How to Create a Database Service

The purpose of a database service is to empower organizations with database environments that demonstrate availability, security and high performance. Without a strong, well-designed database system, a company or organization could slip into chaos. As the growth of information continue to skyrocket, the need for database services will steadily increase. Creating and investing in a database service may be a rewarding business venture. Several steps must be taken to make your database service a reality.

Steps

• 1

  Craft a business plan, with a strong vision of the database service you would like to create. Your vision should provide direction, inspiration and commitment, guiding decision-making and focusing on satisfying the needs of clients. Design your business plan in such a way that you differentiate yourself from other database services. This is how you impress lenders, investors and banks. Your plan becomes a tool for selling your database service.

• 2

  Hire several highly qualified database designers and support specialist. Qualified applicants should have a thorough knowledge of database types, formats and designs, including bibliographic, full-text database, numeric, image, audio and combinations. Candidates must have the skill set to perform such activities as installing, data modeling, data/application migration, and patching, tuning, updating, upgrading and monitoring as well as insuring system availability. Hiring such expertise will enable you to provide effective service to any company's operation system.

• 3

  Create a marketing plan to promote your database service. Get the word out. Produce a set of business cards, brochures and letterheads with your business logo. Create a website describing your service and what you are offering. Promote the expertise of your database support technicians. Organizations desire a database environment that will improve cost, efficiency and responsiveness. A good idea is to offer a 24/7 support service at the ready.

• 4

  Get a clear understanding regarding the organizations and the communities in which your database service will operate. The needs and applications within the organizations must be identified before a decision is made to execute your service. Several things need to be considered, such as the existing information, the services used, the users, the gaps that exist and the formats needed. Once this information is known, you are ready to execute a database service that will satisfy the needs of your potential clients.

• 5

  Determine the locations requiring database service for each department within the organization. This will largely depend on the needs and size of the organization. For example, a small company may need omly a single database to effectively manage information, while a large organization may need database service for several departments, including production, operations, internal operations and customer services.