The Lifecycle of Data
Most data is not static. No, data has a life in which it changes, is used for perhaps multiple purposes,…
Craig Mullins
Expanding Role of Data Governance, Metadata Management, and Data Quality
Ensuring data quality is an important aspect of data management and these days, DBAs are increasingly being called upon to…
Everything is Big Data
The term “big data” has been bandied about for a number of years now, and it has gotten to the…
The Mainframe is a Modern Platform
Mainframes continue to excel at traditional tasks such as high-speed transaction processing and running large batch workloads. Mainframes also can…
The Data Catalog Has Risen
If you have been around the IT industry for as long as I have, you have seen technologies and ideas…
Data Breaches are Pervasive and Costly
Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere, you’ve certainly heard news about stolen and hacked data, commonly referred to…
Introduction to Blockchain for DBAs
Blockchain is a distributed, shared, permissioned ledger for recording transactions with consensus, provenance, immutability, and finality. It is the technology…
Database Administration Impacted by the Connected Economy
Before the end of the decade, the number of connected objects is projected to expand greatly. According to several different…
We Need Data Ethics Now
What are the ethics of collecting, managing, and analyzing data? Have we given sufficient thought to that question? Is it…
How to Evaluate a DBA Job Offer
As a DBA, it is almost inevitable that you will change jobs several times during your career. When making a…