Database administrators (DBAs) sort large amounts of electronic data into quickly retrievable information for end users. These professionals typically earn a bachelor's degree in management ...

Nearly all database professionals surveyed by Percona said their organizations still run database versions past official ...

As information becomes ever more strategically important for organizations, database administrators continue to play a vital role in the success of enterprises. If data is the currency of the digital ...

It pays - The salaries are higher than they used to be, and there are great growth opportunities. U.S. News & World Report ranks the DBA position as the sixth-best technology job. This is due in no ...

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Success now depends on achieving the right balance between automation and human expertise—maintaining governance without sacrificing agility and ensuring security at scale. As data ecosystems stretch ...

The following is an excerpt from Database Administration: The Complete Guide to Practices and Procedures, by Craig Mullins. It is reprinted here with permission from Addison Wesley Professional. Read ...

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 ...

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 ...