Buda Consulting

11/28/2023

Buda Consulting (Jun 6, 2023). Oracle databases are the beating heart of many companies, supporting mission-critical online transactions and analytics. Monitoring Oracle database health and proactively identifying bottlenecks can help avoid slow or unresponsive applications that impact users’ productivity and could affect sales, revenue, and brand image.

Keeping data flowing and users happy is what Oracle database performance tuning is all about. A vital step in optimizing your overall system.

11/23/2023

Buda Consulting (May 30, 2023). Companies need to migrate Oracle data for a long list of reasons, such as moving workloads from on-premises to a cloud or managed hosting environment, implementing a new system, or launching a big data initiative. But whatever their aim, Oracle database migration projects are widely known to pose a major risk of failure and budget overruns.

Oracle database migrations are often complex and require planning. Data migration services & technology alone do not guarantee success.

11/21/2023

If you are looking for Microsoft SQL consulting services, it’s key to identify the right partner for your specific needs.

11/10/2023

If you’re a small to midsized business (SMB) looking for comprehensive third-party IT support in NJ, you might have noticed a problem: many managed service providers (MSPs) do not specifically offer database administration (DBA) services. The care and feeding of databases is business-critical and takes special skills. Yet MSPs tend to lump DBA services in with other IT administrative functions.

If you’re a small business looking for IT support in NJ, you might have noticed that many providers don't offer database administration.

11/07/2023

If you’re a small to mid-sized business (SMB) looking for comprehensive third-party IT support in NJ, you might have noticed a problem: many managed service providers (MSPs) do not specifically offer database administration (DBA) services. The care and feeding of databases is business-critical and takes special skills. Yet MSPs tend to lump DBA services in with other IT administrative functions.

If you’re a small business looking for IT support in NJ, you might have noticed that many providers don't offer database administration.

10/26/2023

Buda Consulting (Apr 13, 2023). Your Oracle database needs its own disaster recovery (DR) plan to ensure that its recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) are met in the event of an outage. Some level of Oracle database disaster recovery testing is the only way to shake out problems with your plan/runbook.

Learn essential strategies and best practices to test your Oracle disaster recovery plan and safeguard your data.

10/25/2023

Buda Consulting (Mar 29, 2023). Disasters can range from a critical database crashing to a ransomware attack to the complete stoppage of your business operations. Whatever happens, two concerns top the list: how long will it take you to recover, and how much data will you lose?

You need realistic RTO vs RPO calculations to help design your recovery process and determine backup methods and frequencies.

10/19/2023

Buda Consulting (Mar 15, 2023). Thin provisioning uses virtualization technology to allocate disk storage capacity on demand as your needs increase. Thick provisioning is the counterpart strategy of pre-allocating storage capacity upfront when you create a virtual disk drive.

Buda Consulting doesn’t recommend thin provisioning for production except for clients that can manage and forecast their storage needs.

10/17/2023

Buda Consulting (Jan 17, 2023). Organizations need to keep a close watch on Oracle operations to ensure agreed service levels are always being met. Database downtime can quickly lead to financial and reputational impacts, making periodic Oracle database assessments integral to the smooth operation of your most critical business systems—and thus your company itself. Also called Oracle database health checks, Oracle database assessments are part of creating what we like to call a boring database environment: No surprises and no downtime. This peaceful state doesn’t happen by accident, but requires planning and commitment to best practices. This post explains what an Oracle database assessment should mainly focus on.

Get an expert Oracle database assessment to optimize performance, security & compliance. Identify issues, improve scalability & reduce costs.

10/14/2023

Buda Consulting (Jan 12, 2023). While a good Cybersecurity Framework specifies the implementation of controls to mitigate information-related risk for the full life cycle of critical data, in practice I have observed that in many organizations the framework implementation tends to focus on the networks, the servers, and the applications. The lack of database focus exposes the mission-critical data of the organization to unnecessary risk. This blog is intended to bring this issue to the forefront and to suggest that having a database professional implement a relevant CIS database benchmark can ensure that the database is secure even if a particular risk was not identified by the security framework implementation team.

Many cybersecurity framework implementations focus on networks, servers, and applications. Overlooking the database exposes mission-critical data.

10/12/2023

Buda Consulting (Feb 6, 2023). Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL Database offer two complementary encryption options: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Always Encrypted. This blog post will help you decide when to use TDE versus Always Encrypted, and when to combine them for a “defense in depth” security and compliance strategy.

Explore the key differences between Transparent Data Encryption TDE vs always encrypted and discover when it is best to use each.