// SCALING UP //
database environment , the cost of hiring a dedicated team of DBAs was prohibitive .
In addition to this , the environment needed urgent optimisation as the company was missing out on business opportunities due to the time-sensitive nature of the online monitoring and 24 / 7 proactive management of the critical Microsoft SQL environments .
The onboarding process was seamless : “ I was chased pretty constantly by Node4 to make sure I was sticking to deadlines that were imposed ,” said Godbold . “ I work
“
THE FACT THAT NODE4 WERE ON IT , HITTING
DEADLINES AND REMAINING
TRANSPARENT WITH GOOD
COMMUNICATION WAS A GREAT START TO OUR
WORKING RELATIONSHIP
AND A PROMISING SIGN . acquisition process . If the system could respond quicker to the circa 40,000 daily applications , this would increase the volume of acquisitions .
The solution
Given the need for database managed services in the UK , the team started reaching out to various companies , eventually coming to Node4 .
James Godbold , CIO at Loans2Go , said : “ From the off , we wanted to work with a provider that could offer not only the technical expertise but the great support model that we needed . When we spoke with Node4 , we knew it would go further than just the baselevel requirements and help us with additional critical consultancy .”
Loans2Go decided to take a suite of solutions from Node4 to address the challenges of its legacy infrastructure , which includes full with so many suppliers that come up with a project timeline , and it ’ s normally me chasing them ! The fact that Node4 were on it , hitting deadlines and remaining transparent with good communication was a great start to our working relationship and a promising sign , in my opinion .”
The relationship began with Node4 conducting a full review of the current infrastructure and highlighting areas which needed improvement . These were listed out clearly and concisely along with a severity grading . A plan was put together , and work began to remediate the issues . Node4 was also tasked with identifying bottlenecks within the environment . The team at Node4 was able to pinpoint several problem queries along with remediation tips , which included query re-writes and the careful placement of new indexes .
Node4 was also instrumental in helping Loans2Go overhaul and migrate its
66 intelligent
. tech
Intelligent SME . tech