Control what decides the outcome; you need not own everything

Six database families, Oracle included. Monitoring, backup and performance tuning to an agreed commitment.

• Oracle Database · PostgreSQL · MySQL and MariaDB · MongoDB · Redis and Dragonfly · Kafka and Redpanda
• Monitoring with alerts, automated backup, security patching in line with advisories
• Scheduled performance tuning and data architecture advice

Limits to be aware of An in-house person has three advantages no outside service can replace: they understand your organisation's business processes, they sit with the users, and they are there when called. For systems bound tightly to internal processes, the best arrangement is usually one person inside, with us underneath as the foundation.

Mailboxes on your own domain, built on iRedMail, with data held in Vietnam and no charge per mailbox.

• Webmail, with synchronisation to Outlook and mobile mail apps
• SPF, DKIM and DMARC configured — the three records that decide whether mail reaches the inbox
• Migration from your existing system, running in parallel until you are certain

Limits to be aware of Open source spam filtering is not as strong as Google's, and the overseas services bundle an office suite that iRedMail does not have. If your organisation makes heavy use of those tools, the actual saving will be smaller.

Backup alone is not enough. We run recovery drills on a schedule and hand over a written record each time.

• Test restores into an isolated environment, with the whole process timed
• A record of the actual recovery time and the data point recovered to
• Backups protected against modification and deletion, and against ransomware

1. Live copy

   On the production system

   Not a backup — this is the original data

2. Near copy

   Same data centre

   Accidental deletion, application faults, fast recovery

3. Far copy

   A different data centre, write-protected

   Fire, ransomware, region-wide failure

The difference lies in a step that is not on the diagram: periodically restoring from the far copy into an isolated environment, timing it, and handing over the record. A backup that has never been test-restored is not yet known to work.

Limits to be aware of If a test restore fails or runs slower than the commitment, the record says exactly that. A clean record that is wrong helps no one on the day the system actually fails.

Servers, web servers, firewalls, network equipment and centralised monitoring.

• Operating system installation and hardening, with scheduled patch management
• Nginx, Apache, IIS · auto-renewing TLS certificates · load balancing
• System security review: a report of configuration weaknesses ranked by priority

Limits to be aware of This is a configuration review, not penetration testing. An organisation that needs penetration testing for compliance should engage a firm that specialises in it.

Infrastructure in domestic data centres, with security configuration and operations included.

• Virtual servers sized to actual load, not sold as fixed packages
• Object storage compatible with the S3 protocol
• Private cloud for organisations that require full isolation

Limits to be aware of We do not compete on the lowest rental price. At small configurations, international providers are usually cheaper. If your organisation already has its own operations team, buying directly from an infrastructure provider makes more sense.

A feasibility assessment first, then a pilot migration, and only then the full move. You can stop at any step.

• Converts almost automatically: tables, indexes, constraints, foreign keys
• Must be rewritten: PL/SQL packages, complex triggers, Oracle-specific functions
• Parallel running to reconcile business results before the real cutover

1. 01

   Feasibility assessment

   We inventory the schema, count the objects that must be rewritten, and review applications that depend on Oracle syntax. The result is a report on the volume of work, with a recommendation on whether to migrate.

   ◆ You can stop here — what has been delivered remains usable, including if you appoint another contractor to continue

2. 02

   Pilot migration

   We pick one module with clear boundaries, migrate it completely, and measure the real outcome. This step confirms whether the estimates from step one hold.

   ◆ You can stop here — what has been delivered remains usable, including if you appoint another contractor to continue

3. 03

   Parallel running and reconciliation

   Both systems run at once on the same data. Results are reconciled at the business level, not merely by counting records. Every discrepancy must be explained before going further.

4. 04

   Full migration and hand-over

   We migrate everything, keeping the Oracle system in read-only mode for an agreed period so there is a way back. We hand over operating documentation and train your organisation's technical team.

Limits to be aware of A system near the end of its life, running stably, or tied to applications written against Oracle syntax usually should not be migrated. The assessment report may well conclude that you should not proceed.