FinOps with hands on the buttons
FinOps Fiona provides real-time visibility into your expenses FinOps Fiona is your restaurant's smart, charming but strict accountant. Fiona likes…
Blog overview
‘You get the puzzles here that other organizations have lost track of’
From software development to databases I took a mbo course (mid-level college degree) in software development at the ROC's ICT…
The more often you do it, the better you get at it
Managed Database Services It has already been three years since I started at OptimaData as a DBA Consultant in the…
Datafact or Datafiction. How is your database performing?
What is a Database QuickScan? A Database QuickScan, or database assessment, is a comprehensive evaluation of the current state of…
Interview Gerard Zuidweg and Edco Wallet
Three different careers come together Edco: "Gerard, my brother Martijn and I started OptimaData in January 2017. Gerard is a…
Intra-query parallelism in databases
A quest for performance improvement Several years back, I was asked to investigate the performance of several queries. These queries…
Recruiter in the world of data. The value of…
Recruiter for data professionals Basically, I'm a recruiter, but dedicated to OptimaData. In that role, my main job is to…
Cloud database? Avoid an exponentially scaling invoice
In practice It may seem ideal, the pay-as-you-go model of the Cloud, but even then the costs can get significantly…
Choosing or moping?
Diversity of database solutions Allereerst is het belangrijk om te begrijpen dat er geen one-size-fits-all oplossing is als het gaat…
Databases as an indispensable backbone of your…
Structure and stability In the complex world of data architecture, databases are the solid backbone that provides structure and stability…
Kubernetes Operators and Postgres, which of the three?
The rise of cloud-native technologies As the importance of scalability, efficiency and cost savings rises, cloud-native technologies are increasingly in…
Database expert vs data engineer. Tribal struggle or collaboration
Difference in focus and expertise A database expert and a data engineer have a different focus. This may explain why…
