DBA Articles by Craig S. Mullins

How DBAs Can Help to Safeguard Against Data Breaches. Database Trends and Applications, November 18, 2024. Five Critical Qualities for DBAs. Database Trends and Applications, October 10, 2024. DBAs and Data Governance. LinkedIn article, September 18, 2024. Is Your DBA a Curmudgeon in the Corner? Database Trends and Applications, September 12, 2024. Upgrading the DBMS: Poking a House of Cards. Database Trends and Applications, August 8, 2024. Tackling the Stress of the DBA Job. Database Trends and Applications, July 11, 2024. Resilience is a Key Quality for Databases… and DBAs! Database Trends and Applications, June 13, 2024. The Evolution of Data Management: A Modern DBA’s Perspective. elnion, June 10, 2024. The Importance of Automating Database Tasks. elnion, May 10, 2024. The DBA's Crucial Role in Data Lifecycle Management. Database Trends and Applications, May 9, 2024. DBA in a Drum: Is AI Coming for the Database Administrator’s Job? elnion, March 23, 2024. High-Level Guidance and Advice for DBAs. Database Trends and Applications, March 14, 2024. How Many DBAs Do You Need? Database Trends and Applications, November 9, 2023. High-Level Database Performance Rules of Thumb. Database Trends and Applications, October 12, 2023. The State of Database Administration 2023. Database Trends and Applications, September 14, 2023. The Role of the DBA in the Age of Cloud Computing. Database Trends and Applications, August 10, 2023. The Impact of AI on the DBA. Database Trends and Applications, August 2, 2023. The Importance of Technical Conferences for On-Going DBA Education. Database Trends and Applications, July 13, 2023. The Changing World of the Database Management System. elnion, July 12, 2023. Auditing Database Access and Change. TDAN, June 21, 2023. AI is Impacting the Role of the DBA. Database Trends and Applications, June 8, 2023. Lack of Proper Test Data Poses Bottleneck. TDAN, June 7, 2023. Transforming a Logical Database Design to a Physical Database. Database Trends and Applications, May 11, 2023. DBAs Need to Know the Essentials of Data Modeling. Database Trends and Applications, April 13, 2023. Four Database Performance Management Principles. Database Trends and Applications, March 9, 2023. Measuring Your DBAs. TDAN, February 15, 2023. Database Capacity Planning. Database Trends and Applications, January 12, 2023. Lack of Proper Test Data Poses Borrleneck for Software Development. Enterprise Tech Journal, Issue 6 | Dec 2022, Jan 2023. How to Measure Your DBAs. Database Trends and Applications, December 8, 2022. Protecting Your Sensitive Data Using Data Masking: A Guide. SHARE’d Intelligence, December 8, 2021. Types of Database Recovery, Part 2. Database Trends and Applications, November 10, 2022. Types of Database Recovery, Part 1. Database Trends and Applications, October 6, 2022. The Importance of Service Level Agreements. Database Trends and Applications, September 8, 2022. Evaluating the different types of DBMS products. TechTarget, August 18, 2022. What is Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)? TechTarget, August 17, 2022. Proper Data Types Pave the Road to Data Quality. Database Trends and Applications, August 11, 2022. What is a Database Administrator (DBA)? TechTarget, August 2, 2022. Data Masking: An Imperative for Compliance and Governance. Enhterprise Tech Journal, Issue 3 July 2022. Techniques for Optimizing Databases. Database Trends and Applications, July 7, 2022. Data Mesh? Data Fabric? I Don’t Care What You Call It, You Need It! elnion, June 3 2022. Why You Must Ingerate Database Archiving and Recovery. Database Trends and Applications, June 2, 2022. The Never-Ending To Do List of the DBA. TDAN, May 18, 2022. Managing Data Volume in Operational Databases. Database Trends and Applications, May 16, 2022. Why DBAs Must Automate to Survive. TDAN, May 4, 2022. DBA and the Cloud: Not Never, Always, All, or Nothing. elnion, April 22, 2022. Auditing Database Access and Change: A Necessity More Than a Nicety. Enterprise Tech Journal, 2022: Issue 