Today, IT pros field an increasing number of assets they need to monitor to secure systems and understand what’s happening in their database and applications. This is further complicated as […]
DBAs – Is Your Company’s Personal and Sensitive Data Safe?
We have all seen the press coverage on corporate data breaches and compromises to personal data. You’ve probably heard about the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that came […]
DevOps: Role Clarity is Important
Those who talk a lot about DevOps, particularly those who talk a lot about culture change, sometimes gloss over or “think it is obvious” that some roles change more than […]
Of DevOps, Databases and DBAs
If you’re on a DevOps team looking for additional efficiencies, you are likely to find them in the realm of database management. The arrival of DevOps did nothing to diminish […]
Quest Software Aims to Mend DevOps Fences for DBAs
It’s no secret there’s been a lot of contention between application developers, who are under pressure to build applications faster, and database administrators (DBAs), who are charged with providing those […]
5 Ways to Keep DBAs Happy, Alive and Efficient
As DevOps adoption continues to grow, organizations are competing to find the best and brightest application developers available. Meanwhile, database administrators (DBAs) are hard at work in the background to […]
Shouldn’t DBAs Be Part of the DevOps Inner Circle?
DevOps is changing the culture of IT. This movement is bringing application development and operations teams to the same table and the same time, working to understand and overcome the […]
Where is the DBA in the DevOps conversation?
In reading case studies, surveys, and research articles on DevOps I am reminded of a cartoon I saw taped to my high school physics teacher’s file cabinet. Two scientists stand […]
Financial Sector Leading the Way with CD for the database
The financial industry, especially banks, are still using a programming language that is over 50 years old. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean they are out of date, rather these giant […]
MongoDB Replication Pro-tips: Reporting Instances
Any shop that has a DevOps culture, and that has MongoDB backed applications, uses replica sets… not just for production applications, but for those still in the prototyping phase. Replication […]
