Database Solutions for the Systems Your Business Depends On
We design, improve, connect and manage the databases behind day-to-day operations — from SQL Server performance and reporting to data migration, integration and long-term support.
Does this sound familiar?
A database rarely becomes a problem overnight. More often, the business grows around it until the warning signs become normal.
A report that used to take seconds now takes minutes — or runs overnight.
The same customer, product or supplier exists in several systems and never quite agrees.
People export to Excel because that is the easiest way to get systems to talk.
The database works, but nobody wants to change it because nobody is sure what depends on it.
A migration or version upgrade is overdue, but downtime or data loss is not an acceptable risk.
Backups exist, but nobody can say when a full restore was last tested.
What we do
Database design & development
New operational databases and data-backed systems designed around real workflows, users and reporting needs.
Performance & modernisation
Indexing, query optimisation, schema improvement, archiving and upgrades when a proven system needs to work better.
Reporting & dashboards
Reliable reporting layers and dashboards that turn operational data into answers without endless spreadsheet exports.
Data migration
Planned, validated migrations with tested backups, reconciliation and rollback rather than a one-way leap.
API & system integration
Proper connections between databases, websites, applications and third-party platforms so data can move without somebody re-keying it.
Ongoing database care
Monitoring, performance tuning, security hardening and recovery planning for systems that need somebody watching them after launch.
Not every database needs replacing
A mature database can be one of the most valuable systems a business owns. It contains years of operational history and usually a great deal of business logic that was never written into a specification.
So we do not modernise for the sake of looking modern. Sometimes the right answer is a new interface, an API, a reporting layer, a version upgrade or three well-chosen indexes. If the core is sound, we keep it. If it genuinely needs to move or be rebuilt, we plan that around data integrity, continuity and recovery.
How we approach it
Understand
Map the schema, applications, jobs, reports, integrations, security and recovery position before changing anything.
Decide
Separate what needs fixing from what merely looks old. Agree whether the answer is improve, connect, migrate, rebuild or simply manage.
Improve or build
Tune the database, redesign the weak parts, or build the new system around what the business actually needs.
Move or connect
Migrate with validation and rollback, or connect the existing core to newer software through a controlled integration.
Stay
Monitor, maintain and improve the system after launch so performance and recovery remain known quantities.
Two databases, two different jobs
A purpose-built operational data system, and a modern public platform working against live internal systems.
A wonderful job — prompt, professional, and they truly understood the complex nature of our data. Highly recommended.
When the database is already built, keep it healthy
SQL Care is proactive SQL Server management from the eplatforms database team, for organisations that already have SQL Server and need it looked after.
- Health checks
- Performance tuning
- Security hardening
- Backup & recovery
- Monitoring & maintenance
- Plain-English reporting
Questions worth answering
SQL Care is specifically focused on SQL Server. For broader database development and migration work we also build on MySQL and PostgreSQL.
No. Frequently the best outcome is to keep the core and improve performance, reporting, interfaces or integrations around it.
Often, yes. Indexing, query design, archiving or moving reporting away from the live transactional workload can solve the problem without a major rebuild.
Yes, where that is the right destination. The important part is the migration method: tested restore, validation, reconciliation and a rollback plan.
Yes. A controlled API or integration layer is often safer and cheaper than replacing a sound database simply because the software around it has changed.
That is a common starting point. The first stage is discovery and documentation: schema, jobs, dependencies, reports, integrations, security and recovery.