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- IT Hiring Kit: Oracle Database Administrator
- New version designed especially for Oracle DBAs! The IT Hiring Kit for Oracle Database Administrators will help you interview, evaluate, and select suitable candidates for a DBA position. This kit comes with a detailed job description, interview questions, a candidate assessment spreadsheet, classified ad text, and...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Administrator, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Oracle Database, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Download resources 2008-04-22
- DB2 UDB for LUW for Smarties - Part 1 of 2
- Costs are tight, DBAs are clever, a database is a database - so why not get the mainframe DB2 DBAs to look after DB2 for LUW? This webcast is a crash course on administration for DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX, Windows. It is designed so that an experienced mainframe DBA...
- Tags: Database Administrator, IBM DB2 Universal Database, Computer Associates International Inc., IBM DB2, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
- What You Can Do When Your Database Runs Out of Temp Space
- This paper provides a briefly review of how Oracle manages sorting operations. Next the paper discusses how a database administrator can determine if any statements on the database have failed because the temporary tablespace ran out of space. The paper also presents two techniques a DBA can use to understand...
- Tags: Technique, Database Administrator, Productivity, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers
- DBAs, Oracle Designer, and the Development Life Cycle
- This paper shows how DBAs and developers can work together to close the project life-cycle loop from initial implementation, production, and back, to analyzing new features/enhancements. The key, demonstrated by example, is that Oracle9i Designer is the DBA's guide as to what should be in the database and not what...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Oracle Corp., Oracle Designer, Oracle9i, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers
- Response-Time Analysis Made Easy in Oracle Database 10g
- Historically, in trying to achieve maximum database performance, Oracle DBAs and performance analysts have fought an uphill battle to obtain solid response time metrics for system as well as user session activity. The problem facing DBAs has always had two facets: first, determining exactly "Where" the database or user sessions...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Oracle Corp., Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers
- Beyond the Database: The Application Server and the DBA
- This webcast discusses application server technology from the DBA's perspective.
- Tags: Database Administrator, Database, Oracle Corp., Application Server, Server, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Consultant Joe Vayo Uses SQL-BackTrack to Stabilize Database Administration
- Joe Vayo is an independent database administrator DBA who focuses on Oracle database administration, using SQLBackTrack, part of the SmartDBA product family. Vayo extends his expertise to his clients on a per-project consulting basis. The challenge was to deliver enterprise-wide stability of company databases and streamline the administration of backup...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Database Administrator, Administration, Joe Vayo, Vayo, Workforce Management, Storage, Databases, Human Resources, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Customers Succeed With SmartDBA's Enterprisewide Data Recovery Strategies
- SmartDBA from BMC Software gives DBAs an intelligent solution that simplifies database backup and recovery, advises DBAs on key issues and executes operations quickly to ensure high data availability. SmartDBA provides consistent management for Unix and Microsoft Windows NT operating systems across all major database platforms: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Database Administrator, SmartDBA, It Management, Databases, Storage, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- TechNet Webcast: A SQL Server DBA's Guide to the .NET Framework and CLR Integration (Level 200)
- Most topics on SQL Server Common Language Runtime CLR integration are presented from the perspective of developers in this webcast. If you're a database administrator who's feeling a little ignored lately, this webcast answers on these timely topics why the .NET Framework matters to DBAs, how .NET Framework is integrated...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Microsoft .NET Framework, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, CLR, Microsoft TechNet, Integration, .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Get Down With OCP: Evaluating DBA Job Applicants in an OCP World
- The most damaging aspect of newer DBAs is that they don't know when they are in over their heads, or how to plan properly. Senior IT professionals, no matter their field of expertise, have a gut feeling when it's happening. They know they have to step away, talk things over...
- Tags: Job, Database Administrator, IT Professional
- White papers
- The Seven Deadly Habits of a DBA ... and How to Cure Them
- Calling widespread bad habits in database administration "deadly" may seem extreme. However, when you consider the critical nature of most data, and just how damaging data loss or corruption can be to a corporation, "deadly" seems pretty dead-on. Although these habits are distressingly common among DBAs, they are curable with...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Habit, Storage, Hardware
- White papers
- Managing Many Databases and the Many Changes, Updating and Keeping Databases in Sync
- As databases grow more complex or as the DBA takes on the management of more databases, performing administration or the proper change management quickly becomes more then one DBA can handle. Offered as part of the CA Productivity Pack for Oracle, Unicenter Enterprise DBA offers database administrators advanced technology and...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Computer Associates International Inc., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: A SQL Server DBA's Guide to CLR Integration (Level 300)
- While most webcasts on common language runtime CLR integration in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are targeted at developers, this webcast answers the key questions that database administrators typically ask: "You want to put WHAT in my server?"; "Why would you want to do that?"; "How will it affect my server...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, CLR, Microsoft TechNet, Integration, .Net, Digital Media, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- QueryBlaster (zip)
- For many DBAs using todays techniques to manage their databases can be a painstaking experience. For those that manage hundreds of databases a simple process as updating a stored procedure can take hours. The DBA can be found manually connecting to each database one at a time in order to...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-03-24
- SSMS++ (exe)
- SSMS++ extends the management studio to give the DBA the features that let them run context sensitive critical DBCC commands. From the familar SSMS gui create, view and edit DDL/DML triggers as well as the full range of Service Broker objects (Message Types, Contracts, Queues, Services, Routes and Remote Service...
- Tags: Database Administrator, SSMS++
- Software downloads 2008-02-13
- Use Aegis to automate your DBA tasks
- Do you have a need to cut IT Management Costs? Most organizations will welcome this idea and will listen intently. Recently, Gartner reported that process automation has become a key focus for organizations looking to improve and measure IT operations. Let me introduce to you NETIQ's Aegis, a vendor-neutral platform...
- Tags: Database Administrator, NetIQ Corp., Information Technology, Security Management, Tool, Aegis, Strategy, Productivity, Management, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Add SQL Sentry to your toolbelt
- Are you a DBA in today's market with limited time to perform maintenance? Do you have multiple SQL Servers you must monitor on a daily basis? As a DBA in today's 24x7 world, managing multiple SQL Servers can be quite a challenge. Having an arsenal of tools...
- Tags: Job, Database Administrator, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, SQL, Tool, SQL Sentry Event Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Data Management, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- DBA Easy Control (zip)
- DBA Easy Control is a unique database management suite for Oracle DBMS administrators. It's a must-have for any serious expert seeking to have full control of his/her database infrastructure. The solution constantly aggregates and keeps track of all the information that administrators use on a daily basis. DBA Easy Control...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-02-08
- ALOT News Toolbar (exe)
- The ALOT News Toolbar is a free toolbar that lets you navigate your favorite news sites and search top news stories with the following features: one-click access to web searches powered by Google, the ability to easily search the latest headline news and top stories, quick access to online local,...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Toolbar, Miva, ALOT News Toolbar
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator Boot Camp
- View Available Dates and LocationsThis Boot Camp provides the opportunity for IT professionals to obtain the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist MCTS: SQL Server 2005 certification and the Microsoft Certified IT Professional MCITP: Database Administrator certification, two of Microsoft's new generation of certifications introduced to better reflect...
- Tags: Database Administrator, Certification, Microsoft SQL Server, Exam, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Quality, Databases, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Data Management
- Training 2008-01-01
