Managed IT Services | Database Managed Services

Database managed services

Pythian delivers 24/7 database managed services, monitoring and support, 365 days a year. We are a proactive partner, continuously optimizing the performance of your database and strengthening security. Our teams specialize in over 45 database, cloud, and data warehouse technologies.

No matter where your data lives, Pythian can manage it better—saving you up to 60% more. 

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Pythian is known as the best database managed service provider

For over 3 decades, we’ve delivered world-class data management services to global customers—ensuring databases are reliable, scalable, secure and seamlessly operate. 

60%

Decrease in operational spending

By partnering with Pythian customers cut operational costs with our database management service.

25,000+

Databases managed

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from data platforms, warehouses, data lakes, databases to cloud.

500+

Global customers 

As a global database managed service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades.

HealthTech leader saves $700K/yr by outsourcing data management

Pythian helped a global medical device leader modernize its complex database environment, standardize operations, improve monitoring, and deliver enhanced system performance and reliability.

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Our full-service database management approach

Pythian goes beyond day-to-day database management—we optimize the performance of your databases to ensure better data availability, stronger security, and set up your systems to scale as your business grows.

Optimize database performance with Pythian as your partner

Databases are the backbone of your business. When you partner with Pythian, our teams continuously optimize your database performance to ensure your systems seamlessly operate so you can focus on what matters most—business growth.
Optimize database performance with Pythian as your partner

24/7 database monitoring with better tooling and real-time reports

Pythian’s database monitoring tools and real-time reporting dashboard ensure issues are proactively detected. Our database monitoring tooling runs continuous health checks to keep your databases running smoothly—improving performance and better security.
24/7 database monitoring with better tooling and real-time reports

Rapid issue response times with on-call, global teams

If database issues occur, Pythian responds immediately. With our depth of experience and technical expertise, we quickly find the root cause of the database issue and permanently resolve it. We are on call—night and day, available to you no matter what time it is.
Rapid issue response times with on-call, global teams

Minimize business disruption with seamless operations

Pythian ensures your systems are seamlessly operating. We implement  redundancy, load balancing, and failover clustering solutions for better business continuity—even during planned or unplanned downtime.
Minimize business disruption with seamless operations

Reduce downtime with regular database maintenance

Pythian performs routine system maintenance, including database updates and patches to prevent vulnerabilities and ensure databases run smoothly. We’ve completed thousands of database upgrades—unlock new features, reduce risk, optimize costs, and maintain support.
Reduce downtime with regular database maintenance

Higher data availability with more reliable databases

Data is readily available and accessible to users without interruption. Pythian will set up data replication and fault tolerance to minimize downtime and data loss, ensuring businesses can continue operating without interruption.
Higher data availability with more reliable databases

Ensure your databases are built for scalability

Be confident your systems can scale when you need them to. Pythian will evaluate systems to determine the best database strategy to handle workloads, adapt to spikes in demand, while maintaining speed and responsiveness.
Ensure your databases are built for scalability

Protect your business with stronger database security

Pythian ensures data security measures are in place to protect your business—we implement solutions such as encryption and access controls, etc. to protect against unauthorized access and data breaches.
Protect your business with stronger database security

Be confident in your disaster recovery and backup plan

Pythian will define a business continuity plan that includes disaster recovery procedures and communication strategies. Robust backup and recovery protocols are essential for restoring data quickly in case of a disaster—mitigating the impact of any foreseeable disruptions.
Be confident in your disaster recovery and backup plan

No matter where your data resides, Pythian is here to manage it better

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from data platforms, data warehouses, data lakes, databases to cloud.

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Pythian's database management services can support you—no matter the data ecosystem

Pythian's database consultants have experience supporting customers around the globe in optimizing their databases. We have the expertise to efficiently guide customers toward their database goals, no matter their choice of database ecosystem.

SQL Server managed services

Pythian offers managed services for SQL Server, enabling customers to outsource the administration, maintenance, and optimization of their databases. These services are designed to alleviate database management burdens from internal IT teams, freeing them to concentrate on core business functions and innovation.
SQL Server managed services

Oracle Database managed services

We offer comprehensive Oracle Database managed services, covering administration, maintenance, and optimization for Oracle Database environments. Leveraging cloud solutions such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Database Management and Oracle Autonomous Database, our services aim to alleviate the operational strain of database management, enabling our customers to concentrate on their primary business objectives.
Oracle Database managed services

MySQL managed services

Pythian’s MySQL managed services empower IT teams to prioritize application development and crucial innovations that foster competitive advantage. We provide the expertise and support needed to conquer database administration challenges, freeing your team from the burdens of database management.
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Find the database administrators (DBA) you need

Pythian’s database management service includes a dedicated team of DBAs who specialize in the technologies you use. Save money and time not only hiring but managing internal Database Administrators. We become an extension of your team, ensuring your databases are managed, monitored and supported 24/7, 365 days of the year with proactive performance optimizations. 

