Craig Mullins: Perspectives on Database Management
Audit Your Backup Procedures
A recent Shark Tank article backs up the notion that you should periodically audit your backup tapes, procedures, and policies.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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What should our expectations be in terms of IT being able to prevent data breaches?
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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A short synopsis of the third day of the IDUG conference in Vienna (October 4, 2006).
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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A short synopsis of the second day of the IDUG conference in Vienna (October 3, 2006).
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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A short synopsis of the first day of the IDUG conference in Vienna (October 2, 2006).
Monday, October 02, 2006
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The International DB2 User Group's annual European conference...
Sunday, October 01, 2006
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Another regular question that I get involves comparing IMS to DB2, or helping to determine if it makes sense to convert from IMS to DB2.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
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A new book of relational terms, concepts, and examples from Chris Date.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
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A high-level overview of what is needed to keep corporate databases up and efficiently running...
Sunday, September 24, 2006
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One of the questions I get on a regular basis is some variation of "how can I choose what DBMS is the best"... so I'll try to offer some high-level guidance here.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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Over the years I have collected sayings and proverbs that I think might have some applicability to database administration... I thought I'd share some of them with you today. I don't know who might have said all of them originally, but they are all apt and entertaining (at least I think so).
Friday, September 15, 2006
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Can the ancient Chinese philosophy of Tao be applied to database administration?
Thursday, September 07, 2006
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I wrote about The Pythian Group's Log Buffer database metablog a week or so ago, and in keeping with the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished (!), I was asked to put together one of the weekly Log Buffer installments... so here it is...
Friday, September 01, 2006
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We've discussed data breaches here before, but here is one where the data breached was in a database.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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It looks like some IT executives are paying the penalty for presiding over data breaches... but is that the proper approach to take?
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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My thoughts on the whole "agile" movement.
Friday, August 25, 2006
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This blog of blogs offers an interesting way to keep up-to-date on what is being said in the blogosphere regarding database management.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
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I am by no means an expert on Oracle, but I like to keep up-to-date on all of the most popular DBMSes so I regularly obtain and read all types of technical books. Today, I'll share with you my list of favorite Oracle books.
Monday, August 21, 2006
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A reminder about a great conference and a warning about airport security.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
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An update on salaries from Enterprise Systems.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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