http://thesqlagentman.com/2009/07/sqlagentman-contest-1/ Some call me... TIM! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:49:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thesqlagentman.com/2009/07/sqlagentman-contest-1/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Are DBAs Losing Power? | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:31:19 +0000 http://www.ford-it.com/sqlagentman/?p=309#comment-98 [...] Project managers buy systems without talking to a DBA or an architect first.  When the check is written before the requirements are, inevitably the solution doesn’t meet all of the requirements.  The systems violate security standards, run as SA, don’t work with current versions of SQL Server, and worse.  For examples, check out the comments on Tim Ford’s contest about vendor problems. [...] [...] Project managers buy systems without talking to a DBA or an architect first.  When the check is written before the requirements are, inevitably the solution doesn’t meet all of the requirements.  The systems violate security standards, run as SA, don’t work with current versions of SQL Server, and worse.  For examples, check out the comments on Tim Ford’s contest about vendor problems. [...]

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