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If everyone had their own, personal crystal ball, we wouldn’t be so curious about what the future may hold for our industry (and our working lives), would we?

But we don’t have those, so we want to know what noted experts in the database administration field like Craig Mullins have to say. In this interview, Craig weighs in on a lot of issues that are dear to our hard-working hearts, including trends he sees now, and for the future, in database management; that perennially sore matter of data growth; the open source movement’s impact on the database market; software as a service; and more. Tune in for a conversation with this author and expert who’s seen a lot of trends come and go in his distinguished career, and who isn’t afraid address subjects like the future of the mainframe, and whether or not DBAs will continue to be necessary.

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Resources

Craig Mullins's Blog: Perspectives on Database Management

www.craigsmullins.com

Bio

Craig Mullins is an independent consultant and president of Mullins Consulting, Inc. Craig has extensive experience in the field of database management having worked as an application developer, a DBA, and an instructor with multiple database management systems including DB2, Sybase, and SQL Server. Craig is also the author of the DB2 Developer’s Guide, the industry-leading book on DB2 for z/OS, and Database Administration: Practices and Procedures, the industry’s only book on heterogeneous DBA procedures. You can contact Craig via his web site at http://www.craigsmullins.com.

Production Credits

Dana Farver, Executive Producer, Communities Editor-in-Chief
Tom Parish, Audio Producer, Show Host
Kimberly Stone, Web Development Manager
Scott Ebner, Web Developer