This article is part one of a six-part series: “The Changing Role of the Modern DBA,” developed as a collaborative effort between IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly.

As the use of cloud as a database platform expands and automated capabilities increase, there are new opportunities for DBAs to move beyond operations and emergency fire-fighting and instead get involved in more innovative, high-level tasks that bring additional value to their organizations. But to prepare for the new cloud era, experts contend, DBAs must add new skills.

The editors of IOUG SELECT and Big Data Quarterly have launched a new six-part content series on ‘The Changing Role of the Modern DBA’.  This six-part series will be running over the course of the next three months, with three articles appearing on SELECT and three articles appearing on Big Data Quarterly.

Check out part one, authored by Joyce Wells with Big Data Quarterly.