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Reoptimizing SQL.
zJournal, October / November 2008.

Change Control for DB2 Access Paths.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2008.

On Becoming a DBA.
Database Trends and Applications, September 2008.

The 17 Skills Required of a DBA.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2008.

Database Auditing Capabilities for Compliance and Security.
The Data Administration Newsletter, August 2008.

Consider Data Access Auditing to Classify Database Data.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2008.

The Growing Importance of Metadata.
Database Trends and Applications, June 2008.

The Cost of a Data Breach.
Database Trends and Applications, May 2008.

Database Data Needs Long-Term (100 Year) Archiving Solution.
Database Trends and Applications, April 2008

An Update on Data Professional's Salaries.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2008.

Keeping Up With The DBMS.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2008.

A Data Tinged Look Back at 2007.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2008.

The Evolution of Database Security.
zJournal, Dec 07 / Jan 08.

The Most Important Thing is Recoverability.
Database Trends and Applications, December 2007.

Data Access Auditing: A Compliance Requirement.
Database Trends and Applications, November 2007.

The Impact of Data Volume on Operational Databases.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2007.

Simplified Database Search.
Database Trends and Applications, September 2007.

Data Quality Starts With Proper Data Types.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2007.

Financial Institutions' Sensitive Data Requires Careful Archiving.
Houston Business Journal, August 3 - 9, 2007

A Good Book on Physical Database Design.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2007.

A Forced Tour of Duty.
Database Trends and Applications, June 2007.

The Impact of e-Discovery on Data Management.
Database Trends and Applications, May 2007.

Database Archiving for Long-Term Data Retention.
IT Compliance Magazine, Spring 2007.

Two Good New Year's Resolutions for a DBA.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2007.

Types of DBAs.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2007.

The Two Biggest Database Performance "Things".
Database Trends and Applications, December 2006.

The Lifecycle of Data.
Database Trends and Applications, November 2006.

Database Archiving for Long-Term Data Retention.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2006.

Planning for Future Capacity.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2006.

Data Professional's Salaries.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2006.

Do Data Security Breaches Require a Data Professional's Oath?
Database Trends and Applications, June 2006.

Database Standards and Procedures.
Database Trends and Applications, May 2006.

Regulatory Compliance and Data Governance.
zJournal, April / May 2006.

Data Security and Privacy: Concerns of the DBA?
Database Trends and Applications, April 2006.

On Data and Database Administration.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2006.

Database Design and the Internet.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2006.

Database Storage Management.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2006.

Model-Based Development and Management.
Database Trends and Applications, December 2005.

DBA Staffing Considerations.
SearchDataManagement.com, November 2005.

Use DBA Tools to Assure Efficient Data Management.
Database Trends and Applications, November 2005.

Database Archiving Solves Many Issues.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2005.

The Log is the Database.
Database Trends and Applications, September 2005.

Recommended Additions to the DBA Bookshelf.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2005.

Database Auditing: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2005.

Sarbanes-Oxley Requires Rigor in Database Administration: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, June 2005.

The Tao of DBA: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, May 2005.

Plan for Disasters and Test the Plan Regularly: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, April 2005.

Often Misunderstood, Don't Ignore Nulls: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2005.

Intelligent Automation Can Solve the Complexity Problem: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2005.

RFID to Complicate Database Administration.
dbazine.com, February 2005.

Perspectives on Database Management.
dbazine.com, February 2005.

How Many DBAs?
SearchOracle.com, February 2005.

Self-Managing Database Systems.
SearchOracle.com, February 2005.

DBA Certification.
SearchOracle.com, February 2005.

On Becoming a DBA.
SearchOracle.com, February 2005.

The Morphing of Database Administration.
SearchOracle.com, February 2005.

Performance Tuning Requirements for Database Applications: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2005.

What is Knowledge and Can it be Managed?: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, December 2004.

Ensuring Data Integrity is a Tricky Business: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, November 2004.

Facilitating Efficient Database Management.
Certification Magazine, November 2004.

The Five Nines of Database Availability: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2004.

Programmers Use Excuses, Too: The DBA Corner.  
Database Trends and Applications, September 2004.

Reviewing the Top DBA Excuses and How to Overcome Them: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2004.

How Secure Are Your Databases?: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2004.

So You Want to Become a DBA?: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, June 2004.

Why Outsourcing the DBA is Not an Option: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, May 2004.

The Engine of Intelligence.
Intelligent Enterprise, April 17, 2004.

Make the Most of Your DBA Reporting Structure: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, April 2004.

Will Vendors Automate the DBA Out of Business?: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2004.

Database Applications Require Multiple Design Reviews: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2004.

The Death of Denormalization: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2004.

New Year's Resolutions for a DBA. 
dbazine.com, January 2004.

Business Eye for the DBA Guy: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, December 2003.

An Introduction to Database Design: From Logical to Physical.
dbazine.com, November 2003.

Nuggets of Data Rambling Through my Mind: The DBA Corner.  
Database Trends and Applications, November 2003.

Measuring DBA Effectiveness.
dbazine.com, October 2003.

Round-the-Clock Data Availability is Elusive but Expected: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2003.

Required Reading from the DBA's Bookshelf: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, September 2003.

How to Curb the Curmudgeon in the Corner: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2003.

Development and Production DBA Skills: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2003.

A DBMS Architecture by Any Other Name Is Still Confusing: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, June 2003.

