Datum

Cloud consultancy for database-heavy estates

A consultancy in Guatemala, Datum specialises in cloud platforms, databases and infrastructure. It covers DevOps, infrastructure as code, containers and database work, and says it can help organisations of any size at any stage of a move to the cloud. The firm was founded in 1988 and describes more than thirty years of experience serving demanding sectors, with clients supported around the clock, on site or remotely.

Migration and automation

Cloud migration is one core service: systems and databases are moved to the cloud, and on-premise Oracle databases are moved to Oracle's own cloud infrastructure (OCI). The company also offers automation and configuration management for those systems, so that the way they are set up is managed rather than left to chance.

Database engineering and recovery

The database work includes Real Application Clusters, disaster recovery, failover and backup planning, and the diagnosis of faults and performance problems. One case study concerns a critical database that was corrupted during maintenance, for which Datum designed a bespoke procedure to recover the data. Another concerns a web service whose updates had to roll out without any visible effect on the customers using it.

Data warehousing and integration

The analytics practice covers data warehouse design and optimisation, ETL development, and analysis and visualisation of the results. The firm also builds applications and integrations, including forms and reports, middleware, and the links that let one application work with another.

Data centre administration and support

Datum offers 24x7 administration of data centres, covering servers, databases, virtualisation, networks, operating systems, storage and a security operations centre (SOC). It describes its clients as receiving round-the-clock service, delivered on site and remotely.

Case work across sectors

The company's case studies include the health ministry of Guatemala, which uses Oracle Cloud and its autonomous database to register and track COVID-19 vaccinations and diagnostic tests nationwide. Other cases include the move of a distribution business's Oracle database to Oracle's cloud, supporting its operations across Central America; a business group that cut its data update times for SAP environments by 70 per cent; a utilities regulator's platform upgrade; a telephone company's data warehouse migration to Oracle Exadata; and a regional bank moving its core credit card application from client-server to the web.