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25 Questions to Evaluate DBA Tool Vendors.
Database Trends and Applications, April 2009.

Dynamic SQL On The Rise.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2009.

Database Statistics and Optimization.
Database Trends and Applications, February 2009.

DBA Staffing Considerations.
Database Trends and Applications, January 2009.

 

A Data-Tinged Look Back at 2008.
Database Trends and Applications, December 2008.

Data, Data, Everywhere.
Database Trends and Applications, 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.

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 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.

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.

The Return of the Repository?
Database Trends and Applications, April 2007.

Data Governance is More Than Regulatory Compliance.
Database Trends and Applications, March 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.

DBA Change Management.
Database Trends and Applications, September 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

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

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

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.

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

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

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

 

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.

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

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

Select Database Utilities With Care: The DBA Corner.
Database Trends and Applications, March 2002.

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

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

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

 

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

Why Data is Still Important.
Database Trends, April 2001.

IT's a Crazy World.
Database Trends, March 2001.

The 24x365 Availability Challenge.
Database Trends, February 2001.

An Update on Oracle.
Database Trends, January 2001.

 

Updates, Trends, and Thoughts.
Database Trends , December 2000.

News From the Front - The Database Wars Escalate.
Database Trends , November 2000.

Managing Database Change.
Database Trends , October 2000.

Pervasive Computing And Pocket Databases.
Database Trends
, September 2000.

Intelligent Database Management.
Database Trends , August 2000.

Open Source Database Management Systems.
Database Trends, July 2000.

An Update on the Database Wars.
Database Trends, June 2000.

The DAMA Symposium and Meta Data Conference 2000
Database Trends, May 2000.

A Basic IT Library
Database Trends, April 2000.

Accuracy Versus Speed
Database Trends, March 2000.

Minimizing Outages With Transaction Recovery
Database Trends, February 2000.

Two Interesting Acquisitions
Database Trends, January 2000.

 

XML Marks the Spot
Database Trends, December 1999.
 
Linux and the DBMS
Database Trends, November 1999.

E-Business Requires eDBA
Database Trends, October 1999.
 
What's In A Name
Database Trends, September 1999.

The IT Skills Shortage
Database Trends, August 1999.

The PDA DBA
Database Trends, July 1999.

Managing the Information Tsunami
Database Trends, June 1999.

The Living Mainframe
Computing News & Review, April 1999.

ERP Requires DBA
Computing News & Review, March 1999.

Raw Iron: The Database Appliance
Computing News & Review, February 1999.

The Database Wars
Computing News & Review, January 1999.

 

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

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

Evaluating DBA Tool Vendors
Computing News and Review, October 1998.

Defining Database Performance
Computing News and Review, September 1998.

A.N.A.R.C.H.Y.
Computing News and Review, August 1998.

Software Scrubbing Bubbles
Computing News and Review, July 1998.

Wanted: New Type of DBA
Computing News and Review, June 1998.

The Most Important Thing is Performance
Computing News and Review, May 1998.

The Age of the VHDB
Computing News and Review, April 1998.

Death Valley Days for the DBMS?
Computing News and Review, March 1998.

Data Warehouse and Data Mart Administration
Computing News and Review, February 1998.


 
Industry Trends Impacting Database Administration.
Computing News and Review, May 1996.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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