Consulting Services
Get in, do the job, and get out. JustPlainSimple provides consulting services in a variety of areas including those below. Click on a link to find out more. We are able to take short to long-term contracts, but our goal is to get the job done and the client educated on the end result, to the point where we are no longer needed.
If you are still unsure about if we can help you, please feel free to contact us and we can find out how our services can match your needs.
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Batch Processing Support
Do you really want to know what goes bump in the night? It is all of your nightly processes that are supposed to be fully automated. Those processes can experience stability or performance problems resulting from bad or overly complex designs. Batch jobs are required by businesses to do processing when huge data sets are involved or when the rest of the world is asleep. When batch systems go wrong, someone needs to be there to fix them. Our consultants are experienced with the simplest of cron jobs to complex batch software like Control-M and others.
Data Analysis
When a business systems analyst (BSA) is investigating a problem due to data in a database, they typically do not have the technical expertise to execute complex SQL statements (since they reside more at the business level). This is where our experience in data analysis comes in. As the technical expert for the data flowing into and out of a database, to retrieve ad-hoc reports from the database without having to call an expensive DBA.
Environment Management
If you have a large project spanning multiple teams, you are going to need to manage the environments. Even simple development, test, and production environments need web servers, application servers, and database servers. All of these environments must be set up correctly and efficiently on an ongoing basis. From Tomcat to WebLogic , JustPlainSimple specializes in configuring application servers for ease of deployment and testing, as well as writing deployment scripts and routines for moving custom code into specific environments.
Process Streamlining
Many processes are composed of simple, functional operations executed in a pre-determined order -- or at least that is the optimal state we all wish to be in. Unfortunately, many processes have evolved out of older processes that connect to legacy systems and different platforms and use myriad languages. Consequently, the process may be performing extra unnecessary operations. Software developers rarely use the same operating system used where the program code was deployed, so how are they supposed to accurately understand where the bottleneck and performance problems reside? Our consultants work with the design and development team to understand which processes can be refactored into streamlined processes, capable of handling both error conditions and load.
Solution Design
Stuck on a technical problem? We may be able to help you or at least point you in the right direction. Solution Design is a bit of a catch-all statement that depends solely on what type of problem you are facing. At JustPlainSimple, we enjoy solving annoying problems that just won't seem to go away, so contact us and we will see how your problem can be solved.