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By hiring Pythian, we've been able to save the headcount that we would have had to hire out in the market, saving us hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. So, I think it's a big win for Harvard Business Publishing to have Pythian as a partner.
Stefano McGhee

Senior Manager of DevOps at Harvard Business Publishing

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Pythian will be managing your databases within 4 weeks

Our guarantee is that we go above and beyond our customers expectations as their database management partner. To ensure we deliver white-glove service, there are a few steps we need to complete before we begin managing your databases.

Database performance optimizations 

Pythian will conduct a thorough database health check assessment to evaluate your database performance, security, and configuration. Our teams will optimize the performance of your databases for peak performance before we begin managing them. We will provide performance tuning recommendations and work with you to create a blueprint for future optimizations.

Our goal is to ensure your systems are always operating at peak performance—starting with performant operating systems.

Set clear service level agreements

Together, we will establish clear service level agreements (SLA). This ensures we minimize downtime, address issues quickly, and align on response times and systems performance expectations. 

Install database monitoring

Pythian’s monitoring and alerting tool is tightly integrated with Pythian’s business processes and third-party tools like Jira, Opsgenie, and GitHub. It integrates easily into the client’s existing tooling ecosystem and provides value without major architecture changes.

DBA onboarding

Following a comprehensive review, we seamlessly transition your database environments over to our team of Database Administrators (DBA). Pythian’s teams of DBAs will provide you with regular updates on database performance, monitoring and maintenance, providing performance optimizations to ensure we strengthen security, improve system reliability and your business has greater accessibility to data. 

Better database management—get more, for less.

Save 60% in operational costs with Pythian’s database management services

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Hear what our database management customers have to say about Pythian as their chosen partner

With over 3 decades of database experience, managing thousands of customers systems, we deliver flexible database managed service solutions that suit your business needs.

HealthTech leader saves $700K/yr by outsourcing database management
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HealthTech leader saves $700K/yr by outsourcing database management

Pythian helped a leading medical device company modernize its database infrastructure, improving operational efficiency and boosting reliability.
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Harvard Business Publishing saved over $700,000 a year with remote DBA services
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Harvard Business Publishing saved over $700,000 a year with remote DBA services

By partnering with Pythian, Harvard Business Publishing eliminated the need to hire and train in-house DBAs for multiple database platforms. This partnership saved them hundreds of thousands of dollars per year compared to hiring an internal team.

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International bank partners with Pythian for 24x7 database support
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International bank partners with Pythian for 24x7 database support

When an international bank’s payment platform experienced aggressive customer growth, the demand threatened to cause database performance and security issues. The bank leaned into Pythian for their database expertise to alleviate internal teams. 

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about database management services

What is database management?

Database management is the responsibility of managing the structure, access, manipulation, archiving, storage, integrity, etc. of company data.

Pythian delivers database management services—providing customers with teams of remote database administrators who deliver 24/7 database management, monitoring and support. 

What is included as part of a database management service?

Pythian offers a full-service and proactive approach to database management. Pythian’s database management services includes: 
24/7 database support: Pythian ensures our customers systems are always being managed and performance is maintained—no matter what day or time it is.  
Proactive database performance optimizations: Pythian is continuously improving database performance to increase systems reliability, security and data availability. 
Advanced database monitoring tool: Pythian runs daily, weekly, and monthly health checks to evaluate database performance. 
Immediate issue response times: Pythian delivers lightning speed response times—ensuring if an issue occurs, our DBAs are immediately responding to resolve the issue before it impacts our customer’s business.

Why is Pythian the best choice for database management services?

Pythian has been delivering world-class database management services for almost 3 decades. Pythian is the best choice for businesses looking for database management services. Pythian delivers a proactive approach to database management services—ensuring database performance is continuously optimized, customers receive database monitoring reports, immediate response times and 24/7 database support. 

Businesses can expect to optimize database performance, minimize business disruption, reduce downtime, achieve higher data availability, ensure databases are built to scale, and benefit from stronger database security, all while saving up to as much as 60% in operational costs when they choose Pythian as their partner for database management services. 

What companies deliver cost-effective database managed services?

By partnering with Pythian, customers can cut operational costs by up to 60% with our remote database management services. When you compare hiring and training in-house database administrators to partnering with Pythian, you will see savings of over $300,000. 

What database technologies are included in database management services?

Pythian’s database administrators services support over 45+ technologies, including data platforms, warehouses, databases, and cloud environments. Pythian has teams of database administrators (DBA) who specialize in the database technologies our customers use including Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, MariaDB, IBM DB2, etc.

What is the typical onboarding process for Pythian's database management services?

Pythian has a structured four-week onboarding process that includes a thorough database health check, defining clear service level agreements (SLA), setting up database monitoring and enabling DBA access, and finally, a seamless handoff of database management to our team of database administrators.

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