An oft-repeated story about database administration underscores both the necessity for database administration and the lack of understanding of a DBA's function: The CIO of Acme Corporation hires a ...

iOCO is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in a multi-tiered and ...

The job of a DBA is special in any organization. Large companies might have anywhere from three to six (or even more) DBAs on staff. But for small to mid-sized organizations, oftentimes there is only ...

It’s no secret that data is the new black gold—a source of wealth creation on par with financial capital, say some. So it’s a little ironic that a group of people who understand better than anyone how ...

RAID. Replicas. Mirroring. Clustering. Backups. Transactional replication. SAN replication. Dual comms links. Tier 4 datacentres. UPS. ITIL. Change management. If you've worked anywhere near a ...

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 far from ...

When technology turns a corner, as it has with Oracle Autonomous Database, people who work with that technology rightly ask what it will enable them to do. With the self-driving, self-securing, and ...

Flying somewhere over Utah in a cramped regional jet, I started thinking about the good old/bad old days of being an Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) 15 years ago. The DBA has traditionally been ...