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• Intelligent Automation of DBA Tasks

  To effectively manage enterprise databases, a DBA must understand both the business reasons for storing the data in the database and the technical details of how the data is structured and stored. These are two very different skill sets and in order to Read More... Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:11 AM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: DBA, proactive, automation, business

• Number of Data Breaches Increased in 2008

  Regular readers know that I like to track and write about data breaches. I've written about the cost of data breaches and mused on data breach reporting , tactics to minimize the impact of a breach , and the threat of legal punishment for data breaches Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:25 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data security, database auditing, regulatory compliance, business, data breach

• Choosing the Best DBMS?

  One of the questions I get on a regular basis is some variation of "how can I choose what DBMS is the best"... so I'll try to offer some high-level guidance for posterity here in my blog. This is actually a very interesting question, but Read More... Posted Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:28 AM by cmullins | 5 Comments Filed under: database, Q+A, business, DBMS

• Twitter and the Micro-Messaging Revolution

  Regular readers of my blog know that I also participate in the micro-messaging phenomenon Twitter ( www.twitter.com/craigmullins ). If you've tried Twittering you know that it can be addictive, but it is also growing in popularity as a business tool Read More... Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:59 AM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: Twitter, conferences, business

• DBA Rules of Thumb, Part 8 - Develop Business Acumen

  Heads-down DBAs who know technology, but not their company's business, soon will be on the endangered species list. So number 8 on our list of DBA rules of thumb is to develop business acumen and learn to be a Business Savvy DBA! Although DBAs are Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 5:47 AM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: DBA, SLA, ROT, business