Often, yes, with replication and a short cutover window. We rehearse the cutover and agree a rollback point before the real one.
Austin Solutions
Best Database solutions company in Austin
Relational and analytical databases migrated, hardened and kept available through patches and cloud moves. Hosn Al Tomoh works with organisations in Austin on database platforms, agreeing scope, responsibilities and proof of completion for each phase from the start.
Database work keeps systems of record fast, available and secure: migration between engines or to the cloud, high availability, performance tuning and security hardening. Runbooks then keep them that way through every patch cycle.
We work with clients across the Middle East and beyond. For organisations in Austin, that usually means a programme with a Gulf footprint: we plan for your home-market data protection rules and for the GCC laws, such as the UAE and Saudi personal data protection laws, that apply where systems and data will sit.
Your teams keep oversight throughout, and before we step back we hand over the runbooks and train the people who will run the work.
The scope can run from a short diagnostic to a phased rollout, and each phase is fixed before it starts.
What the work covers
We measure success in working systems and agreed metrics, not in recommendations.
- High availability and backup designs proven by real failover and restore.
- Performance baselines captured before migration and compared after it.
- Encryption, access and auditing aligned with each data class.
What we check first
Database migrations fail on the details: character sets, stored procedures and batch jobs nobody documented. We inventory them first and rehearse the migration with production-sized data.
At the end of each phase we provide the proof your risk and audit teams need to file: test results, access reviews and signed handover documents.
Before you start
Practical questions from IT and procurement teams.
Each phase is scoped and priced separately, with the team, the deliverables and the acceptance criteria written down, and you receive an itemised quote before work starts.
Your team, unless you choose managed services. We name who is responsible for each component before launch, hand over the runbooks and train your people.
How the work runs
Four stages, each with clear criteria for moving to the next.
Discover
We document the current set-up, the people involved and the constraints, and agree what success looks like.
Design and plan
We set the target design, phases, test approach and acceptance criteria, and review them with your architects and risk team.
Build and test in stages
We deliver in increments, testing and demonstrating each one before the next begins.
Hand over
We hand over runbooks, train your team and support the launch, then formally transfer responsibility to the people you nominate.
Ready to mature your operations?
Book a technical consultation with our principal engineers to map out your architecture and transition plan.