Because of our involvement with SharePoint, we need to be in-tune with all area's of the SQL database. a-cto offers database consulting of the highest quality. Regardless of the size, complexity, or budget of your SharePoint project, we can also assist with the back-end database services tailored to meet your needs. a-cto's SQL services include but are not limited to:

Design & Architecture
Design is the step where you turn your needs into a solution. Any time when you need information to be stored and then used later, be thinking of a database. Database Design, also called Database Architecture, is like the foundation of a house. Everything is built on it. A good foundation will make everything else you do easier, while a bad one will make for clumsy construction and is very hard to change later on.  A good design will: protect your data from errors, minimize the cost of your computers through efficient design, be consistently available to help run your business, be able to correct mistakes, increase the productivity of your workers, and allow for cost-effective programming as your needs evolve. Conversely, a bad design will cost you money in the forms of: employee inefficiency, lost sales, difficult maintenance, expensive computers, frequent repairs, and difficult improvements.  With our expert architects, you will receive a product that possesses the reliability, performance, and robust features you need and expect.

Disaster Recovery
For many companies, the mark of what determines success is not how they do business on the average day, but how they handle diversity. Databases often contain expensive or even critical information for a company. The loss of this data for some companies could result in exorbitant expenses to replace it. Some companies may find themselves unable to even do business without it. Some companies, like banks, if they lose their records are more than just out of business, but under threat of multiple law suits. A decent disaster recovery plan ensures that your data can be restored regardless of how it was lost. A good plan does it quickly to minimize down time and embarrassment. A great plan ensures that the disaster never occurs in the first place. We are experienced at providing any level of security for your data while also keeping your budget in mind.

ETL
Many companies suffer from venders or clients providing inconvenient or even corrupted data. Though this may be the client's or vender's fault, the company is often liable for the inaccuracies. Even internal transfers of data between different systems or departments can be problematic, both the sender and the receiver claiming the other should adjust. By serving as an intermediary, we ensure that business is not delayed or derailed by faulty information while protecting the relationship between the sender and receiver. Our analysts combine a stringent QA process with experience and custom data tools in order to verify and improve the validity of your data. Because of our experience, we can almost always perform this service for a price lower than if you did it internally.

Performance Tuning
Performance tuning is often the cheapest way of improving the responsiveness of your database. Tuning can often provide acceptable responsiveness without the need to purchase additional hardware. In cases where additional steps, such as hardware purchases or architecture re-design, are necessary, the tuning process will recommend the appropriate next steps, so that money is not wasted on solutions which may be ineffective.

Warehousing
Data Warehousing is an advanced technique which can significantly improve the cost-effectiveness of a database. Some of the advantages of this technique include: improved performance, load balancing, and backup data. All of these aspects contribute to a mature database system which further improves cost of operation. We squeeze every ounce of possible improvements out of this technique. Perhaps most importantly, we do it in an organized and logical fashion which will not unnecessarily increase the complexity or redundancy of your systems.