Service Offerings

Need help with specific initiatives?  Solid Quality Mentors brings world-class, rock-star talent to you when your circumstances require the best.  Below is a brief listing of our Service Offerings, but with more than 500 customers, there is little our Mentors haven't done for clients. 

Contact us (info@solidq.com) to further discuss how we can help you.

Performance Tuning & Optimization Service Offerings

Solid Quality's "PTO" Service Offerings are designed to quickly identify the root cause of current or future application performance issues. Opportunities for immediate performance improvements will be reviewed and implemented when appropriate.

  • SQL Server Performance Tuning & Optimization - Identification (and recommendations) of root cause for performance issues within a specific application and/or SQL Server instance(s).
  • SSAS Performance Tuning & Optimization - Assessment & Recommendations of SSAS environment for optimal performance
  • .Net Performance Tuning & Optimization - Application (code) specific assessment and recommendations using best practices and automated tools
  • Hardware Expansion Assessment - Measure twice, cut once. Identify likely opportunities to improve application performance prior to purchasing new or additional hardware. If hardware is still needed, specific recommendations will be given.

Business Intelligence Service Offerings

ETL, Data Warehousing, OLAP, Analytics, Enterprise Reporting, Performance Management, Dashboards, Data Mining

  • SSIS Framework - Establish a reusable ETL framework to speed development and improve performance
  • SSAS Performance Tuning & Optimization - Assessment & Recommendations of SSAS environment for optimal performance
  • PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics Jumpstart - Focused effort to help evaluate and realize quick value from PPS Monitoring and Analytics
  • PerformancePoint Monitoring & Analytics Upgrade - Expert help for assessing and planning a migration to PPS Monitoring and Analytics
  • PerformancePoint Planning Jumpstart - Focused effort to help rapidly implement a budgeting, forecasting and consolidation solution with PPS Planning
  • Data Mining Jumpstart - Introduction of Data Mining to your environment to improve the value of strategic decision making

Architecture Service Offerings

  • SQL Server Upgrade (Assessment & Planning) - Roadmap to define which SQL Server product(s) to upgrade to, timing, scope, and a high level migration plan.
  • Application Architecture (Design Assessment) - Assess existing Application Design, recommendations for optimal architecture, best practices
  • SQL Server Consolidation (Assessment & Planning) -Assess database consolidation opportunities, with expected benefit, resources and budgeting recommendations. Considerations for both physical and virtual environments
  • Hardware Expansion Assessment - Measure twice, cut once. Ensure that your planned hardware purchase is no more and no less than what you need for optimal application performance.

Mentoring and Custom Service Offerings

  • Side-by-side Mentoring Intensives - A 2-5 day, side-by-side engagement to improve the skills of a specific strategic technical resource. Particularly useful when transferring past experience to a new platform or technology.
  • Private Training - Customized, Public Solid Quality courses delivered on customer site, for groups as small as 3 resources.