Two-thirds of database administration resources are consumed by non-revenue-producing activity, and between 40% and 80% of their time is spent on problem identification and resolution, as opposed to optimization and management issues, according to a new study.
According to a survey of information technology professionals, database administrators have their hands full managing the manual processes that allow their systems to operate, as opposed to focusing on revenue-enhancing activities.
The study also found that meeting security and compliance standards, maintaining performance levels and overseeing database upgrades ranked high among database administrators
