Things the Database Administrator Hears
Picture this scene: It is a little after 5 p.m. on a Friday and a chat message pops up from…
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Database Security Best Practices
Risk-Based Security’s 2020 Q3 study indicates that between January and September 2020, about 36 billion databases were hacked. While this…
Modern Database Management Best Practices
Modern business is very dependent on data and knowing how to effectively manage this data and get the most from…
None Shall Pass! Are Your Database Standards Too Rigid?
Rigidly adhering to a standard, any standard, without being reasonable and using your ability to think through changing situations and circumstances…
The Changing Database Landscape
When you’ve been involved in data management for as long as I have, things are definitely bound to change. And…
Data Gravity and Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is growing rapidly as a deployment platform for IT infrastructure because it can offer significant benefits. But cloud…
Storing Data in the Cloud
In the cloud-era, should you store your corporate data in Cosmos DB on Azure, Cloud Spanner on the Google Cloud…
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…
DB Pros Need to Know Cloud Migration
In 1961, Professor John McCarthy was the first to publicly suggest in a speech at the centennial celebration of the…
Does Database or Version Matter?
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Never discuss politics or religion in polite company.” That’s good advice. This blog is…