Entries by Fortified

Ways Business Intelligence Consulting Can Grow Your Business

Today’s business climate is fast-paced and competitive. Data has become a valuable asset for businesses of all sizes and it is essential for success. Data is consistently growing at exponential rates, and many businesses are not fully tapping into the power of all their data. It can be overwhelming for businesses to leverage each piece […]

Database Consulting and Managed Services at the Airport

Database Consulting and Managed Services at the Airport: Maximize Your Database Infrastructure Investment and Elevate Your Passenger Experience Every day, more than 3.5 exabytes/quintillion bytes (or 3.5 exabytes) of data are created … that’s 18 zeroes. So, what does that look like? According to Backblaze, you would have had to start recording a video call […]

Steps and Benefits of Migrating Oracle to OCI

Migrating Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be a complex process that requires careful planning and execution when dealing with this operating system. While there are many benefits to migrating to OCI, there are also several challenges that businesses may encounter during the migration process. In this blog post, we’ll […]

The Challenges of Migrating Oracle to OCI

Migrating Oracle workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be a complex process that requires careful planning and execution. Though there are various benefits of migrating Oracle to OCI, there are also some challenges. While there are many benefits to migrating to OCI, there are also several challenges that businesses may encounter during the migration […]

The Financial Gains in Engaging a Database Managed Services Company

We are over a year into the Great Resignation and there are no signs of it slowing. With the Great Resignation and a saturated hiring market, many companies are challenged with finding expert talent to take care of their internal database systems. Add this to the impending recession and many companies are finding themselves in […]

SQL Server Consolidation Planning

SQL Server Consolidation Planning – SQL Server Tips As many organizations are in the process of upgrading and migrating their databases, it is a great opportunity to save money, improve performance and increase the database service offerings for the organization. Typically, the organization is expecting a certain level of SQL Server consolidation during the project […]

SQL Server Memory Health: Performance Monitor Counters

Often there are times that we to need assess the health of a SQL Server instance, but we have not yet added all the monitoring tools to the environment, which can involve approvals to install software, assign admin rights to accounts, and in general just take time to set up. What do we do if […]

Migrate database from on prem to Azure Managed Instance

I recently had a client that wanted to move their on-premises databases to their Azure environment, specifically to a managed instance in Azure. When I started doing research on the steps to complete this migration, I was bogged down by having to look at different documents and blog posts to determine all the necessary steps. […]

SQL Performance Tuning: Scaling SQL Server

Scaling and optimizing SQL Server are complex exercises when you think about all the different variables that come into the equation because there is not a single checklist that you can apply to every SQL Server or Oracle database. But most companies have to go through the performance tuning exercise with their critical and highly […]

Power BI Datamarts: Bridging the Gap Between IT and Business Users

Introduction to Power BI Datamarts For everyday business function, Power BI Datamarts are positioned to become a strong wielding component to help bridge the gap between business users and the IT team. This new feature in Power BI allows for business users to extract data from different sources, define relationships, and store and explore that […]