Database admin vs. database architect: Choosing the right role for your needs While both positions work with the same technologies, they have different functions.

Learn about what database administration is and how database administrators help companies set up, maintain, and secure large volumes of information.

Application DBAs support a database that has been designed for a specific application or a set of applications, such as customer service software. Using complex programming languages, they may write ...

[The following is excerpted from "What Every Database Administrator Should Know About Security," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Database Security Tech Center.] To say that there ...

Here's a look at how one database administrator collaborates with his coworkers, helping analyze data, strategizing with business leaders and leading teams at work.