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1. THE BEGINNING
This innovation initially came to life when…
Microsoft Certified Professional, Peter Ward saw an opportunity to improve the quality of service to WARDY IT’s Virtual DBA customers whilst keeping costs down by developing a database monitoring and reporting solution. Today, this IP, known as SQL Beacon & MyVirtualDBA powers the award-winning Virtual DBA service, ensuring over 30,000 databases around the world are performing optimally. The Virtual DBA service offers scalable, seamless, world-class SQL Server & Business Intelligence support from Australia’s largest onshore provider of 24x7x365 remote database administration services.
2. WHAT & HOW
The purpose of this innovation is to…
…ensure WARDY IT’s Virtual DBA customers maintain full visibility of their database environment. With the Virtual DBA service,
WARDY IT Solutions developed the MyVirtualDBA portal to provide customers with a deep insight into the status of their SQL Server environment.
It does this by…
…monitoring the database environment to identify any potential risks. MyVirtualDBA is powered by SQL Beacon, monitoring IP developed by WARDY IT Solutions to allow the Virtual DBA team to monitor hundreds of client environments at once while tailoring alerts and thresholds to individual clients. MyVirtualDBA displays the information in a single view, for the client to access.
3. PURPOSE & BENEFITS
This innovation improves on what came before because…
Virtual DBA clients no longer need to rely on third-party monitoring tools to maintain visibility of their environment. Not only do they have a team of DBAs working on their SQL Servers, they are able to see the status at any point in time.
Its various benefits to the customer/end-user include…
- Virtual DBA customers maintain full visibility of database environment
- Virtual DBA clients no longer need to purchase expensive third-party monitoring tools
- Alerts are tailored to their environment
- They can see the ongoing improvements the team are making over time
4. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
In the past, this problem was solved by…
- Third-party monitoring tools
- Waiting for the daily report to be emailed
- Calling/emailing the Virtual DBA team and asking for updates
- Accepting a lack of visibility and hoping for the best!
5. TARGET MARKET
It is made for…
Organisations who want to see the status of their SQL Server environment at any point in time via a single pane of glass.
It is available for sale through…
WARDY IT Solutions, more specifically, the Virtual DBA service.
Our marketing strategy is to…
Being uniquely positioned as a tool that focuses on the needs of managed service providers.
FINE PRINT: This SMART 100 profile and the information it contains is a duplication of content submitted by the applicant during the entry process. As a function of entry, applicants were required to declare that all details are factually correct, do not infringe on another’s intellectual property and are not unlawful, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. Some profiles have been edited for reasons of space and clarity.
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