Database Administration With the current economic slowdown, today s IT managers are being more careful with their budgets and are looking for greater efficiencies. The most vulnerable personnel in the IT departments are the "superstars," such as the highly skilled and highly compensated database administrators. Many organizations are finding that remote DBA services can offer better DBA management at a better price than hiring internal DBAs. In this article, I ll take a look at the current DBA crisis and show you how remote DBA services can help. The DBA job crisis DBAs have always been prima donnas, demanding extra perks such as a private office, expensive training (e.g., the Alaskan cruises for DBAs offered by the Geek Cruise Corporation), and flexible hours. There is a natural barrier to entry into the DBA ranks because of the dual requirement of being skilled in both oral and written communications and having superior technical ability. Because DBAs are charged with the overall design and implementation of applications, they must be knowledgeable in all areas of business administration and be able to converse fluently with accountants, manufacturing managers, and other business professionals. Many DBAs possess master s degrees from major universities, some with MBAs or master s degrees in computer engineering. There is also the matter of the huge scope of the database software. For example, Oracle has evolved into one of the world s most complex database management systems, and it takes years of training to master all of the complexities of the Oracle database. Just as the medical profession has segmented into specialty areas because of its complexity, Oracle DBAs are also segmenting themselves into specialty areas, targeting Oracle DBA niche markets such as data warehousing, performance tuning, and Oracle applications support. It s very hard to find an experienced Oracle DBA general practitioner. Companies are struggling to attract DBA talent with enough experience to ensure continuous availability of their databases. The downtime for many production databases is often measured in tens of thousand of dollars per minute, and it is very risky to entrust these databases to beginners. Since many companies have been unable to attract DBA talent, several approaches have been tried to fill the market need. Grow your own DBA Some companies undertake to educate an intelligent junior employee in database administration. Although the cost for the full set of DBA training by Oracle is over $70,000, many companies have successfully used this approach. The drawback is that the company often loses these new DBAs as soon as they re trained because their HR departments are unable or unwilling to increase the DBA s salary to the market rate. It s difficult for many HR departments to justify the salary of the Oracle DBA at the same level of a vice president, and it s impossible for most companies to raise the salary of a $40,000/year IT employee to $120,000 per year. Hence, most of these DBAs leave their companies soon after completing their training. Remote DBA services Many companies are abandoning full-time employee DBAs in favor of remote Database support. These remote DBA companies leverage a shared skill pool and can offer remote DBA support cheaper than having an expensive full-time DBA. Companies are saving tens of thousands of dollars yearly by replacing expensive full-time DBAs with remote DBA services. These services hire a pool of highly trained certified DBAs and place them in response centers where they can constantly monitor client databases. There are currently over 100 companies offering remote DBA services. What We Offer
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