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 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 ...

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 ...

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If you are a working DBA, the actual work you do these days is probably significantly different than it was when you first began work as a DBA. Well, unless you’ve only been working as a DBA for a ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, there was a role known as the database administrator. Back when all data was stored locally, these employees were the keepers of the company database, responsible for making sure all ...

The Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group (RMOUG) is well-known in the Oracle database administrator community. This is one of the most successful models I have seen of an effective user group and its ...