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Hi there,

My amazing wife recently gave birth to our first child. We have been blessed with a beautiful daughter who is enriching our lives in many ways. However, with any newborn you quickly work out that the amount of sleep that you enjoyed only a few short weeks ago is a thing of the past.

The last few nights have reminded me of when I carried a support pager. The pager never left my side, I had no idea when it would wake me up or what I would be faced with. Just like operational support, when a baby cries you somehow find the energy to wake up and respond. However, over time, waking up in the middle of the night starts to impact your ability to maintain all the business as usual and project activities that you are working on.

With WARDY IT Solutions Virtual DBA service there is no longer any 3am wake-up calls, (unless like me, you have a newborn) as our team work on shift in our Database Operations Centre 24x7. So if your operational support is impacting your ability to successfully deliver digital transformation, you may need a Virtual DBA.

View our latest video testimonal from Silver Chef, an entrepreneurial equipment funding company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and a long standing Virtual DBA client celebrating 5 years this week. 

To wrap up, here’s my top picks for August:

Kind regards,
Peter

Peter Ward

  Peter Ward
  Managing Director WARDY Group
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