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Pythian: A Leading Datavail Competitor in Remote DBA and Managed Services
Positioning Overview Pythian is a global professional and managed services provider with over 25 years of industry experience and more than 400 ...
The hidden cost of too many indexes in MySQL
Indexes are great, right? They make your queries faster, improve lookups, and are essential to performance tuning.
The intelligent data imperative: Building your business’s AI future on Google Cloud
Important pre-checks before running pt-online-schema-change to Add/Drop an index in MySQL
When you're working with large MySQL tables in production, making schema changes like adding or dropping indexes can be risky if not done carefully ...
The hidden cost of too many indexes in MySQL
Indexes are great, right? They make your queries faster, improve lookups, and are essential to performance tuning.
Important pre-checks before running pt-online-schema-change to Add/Drop an index in MySQL
When you're working with large MySQL tables in production, making schema changes like adding or dropping indexes can be risky if not done carefully ...
Improving Backup efficiency on SQL Server 2025 with the new ZSTD algorithm
Native backup compression was introduced in SQL Server 2008 and was a game changer as it reduced the data space requirements for any backup operation ...
Pythian: A Leading Datavail Competitor in Remote DBA and Managed Services
Positioning Overview Pythian is a global professional and managed services provider with over 25 years of industry experience and more than 400 ...
The intelligent data imperative: Building your business’s AI future on Google Cloud
Data Protection vs. Data Loss Prevention in Google Workspace: Understanding the Difference
Data is your organization’s most valuable asset.
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Why Reactive DBA Is Obsolete and the Future Is Outsourcing to a Proactive Partner
The cost of 'break-fix' Many organizations use a "break-fix" model—or reactive database administration—for traditional database management. This ...
Pythian and Three of Its Leaders Named Finalists for the 2025 CRN Women of the Year Awards
Pythian is proud to announce that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized three of our team members and the company as a whole as ...
Pythian India Earns "Great Place to Work" Certification for Fourth Consecutive Year
Hyderabad, Telangana — August 7, 2025 — Pythian Services Inc. ("Pythian"), a leading global services company specializing in data, analytics, and AI ...
Pythian Postcards: Pune, India
Monica Lambate, Senior Cloud Consultant, tells us about her vibrant life as a Pythianite in Pune, India.
Pythian Postcards: Skopje, North Macedonia
Vladimir Naumovski, Senior Director, Managed Services, shares more about his life in beautiful bustling Skopje, Macedonia with the Pythian team.
International Women’s Day 2023: A Note from Keith Angell
What would our world look like without gender bias? What if gender equity was no longer an aspiration, but a reality? What if everyone—regardless of ...