Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system produced by Microsoft. that runs on a Windows platform. The main plus points of MS SQL are better security, reliability, and more advanced backup.
MS SQL Server is used for small-to-medium sized databases as well as large enterprise databases. MS SQL Server databases can be used in your ASP/Perl/iHTML scripts through the use of an ODBC DSN or DSN less datasource.
A growing trend in the development circles is that MS SQL Server databases are being widely used to support critical enterprise applications. The cost/performance benefits of Microsoft SQL Server on the Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 platforms have fueled the growth of SQL Server as a platform for enterprise-class applications.
According to Microsoft, SQL Server 2005 is designed to help enterprises address these challenges. “This next-generation data management and analysis solution delivers increased security, scalability, and availability to enterprise data and analytical applications, while making them easier to build, deploy, and manage,” says their website.
What are the major advantages of MS MQL?
Microsoft did a major update on the existing SQL Server 2000 by upgrading it to SQL Server 2005. Extending the strengths of the previous version, the 2005 version provides an integrated data management and analysis solution that can help your staff do the following:
- Build, deploy, and manage enterprise applications that are more secure, scalable, and reliable
- Maximize IT productivity by reducing the complexity of developing and supporting database applications
- Share data across multiple platforms, applications, and devices to make it easier to connect internal and external systems
- Control costs without sacrificing performance, availability, scalability, or security
- SQL Server compiles each stored procedure once and then reutilizes the execution plan. This results in tremendous performance boosts when stored procedures are called repeatedly
- If network bandwidth is a concern in your environment, you'll be happy to learn that stored procedures can reduce long SQL queries to a single line that is transmitted over the wire.
- Stored procedures can be used by multiple users and client programs. If you utilize them in a planned manner, you'll find the development cycle takes less time
- You can grant users permission to execute a stored procedure independently of underlying table permissions.
Where can I get a dedicated full-time MS SQL resource?
At Stylus Inc! Our MS SQL specialists are not freelancers; instead they are employees of Stylus who will work on your project only. You pay for the work they do and that’s it! We’ll take care of their work stations, salary and related issues etc.
All our MS SQL Server specialists have extensive industry experience and are well-versed in many aspects of MS SQL development. They are good communicators that have showed consistency in understanding client requirements and applying their technical, analytical and creative skills to come up with business-oriented solutions not just technological solutions.
When it comes to objective planning, Stylus programmers have always displayed excellent entrepreneurial skills and along with their real hands-on programming experience they’ve impacted many clients’ business bottomline. They’re bright, energetic types who keep the organization growing.
Our team of dedicated MS SQL Server Specialists:
- Keep up breast knowledge about the latest developments in MS SQL scenario
- Have experience in object oriented analysis and design
- Have an understanding of software development process
- Have an understanding of how to work with open source technologies
How much would I save if I hire dedicated MS SQL specialists from Stylus?
Stylus Inc offers a monthly rate card for MS SQL specialists who’ll work only on your project and complete the tasks in stipulated time. Hiring programmers on full-time basis is highly flexible as in it can follow any development life cycle. You’ll be provided with a competent Project / IT manager on his side and your involvement is high. This ensures that your outsourcing venture is highly successful and meets all your business objectives.
What is the basis of your pricing? Can you give me examples?
This is a least cost option hence you'll have budget predictability and IP ownership. The dedicated team working for you is highly flexible i.e. they can start with any level of expertise on the application. This places a high amount of control in your hands.
What is the difference in costs when I hire a programmer from India as compared to the US?
We have a lot of positions/departments involved in the application development. You could work with a single programmer on all facets, including project design, choosing the right database, testing and fixes. One programmer in the US is currently paid about $80,000/year.
How will working with Stylus Inc be cheaper?
While it’s true that a talented programmer in the US will be in the range mentioned, the actual cost to company for every employee is substantially more. In addition to the salary, every company needs to make other statutory payments for each employee. In addition, for each role, there will be other infrastructure costs such as hardware, software, utility and space costs that get added as overheads.
Thus for a programmer who earns an annual salary of $80,000 the total cost to the company is in excess of $100,000.
In the case of our team, you will not require all services on a continuous basis. In a typical project, the analysis, architecture and design takes up approximately 15% of the time in terms of effort and costs approximately 20% of the total cost, project management takes up approximately 20% of effort and 28% of cost, and development and testing takes the remaining 65% effort and 52% of the cost.
On the whole, a 12 man month project that would take approximately a year for your programmer in the US (costing you about $100,000) can be completed in about 6 months by a team in India, and at an approximate total cost of $40,000.
At Stylus you can choose to hire a single ASP.NET programmer or a team depending on your requirements. Contact Us to work out the specific details of this arrangement.
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