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by Tim DiChiara, Senior Site Editor
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When you first heard the term "remote DBA," did the phrase "unemployed DBA" come to mind?
That likely happened to many of you a few years ago, when the concept began gaining popularity. Remote DBA companies typically offer monitoring, troubleshooting, patch deployment, upgrades, and user account management. Fortunately, initial fears that remote DBA services would steal high-paying, on-site DBA jobs seem to have been put to rest. Indeed, as our article last week Remote DBAs: Not the
next big thing noted, temporary remote services might even be welcomed by many over-stressed DBAs shackled to their beepers and afraid to take a vacation.
As consultant and author (and SearchOracle.com site expert) Don Burleson observes, "Companies choose [remote DBA services] to prevent employee burnout and the high attrition rate related to the long hours DBAs typically work... Remote DBA firms should be used to supplement a company's talent pool."
If remote services aren't the biggest threat to DBA jobs, what is? You guessed it: offshore outsourcing. But that's a whole other, far uglier, topic.
Let me know what you think. Has your firm used a remote DBA service? Do you think these companies are a threat to the very fragile DBA job market? Does working for a remote DBA company actually sound better than your current job? Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED].
Till next week, Tim
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert Mike Lampa, CEO, BAG, Inc.
Categories: Data warehousing and business intelligence
Mike is co-founder and CEO of BAG, a Texas-based business intelligence consultancy. He has over 21 years experience in strategic planning, program management, and designing, building and supporting data warehouse and operational data store implementations. Intricately involved in the daily activities of BAG, Mr. Lampa can often be found building data and process models to aid in improved operations efficiency and decision support automation for clients.
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Read Mike's answers to previous questions
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This Week: In the forums
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Can't get the LIKE clause to work
Member "kxm" is stuggling to get a VB app to work that uses LIKE * string *. Give him your pearls of wisdom in our "DBA Water Cooler." |
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Creating Sybase view of DB2 table
Member "SanK" needs to create a view of a DB2 table inside a Sybase database using MainframeConnect Gateway, not DataJoiner. If you have any ideas, go to our "DB2 Tech Forum." |
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| Tip of the Week: |
DB2: How to create Web database apps with WDSC and VDM
An overview of the author's "Visual development method" that seeks to
raise productivity and shorten the learning curve for DB2 iSeries/RPG
developers who want to build Java Web applications. |
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