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Saturday, January 25, 2014

DBA Rules of Thumb - Part 12 (Be a Packrat)

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Today's post in the DBA Rules of Thumb series is short and sweet. It can be simply stated as "Keep Everything!" Database adm...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

DBA Rules of Thumb - Part 11 (Invest in Yourself)

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Most IT professionals continually look for their company to invest money in their ongoing education. Who among us does not want to learn so...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

DBA Rules of Thumb - Part 10 (Keep Up-to-Date)

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If you wish to be a successful DBA for a long period of time, you will have to keep up-to-date on all kinds of technology — both database-r...
Sunday, January 05, 2014

DBA Rules of Thumb - Part 9 (Call on Others for Help When Needed)

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Use All of the Resources at Your Disposal Remember that you do not have to do everything yourself. Use the resources at your disposal. ...
Thursday, January 02, 2014

DBA Rules of Thumb - Part 8 (Being Business Savvy)

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Understand the Business, Not Just the Technology Remember that being technologically adept is just a part of being a good DBA. Although...
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Craig S. Mullins
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Craig S. Mullins is a data management strategist, researcher, and consultant. He is president and principal consultant of Mullins Consulting, Inc. and the publisher/editor for The Database Site.

Craig has been named by IBM as a Gold Consultant and an IBM Champion for Analytics. He has been named as one of the Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Analytics by AnalyticsWeek magazine.

Craig has over three decades of experience in all facets of database systems development and has worked with Db2 since V1. You may know Craig from his popular books: Db2 Developer's Guide (covering IBM's mainframe RDBMS)... A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers (how to write efficient Db2 programs) and... Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures (a guide to heterogenous DBA).
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