GridApp dbConnections: JULY 2010
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When you are successfully selling database automation solutions to the largest companies in the world you see some baffling themes. What's been most baffling is how long and how much money enterprises spend on attempting to make a generalized automation product actually handle any complex component of the application stack, like the database. More>
Seems like a simple goal when it comes down the line - "We need to install the latest Oracle PSU to all of our critical databases". Shouldn't be too much of a problem, right - a script should be able to take care of that. Then we just have to schedule the downtime and execute the procedure on each database. More>
It's tough to be a DBA these days. Gone is the time when a DBA's primary job responsibilities were to keep the database 1) up, and 2) fast.
Today, that's still the DBA's responsibility, but the scope of their efforts has increased dramatically. Security teams have imposed more stringent rules on how database access is controlled, audited, and validated on an ongoing basis. Compliance auditors require increasingly strict levels of documentation about things like backup and recovery testing, change controls, and other best practices. Corporate ITIL initiatives expand the quantity of people who have to be involved to implement even minor fixes, upgrades, etc. More>
Today, that's still the DBA's responsibility, but the scope of their efforts has increased dramatically. Security teams have imposed more stringent rules on how database access is controlled, audited, and validated on an ongoing basis. Compliance auditors require increasingly strict levels of documentation about things like backup and recovery testing, change controls, and other best practices. Corporate ITIL initiatives expand the quantity of people who have to be involved to implement even minor fixes, upgrades, etc. More>