Efficiency and simplicity are the main goals for any database system. If it's unnecessarily complex in structure, any change is likely to be expensive and lead to unforeseen problems. If the structure is inefficient it's even worse - you could lose data.
And that's not mentioning the waste of valuable staff time as the system keeps people waiting for the information they need. An inefficient and unreliable database system can even have a damaging effect on staff morale.
We can help. We have experience of tuning a number of database systems, particularly MySQL, SQL Server 2000 and Oracle based systems.
Your company database can never stand still. Even if the original specification was done as well as it could possibly be, once you start using the system, you're likely to come across all kinds of ways of using your data that you just hadn't realised existed.
And changing business needs mean that every database implementation has to be able to adapt. If you can't get the data out of the system, fast, in exactly the way you want, you might as well have stuck with pen and paper.
We can help by developing the customised forms and reporting systems you need, as you identify new ways to use your data. It's much more cost-effective than hiring your own in-house database engineer, and you'll still be able to build a long-term relationship with people who are committed to understanding how your database works as part of your business.
We'll develop a proper specification for all the work that is needed for you to approve in advance, implement it and test it with the users to make sure it does the job.
Contact us with details of your project to find out more about how we can help.