Service Offerings

Need help with specific initiatives?  Solid Quality Mentors brings world-class, rock-star talent to you when your circumstances require the best.  Below is a brief listing of our Service Offerings, but with more than 500 customers, there is little our Mentors haven't done for clients. 

Contact us (info@solidq.com) to further discuss how we can help you.

Get on the Fast Track to SQL Server 2008 Data Warehousing Read for Full Details

Microsoft's SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse reference architectures take the guess work out of setting up a SQL Server 2008 infrastructure optimized for data warehousing. The Fast Track reference architectures provide hardware and software configurations for a scale-up data warehouse database, targeted at up to 15TB of data.

Now, Solid Quality Mentors' new "Fast Track to SQL Server 2008" solution offering can help you take advantage of the Fast Track reference architectures as quickly as possible. Whether you have an existing data warehouse solution (running on SQL Server or another platform) or a new data warehouse project, we can help you through the entire Fast Track process from planning and selection to setup and testing.

Getting to a fully implemented SQL Server 2008 Fast Track hardware platform requires initial upfront planning and then proper configuration and implementation of the platform . . . Read more

SQL Server 2008 Data Warehouse Competitive Benchmark

Providing organizations an apples-to-apples cost and performance evaluation of SQL Server 2008 against their Teradata, Oracle, or DB2 data warehouse solutions.

The 2-3 week benchmark involves using the organization's data warehouse data, migrated to SQL Server 2008, and implemented on a scale-up SQL Server Fast Track architecture or a scale-out SQL Server Madison platform. The benchmark targets individual and concurrent query performance as well as a cost estimate comparison between SQL Server 2008 data warehouse platform and a competitive platform.

For finding out the ideal customer profile and deliverables . . . Read more

MAPS - SolidQ's recent launch of a joint offering with Microsoft 

The Microsoft Assessment & Planning Solution is a Two Day "Best Practices" session for managing all Versions of SQL Server. 

  • MAPS software documents all SQL instances
    • Automated discovery & documentation for patch management, inheritance, SOX/regulatory
  • SQL Server 2008 Training for new components that support best practices in management
    • Resource Governor
    • Policy Based Management
    • Performance Data Warehouse

Performance Tuning & Optimization Service Offerings

Solid Quality's "PTO" Service Offerings are designed to quickly identify the root cause of current or future application performance issues. Opportunities for immediate performance improvements will be reviewed and implemented when appropriate.

  • SQL Server Performance Tuning & Optimization - Identification (and recommendations) of root cause for performance issues within a specific application and/or SQL Server instance(s).
  • SSAS Performance Tuning & Optimization - Assessment & Recommendations of SSAS environment for optimal performance
  • .Net Performance Tuning & Optimization - Application (code) specific assessment and recommendations using best practices and automated tools
  • Hardware Expansion Assessment - Measure twice, cut once. Identify likely opportunities to improve application performance prior to purchasing new or additional hardware. If hardware is still needed, specific recommendations will be given.

Business Intelligence Service Offerings

ETL, Data Warehousing, OLAP, Analytics, Enterprise Reporting, Performance Management, Dashboards, Data Mining

  • SSIS Framework - Establish a reusable ETL framework to speed development and improve performance
  • SSAS Performance Tuning & Optimization - Assessment & Recommendations of SSAS environment for optimal performance
  • PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics Jumpstart - Focused effort to help evaluate and realize quick value from PPS Monitoring and Analytics
  • PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics Upgrade - Expert help for assessing and planning a migration to PPS Monitoring and Analytics
  • PerformancePoint Planning Jumpstart - Focused effort to help rapidly implement a budgeting, forecasting and consolidation solution with PPS Planning
  • Data Mining Jumpstart - Introduction of Data Mining to your environment to improve the value of strategic decision making

Architecture Service Offerings

  • SQL Server Upgrade (Assessment & Planning) - Roadmap to define which SQL Server product(s) to upgrade to, timing, scope, and a high level migration plan.
  • Application Architecture (Design Assessment) - Assess existing Application Design, recommendations for optimal architecture, best practices
  • SQL Server Consolidation (Assessment & Planning) -Assess database consolidation opportunities, with expected benefit, resources and budgeting recommendations. Considerations for both physical and virtual environments
  • Hardware Expansion Assessment - Measure twice, cut once. Ensure that your planned hardware purchase is no more and no less than what you need for optimal application performance.

Mentoring and Custom Service Offerings

  • Side-by-side Mentoring Intensives - A 2-5 day, side-by-side engagement to improve the skills of a specific strategic technical resource. Particularly useful when transferring past experience to a new platform or technology.
  • Private Training - Customized, Public Solid Quality courses delivered on customer site, for groups as small as 3 resources.