RE: Where should DBA's be placed in an Organization

If you have a development team on staff I think early and close cooperation with the DBA's is essential to smooth performance of both tasks. Although I report to a technical lead I closely support two development groups and attend their meetings.    

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of sam roberts Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:50 AM
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Subject: Where should DBA's be placed in an Organization

        Very non technical question, but I would appreciate people's views on where the DBA function should reside. In our organization we have Infrastructure support and Applications. I personally want to be with Applications as I feel we have much more to contribute, and if locked away in infrastructure we dont get to know about projects until they have been completed. We have a lot of input in Applications from evaluations of solutions, integration to working with developers. We should also be at the forefront with issues such as Datawarehousing/mining etc.. I would appreciate your views and help me make a case to present to my management. By the way we are in Infrastructure at the moment. The DBA role is changing and we need to be more proactive,

        thanks          

        sam

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