Growing consumption, complex pricing and changing business requirements can make cloud costs harder to predict. Security, data location and operational control may also require a fresh look at where your workloads run. VLDB helps you understand your options and build a practical plan based on your workloads, business priorities and full lifecycle costs.
You may be considering a move because:
SovereignDB combines an enterprise data platform with deployment flexibility and managed services. It provides a foundation for data warehousing, reporting, analytics and suitable AI workloads within private cloud or on-premises infrastructure. For organisations reviewing their hyperscaler commitments, SovereignDB can form the data platform component of a wider repatriation programme.
Deploy SovereignDB in a dedicated private cloud environment, with hosting location, access arrangements and operational responsibilities defined around your requirements. This provides an option for organisations seeking greater control without operating infrastructure at their own premises.
Deploy SovereignDB on infrastructure within your own facilities or chosen data centre. This gives you direct control over the environment, with VLDB supporting architecture, installation, migration and ongoing operation.
Combine the platform with a managed service covering agreed monitoring, database administration, maintenance, incident management, performance optimisation and backup and recovery oversight. You choose the deployment model - VLDB brings the expertise to deliver and support it.
You choose the deployment model. VLDB brings the expertise to deliver and support it.
Data sovereignty involves more than choosing a hosting location. VLDB works with you to define where data is stored and processed, who can access it, how the platform is administered and which suppliers are involved. These requirements inform the architecture and service design for your SovereignDB environment.
Our assessment considers:
Where production data, backups and recovery environments reside.
Who can access your systems and how privileged access is controlled.
Hosting, technology and support dependencies.
Controls aligned with your organisational requirements.
Clear responsibilities for maintenance, incidents and recovery.
Repatriation does not have to mean moving everything. Some applications may benefit from remaining in public cloud. Others may be better suited to private cloud, on-premises infrastructure or a hybrid environment.
We assess your estate to identify what should move, what should remain and what needs to change. Where SovereignDB is suitable, we include it as an option for your target data platform. The result is a clear business case and migration roadmap tailored to your organisation.
VLDB brings together the technical expertise, project management and supplier coordination needed to deliver your cloud repatriation programme.
We review your infrastructure, databases, applications and data flows to understand how your estate operates. Our assessment covers workload dependencies, utilisation, performance, security requirements, backup arrangements and recovery objectives.
We compare the full cost of your current environment with suitable alternatives, including SovereignDB, private cloud and on-premises options - infrastructure, hosting, licensing, migration and ongoing operation.
We design your target environment and develop a phased migration plan. Capacity, connectivity, security, availability, backup and disaster recovery are considered from the outset, alongside cutover and rollback plans.
We help evaluate infrastructure, hosting and technology suppliers, coordinate their contributions and manage technical dependencies. You have a single delivery partner overseeing the programme.
We install and configure the target infrastructure and data platform, including SovereignDB where selected, adapting applications, databases, integrations and data pipelines as required.
We coordinate functional, integration, performance, security and recovery testing against agreed acceptance criteria, so your teams have the evidence to approve the transition.
We manage the movement of data and workloads, coordinate cutover and support your teams through the transition - then provide hypercare to resolve issues and stabilise the new environment.
Moving your data platform is also an opportunity to prepare it for future business needs. SovereignDB can provide a foundation for reporting, analytics and private AI solutions within your chosen environment.
Where appropriate, VLDB can introduce DBAsk, allowing business users to ask questions of their data in natural language, with deployment and access designed around your privacy and security requirements.
We assess these capabilities alongside your core platform needs, so investment supports both current operations and future opportunities.
A well-planned repatriation programme can help you achieve:
Align infrastructure and support costs with your actual requirements.
Decide where your systems run and how they are managed.
Define where information resides, who can access it and how it is administered.
Design access controls, monitoring and protection around your requirements.
Build around measured capacity and performance needs.
Put tested backup, recovery and support arrangements in place.
Support reporting, analytics and suitable private AI use cases.
We validate these opportunities during the assessment, so decisions are supported by evidence.
VLDB combines experience in enterprise databases, data platforms, cloud environments and infrastructure, helping you address dependencies across your estate.
With SovereignDB, VLDB can provide a target data platform alongside the expertise to design, implement, migrate and support it.
We bring analysis, architecture, vendor management, development, installation, testing and migration together under one coordinated programme.
Our approach connects technical decisions to your business case, with clear scope, delivery milestones and acceptance criteria.
We can provide ongoing managed services, giving your team access to specialist expertise once the new environment is live.
SovereignDB is VLDB's data platform offering for private cloud and on-premises deployment. It combines a platform for data warehousing and analytics with implementation and managed service options.
SovereignDB addresses the data platform component of your estate. VLDB can also assess and migrate the associated infrastructure, applications and integrations as part of a wider repatriation programme.
No. We assess selected workloads or your wider environment. The outcome may be a combination of public cloud, private cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
It depends on your workloads and operating requirements. We assess the full cost of each option, including migration, infrastructure, licensing, hosting, staffing and support, before recommending a move.
Sovereignty depends on the complete arrangement, including data location, access, administration, suppliers and applicable requirements. We assess these factors when designing your environment.
We plan around application dependencies and agreed service requirements, using phased migration, testing, cutover preparation and rollback arrangements. Any expected downtime is identified and agreed during planning.
Yes. We can provide an ongoing managed service for SovereignDB and other agreed components, with defined scope, service hours and responsibilities.
If rising costs, security requirements or changing business priorities are making you reconsider your cloud strategy, start with a clear assessment. VLDB will help you establish the business case, choose the right deployment model and deliver the transition - from initial discovery to ongoing support.
Let VLDB repatriate your digital estate, with SovereignDB providing a controlled home for your data platform.