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Database administration remains an important skill as organizations continue to store and access much of their data using a database management system. But what it means to be a DBA has changed over ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

In his book, "Business at the Speed of Thought", Bill Gates described how an enterprise's information system, or EIS, should act like a "digital nervous system." When a heavy object falls on a finger ...

“Temporality” is a term that database managers know well, but it may be a new one for business managers. That has to change, as the temporality your database supports­—or, how it handles time—could be ...

Database Administrator vs. Database Architect: What’s the Difference? Your email has been sent A database admin is responsible for the operation of databases, whereas a database architect manages the ...

Joel is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, networking and messaging. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @joelsnyder. Is the end of support for Microsoft SQL Server the push ...