Database Optimisation · Cambridge
Database Optimisation in Cambridge
Making a slow system fast again for Cambridge businesses whose database has grown past the design it started with. Reports that used to return instantly now take minutes, and the usual instinct — buy a bigger server — treats the symptom while the real cause is a handful of queries doing far more work than they need to.
Why this comes up
The problem
Applications slow down gradually as data accumulates, so nobody can point at when it started. Upgrading hardware buys a few months and hides the query that is scanning ten million rows to return four.
What you get
What we deliver
- Query profiling identifying the specific statements consuming the time
- Index changes based on real query patterns, including the unused ones costing write speed
- Rewritten queries where the plan is the problem rather than the indexing
- Schema adjustments where the model itself forces expensive work
- Archiving or partitioning strategy for tables that will keep growing
- Before-and-after timings on your own workload, so the improvement is measured not claimed
Want this scoped for your business in Cambridge?
Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what database optimisation would actually involve — whether or not you use us.
Working in Cambridge
East of England
Cambridge has the densest deep-tech and biotech cluster in the country, so briefs here are frequently technical from the first conversation and the interesting problems are rarely the obvious ones.
Deep-tech and biotech clients bring genuinely technical briefs, often involving data pipelines, instrumentation or research tooling.
Sectors we work with in Cambridge
- Technology
- Life Sciences
- Research
- Higher Education
- Biotech
What we work with
Technologies and platforms
- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- Redis
- pgAnalyze
Who we work with
Industries we serve
- Ecommerce
- Financial services
- Logistics
- Healthcare
- SaaS platforms
Why us
Why Cambridge businesses choose Asionis
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise
How we work
- Step 1
Free consultation
A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.
- Step 2
Proposal
Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.
- Step 3
Build
Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.
- Step 4
Launch and support
We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.
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Database Optimisation in Cambridge — common questions
- Would a bigger server not be simpler?
- It is simpler and occasionally correct, but it usually postpones the problem at permanent extra cost. A query scanning the whole table scans a bigger table next year too. We measure first and will tell you honestly if hardware genuinely is the cheapest fix.
- Can this be done without downtime?
- Mostly yes. Index changes on modern databases can be built concurrently, and query rewrites are application changes. Schema changes on very large tables need a maintenance window, and we will say which category you are in before starting.
- How much faster will it get?
- That depends on what is wrong, and we will not put a number on it before profiling. Order-of-magnitude gains are common where a missing index is the cause; where the model itself is the constraint, the honest answer is a schema change rather than a quick win.
- Will we need this again in a year?
- Not if the cause was structural and got fixed. Part of the work is leaving you with monitoring that shows query performance trending, so the next slowdown is visible early rather than reported by customers.
- Do you work with businesses across Cambridgeshire?
- Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout East of England, including Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
- What kind of Cambridge businesses do you usually work with?
- Deep-tech and biotech clients bring genuinely technical briefs, often involving data pipelines, instrumentation or research tooling. Beyond that we work across Technology, Life Sciences, Research, Higher Education and Biotech.
- Do you cover the areas around Cambridge?
- Yes — we work throughout East of England, including Norwich, Milton Keynes, London, Northampton. Cambridge is an urban area of roughly 150,000+, and we take on work across the wider Cambridgeshire region rather than the city boundary alone.
Talk to us about Database Optimisation in Cambridge
A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.
- Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
- No long-term contracts required
- All team members UK-based
- Dedicated account manager and development team
- Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
- Scalable from startup to enterprise