# Cintra

> Cintra is a New York-based database and cloud consultancy that assesses, designs, migrates and manages enterprise systems. It combines Oracle engineering and licensing expertise with automation to help customers retain and optimize Oracle or move suitable workloads to PostgreSQL and managed cloud databases. Its customers include enterprises and independent software vendors, with ongoing 24x7 services alongside migration projects.

- **Founded:** 1996
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Brendan McNamee (Co-founder; identified as CEO in the 2017 company announcement), Abdul Sheikh (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Database Anywhere, Database Freedom, Remapped.ai / AWS OLA assessments, Sensor managed services, Modernize[IQ]
- **Notable:** Oracle Global Cloud Managed Services Provider status announced in 2017., Screenvision reported a 12-week Azure and OCI migration with no business disruption in August 2025., Cintra’s September 2026 Zema Global account reports approximately 15% lower total cost of ownership and no new Oracle licenses required.

## Products & services

- **Database Anywhere** — Architecture, migration and management for Oracle-based workloads across public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- **Database Freedom** — Assessment and modernization services for moving suitable legacy workloads to alternative databases and managed cloud services.
- **Remapped.ai / AWS OLA assessments** — Automated discovery, licensing analysis, workload sizing and technical and financial migration scenarios; AWS-funded assessments are available within defined programs.
- **Sensor managed services** — 24x7 database and platform monitoring, incident response and ongoing operational support.
- **Modernize[IQ]** — AI-assisted schema and code conversion from Oracle and SQL Server to PostgreSQL, coupled with migration, validation and expert review. Licensed per database.
- **Replicate[IQ]** — HexaReplicate-powered change data capture, live verification and reverse replication for migration and fallback. Licensed by migration gateway server core, with monthly or annual terms.
- **AutoScale[IQ]** — Automated Exadata CPU scaling within configured bounds; subscription pricing is based on measured savings.
- **License[IQ]** — Oracle license usage visibility, compliance governance and optimization.
- **Oracle licensing and performance consulting** — License and entitlement analysis, platform tuning, architecture planning, legacy support and migration advice.

## Achievements

- Oracle Global Cloud Managed Services Provider status announced in 2017.
- Screenvision reported a 12-week Azure and OCI migration with no business disruption in August 2025.
- Cintra’s September 2026 Zema Global account reports approximately 15% lower total cost of ownership and no new Oracle licenses required.
- Cintra’s August 2026 Stratos account reports 43 RAC clusters managed and 99.99% trading-platform availability.
- Homepage states that 240 companies globally trust Cintra; this is a company claim.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published the Zema Global OracleDatabase@AWS account, reporting about 15% lower TCO, four weeks to a cloud UAT environment, and Sensor support.
- **2026-08** — Published the Stratos Global Services case study describing a 15-year relationship, Oracle RAC architecture and ongoing managed services.
- **2026-02** — Held an OracleDatabase@AWS EMEA general availability webinar; the event page offers a recording.
- **2025-08** — Screenvision announced its Azure and OCI modernization with Cintra.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cintra.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cintra-software-and-services
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cintrasoftware
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cintrasoftware

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Last updated: 2026-10-25