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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Enterprises today face a shortage of database talent that is only going to grow more acute. This new study indicates that 41% of database professionals intend to leave the data management field within ...

Who do DBAs report to in your company? Who should the report to in a best-case orginizational structure? The general options seem to be:<BR><BR><UL TYPE=SQUARE><BR ...