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Our Remote Services

Our Swiss premium IT services are now available worldwide thanks to our e-Services product range.
Whether you need to know how “healthy” your IT platform is or want a thorough analysis of your licensing model, our skilled teams have the expertise to meet your needs.
With our services, you are guaranteed neutral analysis and independent recommendations, without any technology-specific bias. You will be guaranteed compliance with industry standards and dbi services’ best practices, which are amongst the most demanding in the industry.

dbi Platform Audit

A SMOOTH-RUNNING PLATFORM

The Platform Audit ensures that your platform is operating efficiently and that it is compliant with the relevant standards. If necessary, you will also be provided with suggestions for improvement.

For a set price of CHF 3990.- per component*, our experts analyze your platform, its configuration and the processes used to operate it. They will also test it in accordance with dbi services’ best practices, which are widely renowned for their stringent requirements.

Simply give us remote access to your platform, and at the end of the process, you will be provided with a detailed report and a set of recommendations to enable the seamless operation of your platform.

*Component: Oracle: database / Other DB: instance / Linux: server

The service covers:

  • Review of the main activities performed on platform
  • Review of System parameters
  • Setups and configuration vs. best practices
    • Industry standards
    • dbi services’ best practices
  • Backup
  • Clustering
  • Patching policy
  • Automation maturity
  • Documentation: detailed report including recommendations.

Would you like to order a Platform Audit or get additional information? Please leave us your contact details and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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dbi License Review

CHECK AND IMPROVE YOUR LICENSING MODEL

Our License Review is a must-have if you are looking for a clear overview of your licensing model. Not only does it enable you to check the proper understanding and application of licensing rules, but it also investigates opportunities for optimizing your licenses.

In order to get a clear idea of your needs, we will schedule 2-hour video conference with you (rate: CHF 400.00, deducted from the invoice if the service is ordered), and we will then submit a detailed offer based on our discussion. To allow our experts to help you as effectively as possible, please ensure that the following requirements are fulfilled:

Technology Information required Accesses required
Oracle
  • Description of the overall infrastructure of servers and Oracle (Operating Systems, Virtualization, Storage layout, etc.).
  • Customer must be available to answer questions to verify the outputs of the scripts.
  • Current licenses’ inventory (CSI)
  • Access as SYSDBA to the databases to start the SQL scripts (customers can perform this step themselves).
  • Admin access to server.
Microsoft
  • If landscape known: Inventory including instance name(s), listening port(s) and login credentials with sufficient permissions (Windows / SQL Login)
  • If landscape unknown:  IP address range, connection to Active Directory, etc.
    (The method may vary regarding the context described above)
 Account with admin permissions.
Open Source EDB

  • Number and type of subscribed cores.
  • Number of cores per host EDB instances are running on.
  • Real production hosts.
  • If available: QA, DEV, etc.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  • Red Hat products subscribed to.
  • Specifications of the hosts that run Red Hat products (CPUs, Cores, Sockets, physical/virtual).
  • SLAs for the subscriptions (self-support, standard, premium).

SUSE Enterprise Linux

  • SUSE products subscribed to.
  • Specifications of the hosts that run SUSE products (CPUs, Cores, Sockets, physical/virtual).
  • SLAs for the subscriptions (standard, priority).

From that moment on, our experts will work offline to analyze your licensing model. You will be contacted by email if they have any questions. At the end of the process, you will receive a detailed report containing our experts’ observations and recommendations. Three to five days after delivery, a video conference will be organized and you will be able to ask any questions on the report.

The service covers:

License reviews on

  • EDB
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Enterprise Linux
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle Database
  • Documentation: detailed review of your licensing model and recommendations for improvements.

Would you like to order a License Review or get additional information? Please leave us your contact details and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Remote Workshops

GET TRAINED BY OUR EXPERTS THROUGH REMOTE WORKSHOPS

Would you like to benefit from the know-how of our certified consultants and get trained by them without having to travel? Our dbi InSite remote workshops are the perfect solution for you. The benefits of our workshops include:

  • Just the right amount of theory and lots of practice
  • Short and effective training courses
  • Experienced and certified trainers

Discover our range of courses here and contact us if you are interested or have any questions.

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