Database Administration
The primary tasks involved in database administration include creating and testing data backups, helping ensure data integrity, defining and implementing access controls to data and ensuring reliable database performance and uptime.
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Morphing Words Just the Way of the World-Not Just the Web
Every day, it seems, we encounter strange new words on the Web. Twiller? That sounds like Elmer Fudd referring to a certain Michael Jackson album. Greenlashing? Oh, that's from a savage fight in the More >
Make DBAs Part of the Solution
"What we got here is ... failure to communicate." That iconic line, perfectly delivered by the great Strother Martin in the film Cool Hand Luke, aptly sums up the relationship between security More >
Interviews
Chatting with DataChick: Karen Lpez on Choosing the Right Tools
What's a good resolution for 2012? "Love Your Data," says avid Twitter user and data modeling expert Karen Lpez, aka @datachick, citing her trademark mantra. Lpez has attracted nearly 5,000 More >
When There's No API: Kapow's Unique Approach to Integration
John Yapaola, CEO of Kapow Software, says there's a broad assumption that APIs will solve integration on the Web. But what do you do when there's no API? Yapaola explains Kapow's unique approach to More >
Managing the Internet's Growing Complexity
Carl Weinschenk spoke to Steve Garrison, the vice president of marketing for Infoblox. The explosion of devices, their mobility and the virtualization of operating systems radically increase More >
Editor's Choice
Ten Certifications That Actually Mean Something
What gives meaning to a certification? Is it the certification vendor? Is it the subject? Or is it the perceived difficulty, mystique or aura?
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