monitoring for Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, Sybase, DB2, EnterpriseDB and all other platforms, so that they can focus on their core competencies, maintain institutional integrity and reduce the cost of enterprise computing. A leading remote DBA service like Bluewolf’s allows businesses to depend on seasoned, full-time remote DBAs to ensure the technology, innovation, and process to best optimize a company’s database, and allows them to compete in the demanding business environment.

Professional remote DBA solutions not only substantially reduce enterprise database management costs, but also increase database reliability in a more agile and scalable manner than traditional in-house methods. Best of all, Database outsourcing reduces the database management budget by approximately 40%. This explains why thousands of companies are turning to remote DBA to cut costs and increase efficiency.

Reinforce Database Management with Remote DBA

bluewolfdba — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:11:31 +0000

Databases are the foundation of the digital economy. They store the information that run businesses and organize the vast amount of data that is created on a regular basis. Even though e-business infrastructures are requiring stronger database support to sustain their 24×7 operations, shrinking IT budgets are forcing companies to reduce the size of their DBA staff. With databases growing in size and complexity, the role of the already overburdened DBA is becoming increasingly difficult.

Choosing and implementing an effective database management strategy is vital for efficient and accurate distribution of information across all channels. This has led many companies to turn to Database outsourcing through a Remote database administrator. Remote DBAs specialize in delivering database administration services on a 24×7 basis. Premier Remote DBA vendors provide all the functions of a full-time DBA, like database monitoring, maintenance, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and reporting. This helps companies to outsource specific DBA functions without relinquishing control of the entire infrastructure or having to invest in the resources to exclusively handle database support in-house. IT industry analysts agree that remote DBA services can deliver substantial advantages including reduced database support costs, improved system availability, and increased utilization of internal DBAs towards strategic goals.

Leading Remote database administrators provide the technology, innovation, and processes to best optimize a company’s database, thus helping to increase productivity and reduce the cost of enterprise computing. Their monthly service provides remote database support at a fraction of the cost of a full-time, in-house resource. The core remote administration offering includes dedicated senior DBA resources, a single point-of-contact for support questions, best third party monitoring tools and analytics, as well as case tracking and regular proactive system audits. Their specialized systems combine the cost efficiencies of remote database administration with the risk mitigation of on-shore support.

Among the plethora of benefits they provide, some of them include:

Multiple platform support for all major databases like Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and Sybase
24×7 DBA monitoring
Seasoned, full-time remote DBAs
Remote administration best practices leveraged across customer base
Personalized process for each remote DBA customer
Regular customer visits to ensure success
On-shore, on-site and on-demand remote DBA resources

Companies need a solution like Remote DBA to provide the support, guidance and response times needed to store and manage the huge influx of corporate data pouring in from modern web-based applications.

Best of all, Database outsourcing reduces the database management budget by approximately 40%. This explains why thousands of companies are turning to remote DBA to cut costs and increase efficiency.

Practice Smart Growth by Switching To A Smart Solution: Remote DBA

bluewolfdba — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:26:34 +0000

The safe and effective handling of corporate data is vital to the survival of any organization. Many critical functions of a company are dependent on the accessibility and reliability of data. Despite growing complexities, databases must remain stable regardless of the resources available to support them. The ultimate responsibility of ensuring the stability of the database environment falls on the Database Administrator (DBA).

A DBA is often pulled in different directions including daily maintenance, monitoring, and implementation of strategic projects. The nature of a DBA’s day-to-day activity is such that the workload is often unpredictable and becomes difficult to plan and execute. An uneven workload is often compounded by the fact that DBAs must also respond to last-minute requests and problems from application developers, system administrators and end users. As databases continue to grow in size and complexity (it is estimated that the quantity of information stored in a database grows at a rate of 300-500% every 3 years), a DBA team is forced to operate beyond its bandwidth capacity and, ultimately, focus is taken away from core competencies.

Because databases undoubtedly grow in size and complexity over time, around-the-clock support is necessary and expected. The challenge of maintaining true 24×7 availability has fueled an ever-growing market demand for remote database administration (remote DBA) to augment in-house staff and realize true, uninterrupted database availability and avoid single-point-of-failure.

Because remote DBA vendors leverage best practices across the customer base, use best-in-class database management tools, and, in some cases, deploy their own proprietary monitoring systems to track all issues and their solutions, such providers offer substantial technical and business benefits.

The technical benefits include:

Regular audits and health check reports to manage and maintain database integrity
24×7 DBA monitoring for improved uptime, system availability, and performance
Use of cutting edge software applications to protect business-critical security issues
- Transfer knowledge to the client’s staff through constant and direct communication, mentoring and training

The business benefits include:

Cost-effective and expert DBA coverage, with significant savings over in-house resources and/or contracting (average 40% savings in the first year)
Rapid DBA response and resolution times with custom escalation processes
Proactive monitoring means finding solutions and preventing problems before they turn into costly expenses
Offloading of day-to-day maintenance tasks to allow existing IT and DBA staff to focus on strategic issues requiring specific institutional business knowledge

Professional remote DBA solutions not only substantially reduce enterprise database management costs, but also increase database reliability in a more agile and scalable manner than traditional in-house methods.

Ensure ROI With Remote Database Administration

bluewolfdba — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:19:11 +0000

All companies utilize databases to take orders, develop business plans, deliver business automation, and increase sales revenue. The quality of database management often translates directly into customer satisfaction. The consequences of data unavailability, loss or inaccuracy can be severe. In some cases, even temporary loss of data can cause irreparable harm for an organization. For such reasons, companies turn to remote database administration (remote DBA) not only for supplemental database support but also for complete database administration outsourcing.

Remote database administration is a service in which a company’s database environment is monitored and managed from a remote location. Remote DBA allows companies to focus on their core competencies while maximizing utilization of cutting edge database technologies in a cost efficient manner. The major advantages of remote DBA are cost savings and increased quality of support. A team of database experts provide around-the-clock support to ensure that database coverage is continuous. By taking a proactive, systematic approach to database administration, remote DBA can achieve economies of scale while remaining focused on service excellence.

Leveraging the extensive institutional knowledge of a professional remote DBA vendor creates a more stable and consistent platform to support a company’s ever-changing database needs. And by identifying all database vulnerabilities and deficiencies at the start of a remote support contract, a remote DBA provider adds value to the company’s IT initiatives from the very beginning. The advantages of remote DBA are:

24×7 proactive, remote database support and maintenance at the fraction of the cost of a full-time, in-house resource
Direct contact with DBAs and custom technology, innovation, and processes to best optimize database environment
Increased productivity, reduced cost of enterprise computing, and risk mitigation of on-shore support
Best practices leveraged across customer base
On-shore, on-site and on-demand remote DBA resources
Multiple platform support

The result is the rapid realization of your Return on Investment (ROI).

Increasing the mileage for a company’s financial resources is the prime concern for all IT executives today. Turning to remote DBA specialists is the most established, sustainable, and cost effective way to improve database coverage and efficiency and secure peace of mind with 24×7 proactive support.

Kashif Mukhtar is Director of Professional Services at Bluewolf global headquarters in New York City. Bluewolf is the leading provider of US-based managed services for remote DBA and cloud computing consulting for salesforce.com and other leading adaptive technologies. For more information, visit bluewolf.com/remote-dba