Monthly Archives: March 2014

Inside the Data Reading Room – Spring 2014 Edition

Posted on March 27, 2014 by craig@craigsmullins.com

As regular readers of this blog know, I periodically review database and data related books in a feature dubbed Inside the Data Reading Room. Today’s blog post is one of those data book review posts! And we’ll start off today’s … Continue reading →

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How to Measure the DBA’s Effectiveness?

Posted on March 20, 2014 by craig@craigsmullins.com

Every now and then when I am talking to clients (and database professionals of all types) somebody raises the age old question of how to measure the effectiveness and quality of their DBA staff. Now I’ve tackled a related question … Continue reading →

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Auditing Mainframe Database Data Access and Modification

Posted on March 8, 2014 by craig@craigsmullins.com

Tracking who did what to which piece of data, and when they did it, is important because there are many threats to data security. External agents trying to compromise security and access company data are rightly viewed as a threat … Continue reading →