Tessell 2025 Year in Review

2025 was a big year for Tessell - and for the DBA and infrastructure teams modernizing mission-critical databases with us.

We shipped capabilities that strengthen operational control, reduce overhead through automation, and expand infrastructure choice.

Our migration of 500+ critical Oracle databases to Azure with Tessell was a major milestone in our transformation journey. Tessell’s managed service has already reduced complexity and costs, and we’re excited about what’s next.

- John Maio, AVP, Data and Analytics, CSX Technology

Control

Governed operations for regulated environments.

• Prod-to-non-prod refresh with automated data masking - safe, compliant refreshes for dev/test.
  
  
• Custom RPO + advanced retention schedules - recovery policies that match workload needs.
  
  
• Cross-subscription snapshot sharing - secure sharing across complex Azure setups.

Cost

Automate the work that burns DBA cycles.

• Standardized workflows across refresh, backup/restore, and routine operations - fewer manual runbooks.
  
  
• Orchestration that reduces operational overhead and variance across environments, especially at scale.

Landis+Gyr achieved 50% infrastructure cost savings, 60% DBA efficiency gains, and 99.99% availability with Tessell.

Collectors reduced database management costs by nearly 20% after deploying Tessell.

Choice

Run what you already run - where you need to run it.

• Exadata support across AWS and Azure - more options for Oracle infrastructure with consistent operations.
  
  
• Real-time Data Ecosystem pipelines with Microsoft Fabric - near real-time operational data delivery for analytics/AI workflows.

Customer Momentum

In 2025, enterprises didn’t just choose Tessell, they expanded with us, trusting Tessell with more mission-critical database workloads.

The Collectors CTO, Dan Van Tran, described Tessell as “air traffic control for your databases"

Trust and Enterprise Readiness

Built for teams in regulated industries where security and compliance are non-negotiable.

What’s ahead in Q1 2026

• PDB management for Oracle multi-tenant environments
• OS patching automation
• Enhanced IAM controls
• Conversational data management (Foundation for assisted operations) 

We’re evolving Tessell toward Conversational Data Management - so DBA and infrastructure teams can complete common operational tasks faster through guided, natural-language workflows, while maintaining policy controls, audit trails, and approvals.

Thanks for building with us. We appreciate your feedback that shaped what we shipped in 2025. Onward to 2026.