Thinking big with improved data partnership

Leading monitoring and analysis solution makes improving SQL Server performance easier than ever

SolutionsPT has announced a new partnership with Confio Software to distribute Ignite for SQL Server, as the company puts ‘Unlocking Big data’ at the heart of its strategy.

As the amount and variety of data in manufacturing environments grows, so do the skills required to capture, manage, and analyse this data. Designed to maximise database performance levels and increase internal efficiencies in ‘Big Data’ environments, Ignite analyses where an SQL Server database is spending time and causing application users to wait, resolving performance problems faster than any other solution.

It is equipped with a host of powerful capabilities and benefits to make improving SQL Server performance as easy and efficient as possible, helping users gain a greater understanding of wait types, and in doing so eliminating bottlenecks, improving application service and reducing overall cost of SQL Server operations.

Although few British or Irish manufacturing businesses currently have a Big Data strategy, SolutionsPT is predicting that spend on Big Data technology and services is set to increase dramatically by 2015 as organisations embrace Big Data initiatives to create competitive advantage.

Paul O’Connell, Managed Services Operations & Product Manager at SolutionsPT: “The challenge of processing big data is acute in manufacturing environments, where companies find themselves managing and trying to interpret a diverse range of data assets. Ignite is ideal for ‘big data’ organisations which use critical data either on their plant floor or within their corporate infrastructure. It is a must have tool for proactive database environments that want to save their users time, maximize current hardware infrastructure and decrease problem resolution time. Our relationship with Confio perfectly positions us to capitalise on the growth of the Big Data software service sector.”

Ignite includes response time analysis capabilities which recognise SQL Server performance problems in just four clicks, helping tackle the root causes of any issue. And with less than 1% load on monitored servers, Ignite is the lightest high-performance monitoring tool available.

Other benefits include Ignite’s ability to correlate response time to server health, meaning delays can be tracked for each query and then compared to server health and session information for the complete picture.