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METHODOLOGY IS EVERYTHING
Each step of Global Forte's methodology is designed to bring down the costs and time spent in the maintenance of the databases. The goal of these steps is to deliver to the client a database environment that is efficient, stable, and easy to maintain.


PERFORMANCE TUNING IS AN ART
If you were to ask us what our specialty is within the world of database administration, we would probably answer: 'performance tuning'. Nothing makes us happier than to drastically improve the availability, speed, and storage power of an existing database.


DATABASE SECURITY
Security today must be a primary concern. Hackers and disgruntled employees have caused billions of dollars of damage by malicious acts against corporate data. We have ways to make your database more secure and to address network and operating system issues that might compromise security. If one of your needs is a secure database, then we would be glad to assist you.


END USER SUPPORT
Many of the tasks that DBAs perform on a daily basis are really not that difficult. When a DBA is supporting application developers, DBAs are generally required to perform a series of ongoing simple tasks, such as granting objects to users, creating users and tablespaces, and loading data. In most of these situations where a DBA is only there to support an applications group, having a remote DBA is a far more cost-effective strategy than having someone sit around all day waiting for requests. We are a software development firm, among other things, hence, we understand the needs and concerns of the application programmers, end-users and project managers. We will be there to support them, not to oppose them, as we sometimes see in the political world of database management. Software is costly to develop, therefore, a company cannot afford anything but a smooth friendly relationship between DBAs and developers.


DISASTER RECOVERY
You can measure the cost in thousands - or millions - of dollars per hour when errors corrupt essential data, or critical objects are unavailable due to application failures. The worst case scenario - a site disaster - can close the doors of a business forever. And even if a major disaster never occurs, the resources required to make routine backups and process recoveries can have a significant impact on profitability. Global Forte's Backup and Recovery Solution is the fastest, safest, most cost-effective way to make routine backups, avoid failures, and recover from those that do occur. Its powerful products work together, enabling you to clean up corrupted data and proactively prepare to bring individual objects or entire installations back online.


SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
As experts in Java, C, C++ and PL/SQL, we will write any database or interface routines you need for your Internet or client/server projects.

At Global Forte, we also develop software. What does this mean to you? It means that along with providing you with expert DBAs, we can design, develop, and implement any software components that you may require. In most cases it is best to perform your data processing and logical routines on the server as this lends towards modularity and reduces network traffic. If you are developing a project that is based on a series of core database routines that will be accessed by your Internet or intranet clients, please consider us as experts in the development of these modules. You will save a great deal of time and money utilizing our experts.


DATA TRANSFORMATION
Many times corporate data appears in a form very different from the relational model. Migration of data and coordination between totally different systems requires that someone understands the basic types of data storage that exist today. We are experts at migrating data from legacy or other office systems into your database. We have experience with Oracle, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server, Excel, Access, Adabas and Informix, and we understand the issues that are involved in data migration and loading.