Yes, the title of today’s blog post is somewhat provocative, but I think after reading what I have to say that you’ll agree with it....
Automating Database Administration is no Longer Optional
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CraigSMullins
DevOps, SQL Quality, and Performance
If you have ever written SQL statements then you know how flexible it is. Almost always there are several different ways to write a SQL query that...
DevOps Impact on Database Administration
The current trend for software development teams is to adopt a continuous delivery approach based on DevOps and agile development techniques. DevOps...
DevOps and the DBA
Modern application development teams are aligned to deliver software using agile methodologies and a DevOps approach. Agile and DevOps are not the...
The Impact of Cloud on DBA
The DBA is the information technology professional responsible for ensuring the ongoing operational functionality and efficiency of an...
SQL Performance, Part 4: Additional Considerations
Today’s blog post concludes our four-part look into SQL performance and optimization. Part one introduced and explained relational...
SQL Performance, Part 3: Multiple Table Access Methods
In part one of our overview of SQL performance we examined relational optimization; part two took a look at query analysis and introduced...
SQL Performance, Part 2: Query Analysis and Access Path Formulation
In part one of our overview of SQL performance we examined relational optimization and the things that impact it. In today’s blog post, we...
SQL Performance, Part 1: Relational Optimization
Application developers must code efficient SQL and understand how to optimize SQL in order to develop efficient applications. But it is not just the...
The Importance of Data Lineage
How many times have you been querying some data, or looking at a report, and asked yourself something like “Should I believe this data? I...
Data Modeling Still Important in a Big Data, Analytics World
As more organizations embrace big data and analytics to gain insight from extremely large data sets the tools and systems that we use to manage data...