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We are the UK's leading multi-platform data experts and specialise in Google Cloud consultancy.
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Google Cloud Consultancy support
DSP has over 20 years of experience in delivering database and associated data management and reporting projects to an extensive customer base. We have expertise with Enterprise software vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and Google, but our greatest asset is our thorough understanding of the value of data. We appreciate the importance of data and its alignment to business process.
Our Google Cloud Consultancy services are technically fit for purpose and aligned to suit your business needs. That may be bleeding edge technical innovation or "good enough" to fit budget and operational constraints - or anywhere in between, as dictated by your requirements.
To cover Google Cloud Platform requires a broad range of skills. Our consultants are highly qualified individuals who constantly seek to evolve their learning and put it into practice. The average experience of a DSP Consultant / Architect is over 10 years of client facing work, so you can rest assured that we have addressed your challenges before.
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Enterprise Databases
Google Cloud allows both Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database to run on the underlying architecture, meaning you can run either technology confidently on the technical platform.
Microsoft SQL Server can be run via optimised VM images on GCP Compute Engine (IaaS).
Oracle is restricted through its licensing policies. However, it can still be deployed through the following means:
- Via optimised VM images on Compute Engine where an Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) is in place
- Via bare metal instance “close to” the Google Cloud Platform (within 1 millisecond latency)
DSP's commercial team can talk you through these options to ensure you remain license compliant throughout any migration and subsequent deployment.
Open Source Databases
Google is a big proponent of Open Source software and this includes databases, both relational and No SQL.
Relational databases such as MySQL (and variants) and PostgreSQL can be deployed the following ways:
- Via optimised VM images on Compute Engine (IaaS)
- Managed instance through Cloud SQL (PaaS)
NO SQL databases may also be run:
- Via optimised VM images on Compute Engine (IaaS)
- Managed instance as Cloud Big Table (PaaS)
Google Native Databases
As well as comprehensive IaaS support for Enterprise vendors and Open Source platforms, GCP provides its own native (Relational and NO SQL) fully managed database platforms:
Cloud SQL (RDBMS)
- SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL variants
Cloud Spanner (RDBMS)
- Unlimited scale
- Strong consistency
- Up to 99.999 availability
Cloud Bigtable
- Massive scale
- Analytical and Operational workloads
Remote Database Management
Get full-time database support without hiring a full-time engineer. DSP's expert team of multi-database engineers offer a competitive array of services and solutions to keep your Google Cloud initiatives running smoothly all year round. Innovative, proactive, and reliable, we provide bespoke support packages that cater to your needs.
Full Range of Remote DBA Services
Take advantage of our on-call emergency Database Engineer support and optimal performance tuning, as well as our commercial and technical expertise, by getting in touch with DSP. Our technical team work closely with our clients to understand their priorities and implement the best possible solutions to meet their budget and business goals.
Database Health Checks
It only becomes possible to make your environment faster and more efficient after identifying any issues embedded within it. If you're aware your databases aren’t firing on all cylinders but you don't know where the problem lies, investing in a Health Check with DSP should be your first move.
Our remote Database Engineers perform a detailed Health Check across multiple database platforms as an essential starting point for almost any new client. We go through your systems, create a comprehensive report, and explain exactly what’s wrong. This diagnosis is then followed by a report recommending the best way to fix your estate, how the improvements will be designed, and how long you can expect it to take.
A Sophisticated Reporting System
Our Health Checks are comprehensive and fairly priced. We produce sophisticated, detailed, and actionable reports specific to your technology, without charging you an arm and a leg.
Your report is more than an analysis: it’s a fine-tuned plan of action. We will create two reports, one 'Technical' and one 'Commercial', so that our findings can be communicated easily between technical and non-technical persons within your team. At DSP, we understand that communication is key.
Performance Tuning
Whilst the Google Cloud Platform is built for minimal management, your databases will inevitably grow with your business. This can leave them in danger of becoming over-complicated, convoluted, and inefficient. After any measurable expansion, your estate could become slower and more difficult to navigate. Our Database Engineers will get your databases / BigQuery / Integration routines performing at peak efficiency again, leaving you to focus on your business.
Emergency Google Cloud Platform Support
There’s never a good time for a disaster. Any incident, from an integration failure to an unresponsive database or a service interruption, could cause your business to grind to a halt. That's why our 24/7 Emergency Google Cloud Platform support team is prepared for any eventuality.
Around-the-clock Responses
DSP's expert engineers are available to handle emergencies around the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our specialist team will quickly identify the problem and implement the best solution to get your estate optimised and running smoothly again.
We’ll also follow up by diagnosing the cause and recommending a long-term strategy to ensure your estate doesn't suffer from the same incident again.
Google Analytics 360˚ Review
Have DSP review your use of Google's analytic services to ensure you are making the most of available functionality and best practice implementation and an optimised price.
BigQuery Proof of Value
Take a look at the power of Google's online data warehouse and see for yourself how you can utilise super fast queries without the need for a massive server estate. Contact DSP for a complimentary planning workshop.
Teradata to BigQuery ROI Assessment
Using proven ROI tools and DSP's deep experience. See if you can save money whilst improving performance by migrating Teradata workloads to Google Cloud Platform.
BigQuery Optimisation
Take some time to ensure your queries are still running in optimum fashion and delivering the insight you need.
Data Platform Modernisation
There are many reasons to consider Data Platform Modernisation, the most prevalent one being that your current platform is no longer fit for purpose. The four main causes are that your estate may be:
- No longer cost effective
- No longer supported
- Unable to scale / perform
- In needs of re-alignment to suit changing business needs
DSP has over 20 years' experience in migrating customers from ageing infrastructure to modern platforms, be that data centre consolidations via virtualisation, hybrid cloud interoperability or full cloud migrations.
The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) architecture is designed to achieve the flexibility and ease of use needed to drive complex IT requirements. It also boasts business analytical capabilities, hand in hand with the expected cost reduction and security-first designs expected of a modern enterprise platform. By leveraging Kubernetes and containers such as Docker, you can migrate your troublesome legacy applications into a cloud environment as part of your data platform modernisation program.
As well as the expected cost savings and performance enhancements, GCP will also provide best-in-class analytics services to collate, process and stream the multitude of available data sources to give near real-time decision support to the business and your collaborators throughout your value chain.
See below our proven business process aligned migration approach:
Discover
- Identify Suitable Applications / IT functions
- Identify Stakeholders
- Identify IT Assets
Plan
- Confirm application eligibility and cloud compatibility
- Build business case by application
- Build migration plan
- Build test plans
- Build sign off docs with Stakeholders
- Agree back out plans
Migrate
- Run a test migration/s
- Optimise plan
- Gain application owner sign-off
- Live Migrate
- Project team contribute to Hypercare to BAU
Support
- Support team contribute to Hypercare to BAU
- BAU support
- Start continuous maintenance/ optimisation plan
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