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DBA

Database Administrator

In plain language

The person who looks after a company's databases, keeping them running, backed up and secure.

The metaphor

Like the records clerk who runs the filing room: knows where every folder is, who may open it and that copies exist.

Going deeper

How it works

  • Installs, tunes and updates the database software.
  • Controls who can read or change which data.
  • Sets up backups and tests restores.
  • Small businesses usually rely on their software vendor, who runs the database behind the scenes.

How WILDCARD handles it

vCIO helps a business ask the right questions about who looks after its data.

In practice
  • A DBA restores a database after a failed update.
  • An accounting vendor hosts a client's data and handles its backups.
  • An auditor asks who has administrator access to the database.

A question owners ask

Do I need one?

If your software runs in the vendor's cloud, the vendor fills the role. Ask them in writing how often backups run and how a restore is tested.

Where WILDCARD handles this
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vCIO
  • Fractional CIO on retainer
  • Moonlight, Sunlight, Starlight tiers
  • Credits for single outputs
Start with vCIO
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