The 700th database, governed exactly like the first
Tessell enforces governance structurally at provisioning time, not after. Every database that joins your estate inherits the policies you have defined: configuration standards, backup objectives, access controls, and data rules. Consistent across every cloud, every engine, every team.
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Leading Healthcare Data Platform
67.5 TB migrated, zero compliance gaps
Fortune 100 Energy Company
700+ databases, 4 regions, unified governance
Fortune 500 Insurance Company
85% operations automated
The bigger the estate, the harder it is to keep everyone on the same page
The gap between documented standards and actual practice naturally widens. Not because teams aren't trying, but because enforcement that depends on people checking is difficult to sustain consistently at scale.
Governance by convention works, until teams grow
When a small team manages a handful of databases, standards are maintained through shared knowledge and direct oversight. As teams grow and responsibilities distribute, that shared knowledge becomes institutional memory that lives with individuals, not in the platform.
Configuration drift is a natural consequence of scale
Across multiple teams and environments, databases accumulate small deviations, a backup policy that didn't get applied during a fast-moving deployment, and a parameter configuration that diverges from the approved standard. Each deviation is minor. Their cumulative effect on compliance, performance, and risk is not.
Multi-cloud multiplies the governance surface
Each cloud has its own provisioning model, its own access controls, its own configuration defaults. Managing governance consistently across multiple clouds means enforcing the same standards manually across multiple different environments simultaneously.Governance that holds, regardless of how the estate grows
Tessell moves enforcement from documentation into the platform so the standards your organization defines are the standards every database operates under.
Everyone operates within the access their role allows
As teams grow, Tessell keeps access governed structurally through defined personas that separate infrastructure control from data control, and through your existing identity provider. Permissions stay consistent across the estate as it grows.
Full administrative control restored
Across a 5-node production cluster on AWS, with all access governed through the platform
Every new database starts from an approved baseline
Tessell applies your standards at provisioning time across configurations, backup policies, software images, and SLAs, all defined centrally and applied automatically. Configuration drift is addressed at the source rather than after the fact.
87% reduction in provisioning time
With 85% of day-to-day operations automated and zero application refactoring across a 33-data-center cloud migration
Data moves under policy, not by exception
Tessell governs what data moves where, who can access it, and what happens to it before it gets there. Sensitive data is masked before reaching lower environments. Cross-region replication follows the same policy layer consistently, regardless of which clouds the estate spans.
100+ database refreshes per month
One-click clone-refresh across 700+ databases in four Azure regions, with unified license management and audit-ready reporting
500+ Oracle databases. Aggressive cloud mandate. Consistent governance throughout.
For a Fortune 250 transportation company executing one of the largest Oracle modernization mandates in the industry, governance at scale meant maintaining identical operational standards across hundreds of databases - even as the estate moved to the cloud.
"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. (The new Data Ecosystem capabilities and Microsoft Fabric integration open up powerful possibilities for unifying operational and analytical data, and we look forward to exploring how they can help us unlock even greater value from our data in the future.)"
Policy Enforcement is strongest when the estate behind it is fully protected and fully visible
Consistent governance is one part of a larger architecture. Tessell's Governance and Control brings all three together.
The architecture that ensures every governed database stays within your perimeter
Your data runs inside your own cloud account, under your keys, on your network so governance and sovereignty work together rather than as separate decisions.
Explore Security and ComplianceA complete cost picture of the estate your policies govern
Per-database cost attribution across compute, storage, licensing, and backup so the estate you've governed is also the estate you can fully optimize.
Explore Cost Visibility
See what governed database operations look like at scale
Start with a governance review of your current estate, or speak directly with a Tessell engineer about how policy enforcement would apply to your specific environment.
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