Staffing the DBA organization is not a simple matter. Several non trivial considerations must be addressed, including the size of the DBA staff and the reporting structure for the DBAs. One of the ...

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I'm supposed to be a software developer/consultant. However, I'm also the guy people look at when the application isn't running "fast enough." With business applications, speeding up the application ...

This template provides a baseline for evaluating enterprise DBA candidate’s skill set, ranging from application deployment support to database design.