Managed Database Services, Consulting, and Advisory
SQL Server specialists with multi-platform discipline, for companies that need more DBA depth than they can staff.
Fortified Data is a US-based database managed services and consulting firm, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Ohio. We run, tune, secure, and modernize Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL environments for organizations in healthcare, financial services, insurance, education, and retail, whether those databases sit on premises, in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, or somewhere mid-migration between them.
Every engagement is staffed by senior, onshore database specialists, including Microsoft Certified Masters and SQL Server MVPs, working under one contract with a single point of accountability.
Database issues do not wait for business hours. We monitor around the clock and catch problems before they reach your users, handling the day-to-day so your teams can focus on the business instead of troubleshooting outages.
For teams that run their own databases. A guaranteed 15-minute emergency response from a senior DBA, plus monthly on-demand hours that bank when unused, for upgrades, migrations, tuning and the work your team cannot absorb.
Slow queries and sluggish systems cost you revenue. We identify bottlenecks, tune configurations, and deliver measurable improvements you can hold us to.
Whether you are changing platforms or changing versions, the risk is in the details. We plan, test, and execute against a proven methodology so your data lands intact and your applications stay available.
Most of the data organizations collect goes unused. We build the warehouse, pipelines, and reporting layer that turn it into decisions, across Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Snowflake.
Need a roadmap rather than a quick fix? We assess the environment you have, quantify the gaps, and hand back a prioritized plan: health, security, scalability, cloud readiness, licensing, and AI readiness.
Since 2002
Ben DeBow founded Fortified Data in 2002 on a contrarian belief: that businesses scale technology with excess instead of efficiency, and that the database, not the application, is where cost and risk quietly accumulate.
More than two decades later, that conviction still defines the work. Senior database specialists who do nothing else, and who fix the root cause rather than patch the symptom.
“Their team has become a trusted resource that we can rely on.”
The longevity of our relationship, combined with their responsiveness, technical expertise, and consistent ability to help resolve database issues, has provided valuable continuity.
Senior Database Manager, Loews Hotels & Co · verified review, August 2026
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A database managed service provider takes ongoing operational ownership of an organization's databases: monitoring, alerting, patching, backup and recovery, maintenance, performance tuning, and reporting, delivered for a predictable monthly fee rather than hourly. Fortified Data provides this for SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, using senior US-based DBAs.
Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL across all supported versions, running on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, on-premises infrastructure, or hybrid architectures. Analytics work extends to Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Snowflake.
Usually not. Most Fortified Data clients keep their internal team and use us for the depth or the hours they cannot staff: after-hours and weekend coverage, a second platform nobody in-house specializes in, or project work during a migration. Where there is no DBA in-house, we take full operational ownership instead.
Managed service is billed as a predictable monthly fee scoped to the number of instances, the platforms, and the depth of coverage. Compared with staffing an equivalent in-house team for 24/7 coverage, Fortified Data's competitive analysis puts the cost reduction between 29 and 51 percent, largely because round-the-clock coverage requires more than one full-time hire.
Fortified Data guarantees a 15-minute response from a senior DBA, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, through a dedicated emergency line that bypasses triage. Included with the Select and Signature plans, and available to Essential clients at an hourly rate.
Security is built into how we work. Our team is 100% US-based, we operate under SOC 2 Type II controls, and we bring delivery experience across HIPAA, SOC 2, and PCI DSS environments. We work within your access policies and change control, and background check attestations are available on request. Current documentation on our controls is available in the Trust Center.
Fortified Data's DBAs and consultants are based in the United States. Coverage is delivered onshore around the clock, with no offshore hand-off at the end of a shift and no junior staff assigned to critical issues.
The renewal notice arrives every year and the Oracle license cost is always higher, though the workload never changed. Standardizing on PostgreSQL is less a technology preference than a finance decision with an engineering path attached.
Every organization running a legacy warehouse eventually reaches the point where someone asks out loud whether it should be modernized. Here is how to answer that without starting a two-year project.
If you have evaluated modern data platforms recently you have met a version of the same debate. The choice comes down to what your workloads actually look like, not which architecture is fashionable.
Start with the free Database Health Score, or book a 30-minute consultation to walk through your environment, the platforms you run, and where coverage is thin.
Let us show you what's possible.
Two ways to start
The Health Score takes five minutes and needs no access to your systems.