Oracle issues dozens of security patches every quarter, but that doesn’t mean database administrators are necessarily implementing them. In fact, a good two-thirds of all Oracle DBAs appear not to be ...

Oracle Corp. issues dozens of security patches every quarter, but that doesn’t mean database administrators are necessarily implementing them. In fact, a good two-thirds of all Oracle DBAs appear not ...

Ranjith Rajasekharan’s career is a testament to the power of curiosity and the relentless pursuit of mastery. From his early days as a database administrator, he was captivated by the intricate ...

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Keeping tabs on the way emerging technologies and paradigms impact foundational roles—namely, the DBA—is crucial toward adapting. Shifts in the cloud, automation, and AI have significant implications ...

MinionWare launched 12 months ago, releasing Minion Enterprise for SQL Server. This product was designed by DBAs for DBAs, specifically to address issues that waste the most time and cause the most ...

Sean McCown has a point system for determining whether a database upgrade is worth the time and money required. If the new iteration fails to change his life in five ways, then it’s not justified. “I ...

At a conference for users of its SQL Server database on Wednesday, officials demonstrated an upcoming tool that will purportedly enable database administrators to manage hundreds of database servers ...

I quite often get asked, 'Sean, since you're such an industry leading expert, what skills do you think a DBA should have?' Well, that's actually something that's close to my heart. The answer is yes.