What is a DBA? - Part 6.
dbazine.com, May 2003.

Follow the DBA Rules of Thumb for an Easier Life: The DBA Corner. 
Database Trends and Applications, May 2003.

Complexity Complicates Database Upgrades & Migrations: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, April 2003.

DBAs! You Should Fear XML!
The Data Administration Newsletter, April 2003.

What is a DBA? - Part 5.
dbazine.com, April 2003.

What is a DBA? - Part 4.
dbazine.com, March 2003.

Dealing with DBMS Complexity: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2003.

What is a DBA? - Part 3.
dbazine.com, February 2003.

Apps are Temporary, But Data is Forever.
Data Discussions, February 2003.

DBAs Do Storage Management: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2003.

What is a DBA? - Part 2.
dbazine.com, January 2003.

Data Modeling and Normalization.
amazon.com, January 2003.

Charting the Evolution from DBA to e-DBA: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2003.

The Automated Future: Take 2.
DB2 Magazine Online, December 2002.

The DBA and Application Design: The DBA Corner
Database Trends and Applications, December 2002.

Data Modeling Concepts Every DBA Should Know: The DBA Corner
Database Trends and Applications, November 2002.

eDBA: Database Disaster Planning and the eDBA.
dbazine.com, November 2002.

What is a DBA? - Part 1.
dbazine.com, November 2002.

Optimize Your Database Performance: The DBA Corner
Database Trends and Applications, October 2002.

Why DBAs Must be Jacks-of-all-Trades.
InformIT, September 2002.

Keeping Your Databases up to P.A.R.: The DBA Corner
Database Trends and Applications, September 2002.

DBA Certification: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, August 2002.

Database Design -- From Logical to Physical: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, July 2002.

DBMS Architecture: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, June 2002.

How Much Availability is Enough?: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, May 2002.

eDBA: Online Database Reorganization.
dbazine.com, May 2002.

What is a DBA?: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, April 2002.

Measuring DBA Effectiveness: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2002.

eDBA: Intelligent Automation of DBA Tasks.
dbazine.com, February 2002.

Dealing With Downtime: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2002.

Database Fragmentation and Disorganization: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, December 2001.

Database Disaster Planning: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, November 2001.

Modern Database Administration, Part 3.
DM Review, November 2001.

Logic, e-Business, and the Procedural eDBA.
dbazine.com, October 2001.

Dissecting Database Performance: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, October 2001.

Modern Database Administration, Part 2.
DM Review, October 2001.

The Role of the DBA Has Expanded: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, September 2001.

Modern Database Administration, Part 1.
DM Review, September 2001.

Design and the eDBA.
dbazine.com, August 2001.

Online Resources of the eDBA.
dbazine.com, July 2001.

Intelligently Managing DB2 Memory Structures.
Database Trends, May 2001.

The eDBA and Recovery.
dbazine.com, March 2001.

Getting Down to Data-Basics.
dbazine.com, February 2001.

The eDBA and XML.
dbazine.com, December 2000

Managing Database Change.
Database Trends , October 2000.

The eDBA and Java.

dbazine.com, September 2000

Intelligent Database Management.
Database Trends , August 2000.

The eDBA and Data Availability.
dbazine.com, May 2000

DB2 and the Procedural DBA
DB2 Update, February 2000. 

E-Business Requires eDBA
Database Trends, October 1999.
 
Profile of an eDBA
DB2 Magazine, Fall 1999. 

What's In A Name
Database Trends, September 1999.

The PDA DBA
Database Trends, July 1999.

SQL Server and the Procedural DBA
SQL Server Update, July 1999.

ERP Requires DBA
Computing News & Review, March 1999.

The Need for a Procedural DBA
IDUG Solutions Journal, March 1999.

Using Check Constraints To Simulate Domains
The Data Administration Newsletter, December 1998.

Managing and Improving the IT Infrastructure
Computing News & Review, December 1998.

SQL Analysis and Review
Computing News and Review, November 1998.

Optimizing database performance, part 3: Compression, page size, and more.
searchdatabase.com, 05 November 2002

Optimizing database performance, part 2: Denormalization and clustering.
searchdatabase.com, 16 October 2002

Optimizing database performance, part 1: Partitioning and indexing.
searchdatabase.com, 16 October 2002

Evaluating DBA Tool Vendors
Computing News and Review, October 1998.
 
Software Scrubbing Bubbles
Computing News and Review, July 1998.
 
The Procedural DBA
Oracle Update, June 1998.

Wanted: New Type of DBA
Computing News&Review, June 1998.
 
Data Warehouse Administration: The Challenges Never Stop
IDUG Solutions Journal, March 1998.
 
What's In A Name: Database Naming Standards
The Data Administration Newsletter, March 1998.
 
Data Warehouse and Data Mart Administration
Computing News and Review, February 1998.
 
The Capability Maturity Model - From a Data Perspective.
The Data Administration Newsletter, December 1997.
 
Denormalization Guidelines.
The Data Administration Newsletter, June 1997.
 
Managing Systems in the Age of the Web.
PLATINUM Edge, September 1996.
 
Distributed Query Optimization.
Technical Support, July, 1996.
 
Industry Trends Impacting Database Administration.
Computing News and Review, May 1996.
 
The Procedural DBA.
Database Programming & Design, December 1995.
 


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