Database Development

Introduction

I.T. Programming have been developing database applications since the late 1980's initially in a VAX VMS environment using DCL, VMSForms and Datatrieve.

Databases

Things have changed a bit since those days but the database principals of good design that meet & satisfy business remains. We are not embarrassed to admit that we still value some of the "old school" principles of database design chiefly optimisation for maximum performance.

In our view some modern databases make it too easy for people without the necessary experience to build databases. All those nice pretty wizard interfaces may look great and simplify the process of creating a database. The database application may work great for a while but then comes the dreaded degradation in performance that comes with a poorly designed database.

We support the following databases:

How can we help?

  • Initial design and consultation
  • Investigate performance issues
  • Recommend and make enhancements

If you require help performance tuning a database then please contact us.