The highest-quality power [...] comes from the application of knowledge. (Alvin Toffler, Powershift)
Whatever your problem is, we have a solution for it!
With a large pool of highly skilled and experienced personnel Open Data Systems will provide you not just a resource, but a specialist for the particular issue you’re facing.

Project Life-Cycle Management
» Project management methodologies
» Software development methodologies
» Business and technical processes re-engineering
» Organizational re-structuring
» Project scoping and feasibility study
» Effort, duration, cost and risk estimates
» Activity, scope, time and risk management
» Progress monitoring, reporting and correction
» Quality assurance and control
» Communication and stakeholders management
Scheduled DBA Support Services
» Data modelling and design updates
» Performance monitoring and tuning
» Database security testing and maintenance
» Database audit policies and setup
» Disaster recovery testing and maintenance
» Space allocation monitoring
» Database storage structures monitoring and reorganization
» Data processes design and implementation
» Database version upgrade and platform migration
» Database conversion to Oracle
» Proactively monitoring the database's health
Database Architecture, Setup and Design
» Overall environment assessment and recommendations
» Model information flows and processes
» Data modelling and design
» Oracle database planning and configuration
» Oracle software installation
» Oracle database creation
» Initial performance tuning
» Database security assessment, design and implementation
» Disaster recovery planning, design and setup
Emergency DBA Support Services
» Recover database after disaster
» Perform fail over to a standby database
» Resolve 'database hung' events
» Space allocation and database resize
» Resolve deadlocks and kill runaway processes
» Emergency schema updates and code promotions
» ‘On-demand’ backups and other database tasks
Professional Services

Sample Fees (Time-and-Materials):

Open Data Systems Inc. can provide services based on a fixed quotation or on time-and-materials basis. If you prefer to manage the work yourself, we can supplement your personnel with:
Project Work (pre-planned):
Listing
No:
Position Title Daily Rate
(7.25 hours)
1 PM/SDLC Methodologist,
Process (Re)Engineeering
$1100
2 Project Manager $1000
3 Information Architect $ 900
4 Subject Area Expert* $ 900
5 Data Architect / Modeler $ 800
6 Database Architect / Designer $ 700
7 Senior Oracle DBA $ 600
8 Oracle DBA $ 500
* Privacy & Security, Performance Tuning, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery etc.
Emergency DBA Services**:
Support
Level
Response
Time
Start
Time
Hourly
Rate
Minimum
(per call)
Gold < 10 min < 30 min $150 3 hours
Silver < 30 min < 2 hours $110 2 hours
Bronze < 1 hour < 8 hours $  80 1 hour
** 24/7/365 pager support
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