Flying somewhere over Utah in a cramped regional jet, I started thinking about the good old/bad old days of being an Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) 15 years ago. The DBA has traditionally been ...

The role of the database administrator (DBA) has always been crucial to ensuring that databases are properly organized, secured, and optimized. But recent years have seen many significant changes in ...

Maintain and optimize DB2 databases to ensure high performance, availability, and security. Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to support critical business operations. Database ...

The PostgreSQL DBA is responsible for the performance, integrity, and security of PostgreSQL databases hosted on Azure. This role also involves leveraging Azure DevOps for continuous integration and ...

A reader's question via email asked for an elaboration on separation of duties (SoD) between DBAs and IT administrators. SoD gets lumped in with compliance requirements, but, in reality, it's a ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Developers love meritocracy. Software engineering professionals don’t judge individuals by the way they look, the way they dress and whether or not they use a purple-green hair dye rinse (spoiler ...

One of the ongoing goals of database administration is to minimize downtime and improve availability. If the DBMS is down, data cannot be accessed. If the data is not available, applications cannot ...

Database administrators use software to store and organize data, such as financial information and customer shipping records. They make sure that data are available to users and are secure from ...