August 24, 2026
Officially – we publish our DBA as a Service pricing because we’d rather you know what this costs and how it works before we ever get on a sales call. Unofficially? I put the pricing up there because I HATE looking for a service and seeing “contact us for pricing.” I know what’s coming next,
August 18, 2026
We inherit a lot of SQL Server environments. And a thing that happens more often than I’d like is that we find a completed SQL Server health check sitting in the environment already. A pretty darn good one, too. The findings are right, the recommendations make sense, and a lot of the time we know
August 13, 2026
Awhile back I wrote about how acquirers can maximize ROI with their SQL Server during due diligence. That post was about the deal and using some expertise to help before. This post is for some choices after the ink dries on your new acquisition. There’s a pattern we’ve lived through many times at Straight Path.
August 11, 2026
We make money selling DBA as a Service here at Straight Path, but I’d rather not take your money if it isn’t a perfect fit. Being transparent aligns with all of our values, so why not tell folks when a client isn’t an ideal fit. There are at least three situations where, if you called
August 10, 2026
…on a fully patched SQL Server 2014. And “fully” patched is why I’m writing this post. You know the thriller movies where they keep looking for the creepy stalker type? The phone calls keep coming, the signs of stalking are there, and they do a bunch of digging and through the taps or traps they
August 6, 2026
Long before I was the founder of a managed services company doing SQL Server work (back when I would have laughed at you if you told me I would ever had a team), I was a DBA, and sometimes I was the lone DBA at a company… Having an amazing DBA, having reliable coverage, and
August 5, 2026
The Broadcom acquisition of VMware pushed licensing costs up across the tech sector, forcing IT leaders and MSPs to explore alternative hypervisors. Alternatives like Proxmox, Hyper-V, Nutanix, HPE Morpheus or moving directly to cloud platforms like Azure are rapidly gaining traction as teams rush to eliminate the crazy spend Broadcom is looking for or their
August 4, 2026
I wrote a longer piece a while back on evaluating SQL Server managed service providers and a shorter one on Linked In with 3 questions I’d ask before hiring one. Both of those are more about who you’re trusting – and that’s really the most important thing to consider. This one’s more mechanical… the actual
