Nervescape

Integration & applications

Oracle

Database and application assessment, integration and cloud planning.

Capability in business terms

Why this capability matters

Separate the business constraint from the inherited implementation choice. Most "requirements" turn out to be one or the other.

What we typically scope

Database and application assessment, integration, performance, licence position, cloud planning.

How we approach the work

Review dependencies and operating requirements before choosing a target.

Work we take on

Example engagement — illustrative. Typical scopes of work, not named client case studies.

Licence position before an audit

Why it happens
Licensing has evolved through virtualisation and cloud moves and the current position is unclear.
How we work it
Inventory deployments against entitlements, assess virtualisation and processor counting, identify options in use but not licensed, model remediation and consolidation choices.
What you end up with
A written licence position with quantified exposure and remediation options ranked by cost.

Queries that got slow and nobody knows when

Why it happens
Batch windows are overrunning and the usual answer has been to add hardware.
How we work it
Capture wait events and execution plans over a full cycle, identify plan regressions and missing or unusable indexes, review statistics and optimiser settings, test fixes in a representative environment.
What you end up with
Ranked findings with measured before-and-after timings, and a hardware decision made on evidence.

Deciding whether to move to OCI or elsewhere

Why it happens
An infrastructure refresh is due and the cloud target is contested.
How we work it
Model licence implications per target, assess latency and data-gravity constraints, cost three-year TCO including run and exit, identify what must move together.
What you end up with
A three-year comparison per target with licence treatment made explicit, and a recommendation with the reasoning stated.

EBS with an uncertain future

Why it happens
E-Business Suite is heavily customised and the roadmap decision has been deferred for years.
How we work it
Catalogue customisations and their business justification, identify which are now standard functionality, assess support horizon, model stay-modernise-replace with costs and risk.
What you end up with
A customisation register with current justification, and three costed options with the risks of each written down.

High availability that has never been tested

Why it happens
A standby exists and a failover has never been performed.
How we work it
Review configuration and lag, define a test with rollback, execute a controlled switchover in a maintenance window, measure actual recovery time against the stated objective, document the gaps.
What you end up with
A measured recovery time against the stated objective, a tested procedure, and gaps documented rather than assumed away.

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Ways to engage

By the hourA specialist, for the time you need.By the sprintA defined outcome. A defined finish.By the squadA team you can get to know.Managed operationsA system with someone accountable.

How we approach the work

Understand the estate

Map dependencies, constraints, decision owners and the current operating model.

Make the decision explicit

Record options, risks, costs and acceptance criteria before implementation.

Make the handover usable

Document changes, operating instructions and the remaining risks.

Delivery is subject to specialist fit and availability.

Start with clarity.

What would make your business easier to run?

Tell us the operational challenge. We will discuss whether a short conversation, a scoped assessment or a delivery engagement is the right next step.

Discuss your business challenge