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Database Solutions & Optimization

High-performance database engineering and tuning

Database architecture, query optimization, indexing strategies and backup and recovery planning to keep business data secure and performant.

  • SQL Server
  • Azure SQL
  • Indexing and query tuning
  • Backup and recovery

How a Modernization Is Run

1

Assess Baseline

Review the existing code, database, hosting and security position, and list the risks.

2

Strangler Migration Plan

Break the move into small steps, keep existing integrations working, and agree a rollback path for each step.

3

Execute & Verify

Move one piece at a time and compare performance and behaviour with the current system.

4

Operate & Steward

Set up monitoring, alerts, backups and scheduled patching, with support terms agreed in writing.

Signs It Is Time to Modernize

  • Slow reports and timeouts
  • Data that is duplicated or inconsistent
  • No tested backup restore

Database Solutions & Optimization in practice

Who this suits

Businesses suffering slow reports and timeouts, inconsistent or duplicated data, or with no tested backup restore.

What you receive

A review of schema and queries, indexing and query tuning where it helps, clean-up of duplicated data, and a backup and recovery plan that has actually been restored in a test.

How we approach it

We measure before changing anything, find the queries and tables that cause the slowness, and fix those first. Changes are scripted, repeatable and backed up first; we work mainly with SQL Server and Azure SQL.

Frequently asked questions

Can you speed up our existing database?

Often yes. We profile real queries, review indexes and schema, and make measured changes with before and after results.

Do you handle data migration?

Yes, with validation checks and a rollback plan agreed before cutover.

Ready to talk about database solutions & optimization?

Tell us what you want to build or fix. We reply with questions, options and a milestone-based proposal. No obligation, and we can sign an NDA first.