The DBA role is complex. Pitfalls exist everywhere you turn, and it can be difficult to survive and thrive. On this episode of TechPod, we’ll help accidental DBAs become a DBA survivors with career…
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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.
In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.
The Disappearing DBA: Career Advice From a Data Janitor — SolarWinds TechPod 049
Why Investing in Software Security Is Worth It
Building IT software isn’t always the most secure process. The reason for this is simple economics. Companies can’t always afford to build in the security features software needs to be secure.
Having and Testing Backups is Key to Running Systems
The title of this post says it all. In IT, we’ve said for years you need to take and test backups regularly to ensure your systems are being backed up…
What Makes a Good Project Manager? Why a Big Project Without a Great PM Is Bound to Fail
The bigger the project, the more risk there is. Any decent-sized project needs a professional project manager to run it and help mitigate that risk. When it comes to big…
Having the Correct People on a Project Is Key to Success
All too often, companies put the wrong people on projects, and all too often, the wrong people are involved with the project. We see projects where the people making key…