What is a Database Administrator or DBA?

Every organization that handles large volumes of data requires a database management system (DBMS). The person (or group of people) in charge of managing, supervising, and ensuring the proper use of the data within a DBMS is a database administrator ...

Database VS Spreadsheet? What's the difference?

Understanding the difference between a database and a spreadsheet plays an essential role in the daily operations of many companies, and it is vital to make better use of these technologies. Although different technologies are involved, the databases and spreadsheets ...

What is Big Data Management?

Big data management is a general concept that includes the governance, organization, design, management, policies, procedures, and technology used for large volumes of structured and unstructured data. It can combine data cleansing, integration, migration, and preparation for reporting and analytics. ...

Advantages of Using Multi-Platform Database Systems

There are new perspectives on the benefits of managing multi-platform database systems, even though the challenges are new, and sometimes radical. Both in large and small organizations, DBAs are under pressure to comply with the sudden changes in database technology ...

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How Does HIPAA Affect Database Management?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets the standard for sensitive patient data protection that companies who deal with protected health information (PHI) must comply with. DBA Role In order to comply with the HIPAA regulations, DBAs must ...

Database Upgrade - 4 Signs That It's Time

A database upgrade can be a duanting, but nescesary task.  A database meets different business objectives: Keeping a history of the relationship with your current and past customers, running marketing campaigns, categorizing your contacts, establishing business objectives, knowing and monitoring ...

Data Clustering Basics

Data clustering is a method that involves grouping a set of objects based on their characteristics and their similarities. It is a technique of unsupervised learning and is common for statistical data analysis used in many fields. Data Clustering Models ...

What is Database Normalization?

Database normalization is a method in which data attributes of a data model are sorted to enhance the cohesion of entity types and to reduce and even eliminate data redundancy. Normalization of a relational database consists of applying a series ...

What is Data Scrambling?

Some companies have long wondered what data scrambling is. Data scrambling is the process of deleting or obfuscating confidential data, a method that is normally carried out by database administrators who want to preserve the confidentiality of the data. This ...