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RDB Consulting
RDB Consulting is an outsource IT and Consulting company based in Johannesburg [|Johannesburg], South Africa [|South Africa]. The name, RDB, stands for [|Relational Database] and was started in 1995. It operates as a database outsourcing and consulting company with Linux/UNIX support.

RDB Consulting specializes in four areas: [|relational databases], [|operating systems], monitoring and [|enterprise resource planning]. Under IT Outsourcing, the company offers managed services such as [|Oracle], Oracle’s eBusiness Suite, [|Sybase], [|MS SQL], [|Unix], [|Linux] and [|Windows Server]. RDB Consulting’s outsourcing model also includes key resource support, where one of their [|Database Administrators] would provide technical support when a company’s key personnel go on leave, don’t have the necessary capacity or skills, are sick or resign. RDB Consulting partners and maintains relationships with [|Oracle], [|Sybase] and [|Microsoft].

History
Founder and CEO Jaroslav Cerny started the company in 1995. The focus was to provided flexible, specialised IT Skills. The company set out to provide outsourced [|Database Administration] that can implement new systems and help out with tasks such as monitoring and [|disaster recovery].

The company focuses on providing service-based solutions as opposed to “time and material” services. RDB Consulting provides technical solutions for their clients, such as Oracle’s suite of database security solutions, in-house developed pro-active monitoring and comprehensive site documentation and health checks. Some of RDB Consulting’s largest clients include [|MTN], [|Vodacom], [|Harmony Gold], [|British American Tobacco], [|Sappi], uBank, Oasis and [|Barloworld Logistics]. The outsource business model that RDB Consulting offers provides these clients 24/7 [|IT support] and standby (with full escalation callout procedures) and knowledge retention through full site documentation.

In 2009 the company appointed Ken Jarvis (Jika Africa), an IT change-agent to assist the company to gear for growth. Ken Jarvis has previously consulted to major organizations such as the [|South African Revenue Services] (SARS). RDB Consulting appointed Alain Michel, former CEO of [|Atos]) as a business advisor in 2010.

Key Services
RDB Consulting services:

Outsourcing and consulting

 * [|Relational databases]
 * [|Operating systems]
 * [|Database security]
 * [|Enterprise resource planning]

Database administration

 * Site audits and problem rectification
 * Database set-up and installation
 * Back-up and recovery
 * Monitoring and alerting
 * Performance tuning
 * Database maintenance
 * Capacity planning
 * High availability set-up and configuration (Oracle RAC)
 * Disaster recovery
 * Database security configuration and maintenance
 * Monthly management reporting

Recent news
On 17 March 2010, RDB Consulting was awarded [|Oracle] Platinum Partner Status In January 2012, RDB partnered with Oracle to offer [|database security]