For many small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), hiring full-time, specialised database or operating system administrators is not feasible. Co-sourcing services offer a practical solution, enabling access to specialised skills on-demand without the need to retain highly skilled personnel full-time. This approach helps fill potential skills gaps and reduces the risk associated with the departure of key individuals, ensuring that businesses can manage their systems efficiently.
Typically, an organisation with a mature, stable environment of low workload can manage day-to-day operational and administrative issues quite easily with a junior to intermediate resource. However, an organisation would still be at risk in situations where in-depth knowledge and experience are required, such as high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning and critical problem-solving or recovery scenarios.
RDB can offer the perfect solution for an organisation in this position, by offering co-managed outsourcing, where the client employs the resources required for the day-to-day administration of the database or O/S, while RDB provides supplementary resources and the highly experienced and knowledgeable consulting skills when they are required.
