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Database administrators—DBAs, for short—set up databases according to a company’s needs, and make sure they operate efficiently, fine-tuning, upgrading, and testing modifications as needed. They are ...

InfoQ interviewed Dan North about the activities that are performed by database administrators and how they are related to those done by developers and by operations, how database administration ...

Database administrators are always in demand, especially as the amount of data that businesses collect is increasing.

Best Database Administration SolutionIn today’s highly complex, data environments with multiple data platforms across physical data centers and the cloud, managing systems and processes manually is no ...

Computer network and system administration (CNSA) professionals organize, install, and support an organization’s computer systems, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), ...

Fail to manage the risk of the human factor in database administration and you court disaster. DBAs, like air traffic controllers: work in pairs?

In many organisations, database administration is an afterthought – a background function that only gains attention when something breaks. But the costs of neglecting proper DBA practices are ...

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 ...