Craig Mullins: Perspectives on Database Management
DB2 for z/OS and DST
Will this year's monkeying around with daylight savings time impact DB2 for z/OS?
Monday, January 29, 2007
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An educational and eminently readable new book from the czar of database systems, Chris Date.
Monday, January 29, 2007
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The importance of metadata is rising - and many organizations are beginning embrace metadata as a means to regulatory compliance.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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Genre can be a tricky piece of metadata to populate accurately.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Dealing with artist name issues.
Monday, January 15, 2007
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Continuing our exploration of the metadata issues involved in handling MP3s and iPods.
Friday, January 12, 2007
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Yesterday I blogged about the importance of metadata when using an iPod (or any MP3 player). Let's explore this further, starting with... the music is the data, so what is the metadata?
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
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Thoughts inspired by my new iPod.
Monday, January 08, 2007
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"SQL Hacks" by Andrew Cumming & Gordon Russell is recommended SQL reading.
Friday, January 05, 2007
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Continuing along the vein of my past few blog entries, we look at the legal mandate for data retention.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, and all that jazz...
Thursday, December 28, 2006
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Solving the Long-Term Data Retention Problem
Monday, December 18, 2006
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Data needs to be archived for regulatory compliance, but it can benefit the performance of operational systems, too.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
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Organizations today are storing more date for longer periods of time. This raises issues about where and how this data should be stored.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
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Readers are always intersted in salaries... and Certification Magazine just published their annual survey.
Friday, December 01, 2006
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As you fight the daily fight to improve the performance of your operational databases have you ever stopped to consider how you would define database performance?
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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Check out my Data Management Today blog for some posts on data governance and regulatory compliance.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
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According to a recent survey, of all IT staff positions, DBAs earn the most.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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This week Americans celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 20, 2006
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Or, More of my Favorite Quotes...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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