Data and Business Ops with SQL Server
Database ops are hindered by out of date, expensive, narrowly defined and poorly integrated tools, and legacy storage. Modernization fails at the starting line for lack of cooperation between database and storage teams, is simply unaffordable, and lacks data security, visibility, and agility.
What is needed is a solution that uses commodity storage, managed by DBAs, that provides secure data on-demand, with built in security, auditability, and performance reporting.
Security, Audit and Compliance
GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS, and other regulations require security built into the database management, refresh, and delivery process. Windocks builds security into database images, and provides a fully auditable record of security policies, images, updates, and user and group level access. Windocks works with existing enterprise security policies, including Active Directory, Windows Authentication, encrypted data and credentials, and is proven in use by leading global Financial Service Providers.
Reporting and Performance Dashboards
Where current data operations are opaque, Windocks provides full visibility into database operations, with dashboards and reporting on database images, updates, security policies, and usage. DevOps initiatives are supported with insights into Hot Fix delivery, or duration of database environments in the DevOps pipeline.
Feedback enhances team level collaboration, and provides management with insights to lead and optimize data operations.
Agility (and costs)
Windocks is an easy addition to existing systems, implemented and managed by DBAs, and drives ROI in the first week. Reporting and analysis uses near real-time production data. Storage costs are reduced by 99%, and compute resources are saved. Business agility is enhanced with support of existing systems with SQL Server containers and Kubernetes. Businesses gain portability to operate either on premise or in the cloud.
A modern SQL Server refresh and delivery process is the first step toward DevOps and agile business operations. Prove the benefits of secure production database images and database cloning, and then adopt SQL Server containers. Windocks SQL Server containers are not another technology silo, but work with existing SQL Server instances and infrastructure.