1. Understanding Database Isolation Levels. Database Trends and Applications, March 7, 2022. Use Cases for NoSQL and Multi-Model Database Systems. Database Trends and Applications, February 8, 2022. The Role of the DBA in Cybersecurity. Database Trends and Applications, January 3, 2022. Top 10 Rules of the Road for DBAs. Database Trends and Applications, December 8, 2021. DBA Success Requires More Than Tech Ability. TDAN, December 1, 2021. Managing Data The is Constantaly on the Move. Database Trends and Applications, November 1, 2021. Why DBA Must Automate to Survive. Database Trends and Applications, October 5, 2021. Understanding Database Lock Timesouts and Deadlocks. Database Trends and Applications, September 1, 2021. None Shall Pass: Are Your Database Standards Too Rigid? TDAN, August 4, 2021. Phishing and Vishing for DBAs. Database Trends and Applications, August 2, 2021. Things the DBA Hears. Database Trends and Applications, July 8, 2021. What Do You Mean by Database Performance? Database Trends and Applications, April 29, 2021. The Importance of Data Modeling in a Big Data World. Database Trends and Applications, April 6, 2021. Automating DBA is no Longer Optional. IDERA Blog, January 14, 2021. Cultural Issues are as Important as Technological. Database Trends and Applications, January 7, 2021. The State of Database Management: Transforming the Role of the DBA. Big Data Quarterly, December 14, 2020. The Changing Database Landscape. Database Trends and Applications, December 2, 2020. The Cloud and Database Administration. Database Trends and Applications, October 9, 2020. The Expanding Role of Metadata Management, Data Quality, and Data Governance. Database Trends and Applications, September 9, 2020. The Plight of the Modern DBA. Database Trends and Applications, August 11, 2020. Development DBAs versus Production DBAs. Database Trends and Applications, July 1, 2020. Database Performance: Monitoring versus Management. Database Trends and Applications, June 10, 2020. Automation is Key to Effective Database DevOps. IDERA Community Blog, June 5, 2020. DevOps and Database Design and Change Management. IDERA Community Blog, May 27, 2020. Minimzing Database Lock Contention Issues. Database Trends and Applications, May 13, 2020. DevOps, SQL Quality, and Performance. IDERA Community Blog, April 22, 2020. The Role of the DBA in the Application Development Process. Database Trends and Applications, April 8, 2020. DevOps Impact on Database Administration. IDERA Community Blog, March 25 20, 2020. The Importance of Database-Enforced Integrity. Database Trends and Applications, March 19, 2020. What is a Dbaas (Database-as-a-Service)? TechTarget, January 2020. What is a Database Administrator (DBA)? TechTarget, November 1, 2019. The Five Key Factors for Database Performance. Database Trends and Applications, October 31, 2019. Best Practices for Managing Database Infrastructure. Database Trends and Applications, October 1, 2019. Introduction to Blockchain for DBAs. The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN), August 21, 2019. The Impact of the Connected Economy on Database Administration. The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN), July 3, 2019. Managing Backup & Recovery is the Most Important Thing DBAs Do. IDERA Community Blog, June 20, 2019. Implementing DBA Best Practices. Database Trends and Applications, June 10, 2019. DevOps and the DBA. IDERA Community Blog, May 1, 2019. Three Important Database Security Features. Database Trends and Applications, April 10, 2019. The Impact of Cloud on DBA. IDERA Community Blog, April 2, 2019. How to Evaluate a DBA Job Offer. TDAN, April 18, 2018. Digital Transformantion and the DBA. Database Trends and Applications, February 9, 2017. DBAs: Get Your Priorities Straight! Database Trends and Applications, October 2015. A Compendium of DBA Quotes and Wisdom. Database Trends and Applications, July 2015. The Ever-Changing Role of the DBA. The Data Administration Newsletter, July 2013. .

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