Author name: Kirk Davis

Phil Ekins leads the Database Modernization practice at Evolve Cloud Services. With almost 6 years at Amazon Web Services, guiding customers on architecting and tuning SQL Server on AWS and well over two decades of DBA experience, guiding customers on Cloud Architectures, Migrations, Virtualization and HA/DR Solutions, Phil brings the DBA’s needs to the world of cloud computing.

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AWS, Modernization, SQL Server

From Amazon Aurora to Dev Laptops: Babelfish for Local Development

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Background When a large consulting customer decided to modernize the database tier of their flagship platform, the scope was ambitious: migrate more than 20 production databases from RDS SQL Server to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL with Babelfish. The goal was to dramatically reduce costs and support the customer’s ongoing effort to achieve FedRAMP compliance. Evolve Cloud Services led […]

Cost Optimization, Modernization, SQL Server, Windows Server

Is today the day to move SQL Server to Open Source?

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Microsoft SQL Server powers mission-critical enterprise workloads across countless organizations, but this power comes with expensive enterprise licensing. Companies are increasingly exploring ways to manage these costs, from right-sizing existing workloads to considering open-source alternatives and complete SQL Server migration. In cloud computing, where costs directly correlate with utilization, the first step should always be

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