Pugmarks performs all routine Database Administration Services remotely. Through its offshore NOC using experienced database engineers, no routine or not-so-routine task is unmanageable.

Qualified, professional, database administration is a must for today's mission-critical systems. Our database engineers are experienced, versatile, and extremely knowledgeable. Our remote database administration professionals connect to your database servers securely through VPN or privately leased point to point lines and handle all tasks. These remote database administration professionals are available 24 X 7 and can be available to your onsite staff over a local or toll free phone. We appoint a team for each customer, so that you always reach the person who is familiar with the database. Our ticket-based task management system ensures accountability for every task as well as accurate task accounting

With the Pugmarks Remote Database Administration Service you can:

Prevent costly downtime – 30% of downtime comes from unplanned outages, 70% come from planned outages. Companies must find ways to either decrease the frequency of planned downtime by proactively managing the database, or decrease the length of the outage by performing maintenance tasks efficiently. Companies also need to plan for recovery from unplanned downtime and implement strategies to avoid it. This also helps prevent negative publicity and losing business.

and solve performance issues – before they impact your system

With Pugmarks Remote Database Administration Services, you can transfer the perpetual challenges of hiring, training, and retaining DBA teams. By outsourcing your chores to Pugmarks, you will not need to deal with:

Turnover – The IT turnover rate is between 8 and 17% per year, which dramatically impacts your bottom line. DBA’s work over 50 hours per week, and 6 hours on the weekend, often contributing to burnout and turnover. Pugmarks' remote database administration services help take the load off your internal staff.

High salary costs – The average DBA salary is $84,000 (with a total cost to employers nearly 160K). Pugmarks remote database administration services get you a more experienced team for managing your database administration chores at a fraction of the cost of hiring an internal team.

Changing technology – All staff must keep up with changing technologies and multiple platforms. Pugmarks' remote database administration team is constantly trained in changing technologies professionally. Their exposure to daily challenges and a variety of customers trains the staff to adapt to trends and needs in technology.

DBA professionals are in the highest demand –yet they are growing increasingly difficult and expensive to find, train and/or retain. With the Pugmarks remote database administration solution, you can outsource the task of finding, training, and retaining qualified employees without incurring any costs.

Using Pugmarks Remote Database Administration Services you can:

Gain World-Class Database Resources & Expertise
Acquire database expertise for Oracle, DB2 UDB, Sybase, Informix, and MS SQL Servers.
Fulfill fractional DBA requirements.
Solve DBA staffing challenges: recruiting, training, sick time, vacation, reliance on contractors and consultants.
Improve your core business focus
Redeploy internal DBAs to strategic projects that grow the business.
Gain comprehensive support for non-core databases: distributed, one of a kind, legacy, and end of life.
Triple productivity with off-hour support during nights, weekends, and holidays.
Optimize your IT systems
Boost database availability, performance, throughput, and reliability.
Stop database fire drills that cause application downtime and user dissatisfaction.
Make informed capacity planning and future resource decisions using interactive, online management reports.
Control your operations costs
Gain a predictable annual budget for database administration.
Reduce DBA expenses: salary increases, benefits, recruiting, and training.
Avoid internal hardware and work space costs: computers, printers, phones, cubicles, offices, etc.