Craig Mullins: Perspectives on Database Management
DBAs Must Understand Application Development Issues
Some folks think that DBAs and application developers inhabit different universes. At times this may seem true, but the successful DBA must understand application development and the issues involved in programming and design.
Monday, May 02, 2005
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The MySQL Users Conference was held the week of April 18-21, 2005 and there was a lot of activity at the event.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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I just wanted to use this blog entry to list out some general thoughts I've had this past week. I'll blog a general interest entry like this every now and then.
Thursday, March 31, 2005
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Are DBAs hyper-skilled technicians able to handle multiple tasks while keeping the company's database systems up-and-running at the same time? Or are they dummies?
Monday, March 28, 2005
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Every IT professional should have a library of the classics in their field. This blog entry offers a short list of books that belong on every computer professional's book shelf.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
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Once again, Oracle is fighting an acquisition battle. No, this is not old news. I am not talking about the gargantuan battle for PeopleSoft that Oracle waged for over a year. This time Oracle is fighting it out with SAP for the right to buy another application software vendor, Retek.
Monday, March 21, 2005
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Data quality is an elusive goal. The more we try to keep accurate records in database systems, the more it seems that at least some of that data is just plain wrong. Why is this so?
Friday, March 18, 2005
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Data is expanding rapidly in today's corporations, but we are also expanding our personal use of data.
Friday, March 11, 2005
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I spent this past weekend in Chicago participating in the North American Conference Planning Committee meetings for the upcoming IDUG conference in May 2005. And it looks like it is going to be a good one. If you are a DB2 (or Informix) user, read more to hear why you should attend this year's IDUG North American conference in Denver.
Monday, March 07, 2005
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I am writing this blog entry from the SHARE conference in Anaheim, CA. It is amazing to think about it, but this conference is celebrating its 50th anniversary. That is an amazing lifespan for a technology event.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
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Now that its been out for a year, people are starting to get around to thinking about maybe possibly adopting DB2 V8, sort of (probably). Why are folks so tentative? Let's examine the parameters of the adoption rate of DB2 V8 on the z/OS platform.
Friday, February 25, 2005
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Herein I take a quick look at the impact that RFID technology will have on database administration.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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An introductory entry introducing my blog.
Monday, February 21, 2005
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