Changing Roles
Change is constant in IT, but the rate seems to be increasing, along with the vagueness of one’s role in it. DBAs may need to define their own personal boundaries and embrace the rapid change.

DBA 3.0: Moving Your Career Forward in 2017
Since it’s a brand-new year with a Presidential election (hopefully) behind us, it’s the perfect time to look forward to what we as Oracle DBAs should concentrate on so that we can fine-tune our career aspirations in 2017.

Start Solving Big Data Challenges Now
Download the 12 Months of Database 12c: Big Data for Oracle Technologists presentation to learn how to deal with Big Data challenges today.

Time to Revitalize Your Data Warehouse
“Recent studies have shown that organizations, both small and large, are investing more in analytics while at the same time maintaining or reducing their traditional data warehouse spending. This seems an odd combination. How could one reduce data warehouse spending and increase analytics?”

The Resiliency of Big Data
“Big Data is evolving at an unprecedented rate in our new open-source economy. As a result, it has its strengths and weaknesses.”Ian Abramson details these strengths and weaknesses in his SELECT Journal column from last year. Do you agree?