Technology Changes Role Of Database Administrator
Beginning of paper
The database administrator (DBA) is responsible for managing and coordinating
all database activities. The DBA's job description includes database design,
user coordination, backup, recovery, overall performance, and database
security. The database administrator plays a crucial role in managin ....
Middle of paper
.... The DBA was also responsible
for back-up and recovery, which required many complex utility programs that run
in a specified order. This was a time-consuming energy draining task. (Fosdick
1995)
Databases are currently in the process of integration. Standardizing data,
once done predominately by large corporations, is now filtering down to medium-
size and small companies. The meshing of the old and new database causes
administrators to maintain two or three database products on a sin ....
------------------
Word count: 1127
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
