Self Assessment Questions

Here are some questions to help determine if you might need the services of San Diego Data Pro. If you can answer yes to one or more of these questions, please contact SDDP to get a free evaluation of your software development needs.

• Is your business data unorganized, scattered across documents, spreadsheets, bits of paper?
  • A well designed database application gives you a single place where your data is stored and connected. This can dramatically improve your business quickly.
• Have your spreadsheets grown out of control and no longer meet your requirements?
  • Spreadsheets are great analysis tools. But they don't provide for the integrity of your data, and they allow you to enter anything anywhere. A well designed relational database keeps your data organized and accurate. And you can always export data into spreadsheets for offline analysis.
• Do you have home grown Access databases that don’t really meet your growing requirements?
  • San Diego Data Pro can help you grow your database applications into sophisticated business applications, whether they stay in Access, or move to a new platform such as web-based with ASP.Net.
• Have you taken a shot at designing your own databases, but you ran out of technical knowledge or time?
  • Let San Diego Data Pro be your expert in software and database design, so you can focus on your business.
• Do you have Access databases that are too large and need to be upsized to SQL Server?
  • You can keep your Access application, and have your data hosted in SQL Server. San Diego Data Pro is experienced in migrating databases from Access to SQL Server.
• Do you have Access databases that don’t function well in a multi-user environment?
  • San Diego Data Pro can analyze your applications and make the necessary changes to make your application perform well for everyone.
• Do you need a better software application or web site to interact with your data?
  • San Diego Data Pro can develop it in Access, as a Windows application, or an ASP.Net web application.
• Do you need your data to be accessible from remote locations or via the web?
  • When it's time to look at a web based solution, there are many things to think about: hosting, security, web site design, performance. San Diego Data Pro can help you make the right decisions.
• Do you need to import data from other formats into your database, or export your data in other formats?
  • You need an expert who understands data formats and the tools used to transfer data. Whether it is a one time import/export, or it is something you need to do on a regular basis, San Diego Data Pro can develop the best solution for you.
• Do you need your Access and SQL Server databases to be ‘cleaned up’, or tuned to run fast and efficient?
  • Sometimes databases that worked well before can get slow when the amount of data increases. Performance tuning is as much an art as a science. San Diego Data Pro has the experience to solve database performance problems.
• Do you have problems getting your data to come out in reports in the way you want?
  • Sometimes reports can be complex and require a lot of thought. Sometimes they are difficult because of an underlying deficiency in the design of your relational database. Let San Diego Data Pro help you make your reports show your data the way you want.
• Are you an independent software/database consultant who needs help with database design and tuning?
  • San Diego Data Pro can work as a subcontractor to help you with your project.