DBA Career - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the DBA Career category.
DBAs and the Career-Life Balance
DBA Career,Opinion | January 20, 2012 | 11:37 amReprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly. I know a lot of DBAs who make SQL Server the focus of their life. In many ways, if you want to be an exceptional DBA, and stand out from the crowd, you don’t have a lot of choice about devoting a lot of time to your career. ...read more
Have You Planned Which SQL Server Events You Will be Attending in 2012?
Conferences,DBA Career,PASS,Speaking Schedule,SQL Server Connections | January 4, 2012 | 3:02 pm2012 is already upon us and I have been busy working on my travel schedule for this year. It is still incomplete, but I have many events scheduled, and I am leaving room for some additional events as they are announced. So how about you, have your scheduled the training events you want to attend ...read more
The Day-to-Day Tasks of the Average DBA
DBA Career | December 8, 2011 | 2:00 amDBAs (Database Administrators) perform many different tasks, and one way to explain what a DBA is, is to describe the kinds of tasks they perform on a regular basis. The following lists some of the most common tasks performed by the average DBA, from A to Z.
A DBA is a Data Professional
DBA Career | December 7, 2011 | 2:00 amBy Grant Fritchey http://www.scarydba.com/ A DBA (Database Administrator) is a Data Professional tasked with managing an organization’s data using some sort of database software, such as Microsoft SQL Server. They are concerned with gathering, storing and presenting data to data consumers, which includes virtually anyone in the modern world. For example, managers use data to ...read more
The Layman’s View of the DBA
DBA Career | December 5, 2011 | 8:00 pmBy Steve Jones www.SQLServerCentral.com A DBA (Database Administrator) is someone who takes care of your data. When you place an order on Amazon.com, it’s the DBA who ensures the order is permanently recorded in the database. If one of the computers at Amazon fails, and they regularly do, the DBA can recover the data. The ...read more
Free SQL Server in the City Event to be Held in LA
Conferences,DBA Career,Free Stuff | September 30, 2011 | 3:50 amRed Gate Software will be providing a free, full-day SQL Server event called SQL in the City in Los Angeles, CA on October 28, 2011. It will be held at the Skirball Cultural Centre in the Santa Monica Mountains, just outside of Los Angeles. The event will provide six hours of free SQL Server training, ...read more
Interview with BI Expert Tim Mitchell
Conferences,DBA Career,SQL Server Connections | August 24, 2011 | 10:05 amTim Mitchell will be speaking at the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections, October 31-November 3, 2011, in Las Vegas, NV. Tell us about yourself. I’m a practitioner of business intelligence, primarily focusing on SQL Server. I’ve been in the IT field for over a decade, and have worked with SQL Server in various ...read more
Interview with SQL Server MVP Grant Fritchey
Conferences,DBA Career,SQL Server Connections | August 23, 2011 | 3:39 pmGrant Fritchey will be speaking at the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections, October 31-November 3, 2011, in Las Vegas, NV. Tell us about yourself. I have twenty plus years’ experience in IT, in the areas of technical support, development, and database administration. Currently, I work for Red Gate Software as a Product Evangelist, ...read more
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