Re: Can DBA Jobs be Outsourced ???

From: JEDIDIAH <jedithezealot_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 13 Aug 2003 15:44:34 -0700
Message-ID: <5121813f.0308131444.e9baba1@posting.google.com>

vslabs_at_onwe.co.za (Billy Verreynne) wrote in message news:<1a75df45.0308062229.6dc7f98e_at_posting.google.com>...
> "Syltrem" <syltremzulu_at_videotron.com> wrote ..
> >
> > Can you explain why " the DBA has to be present at the location to do the
> > maintenance work" ?
>
> Accessibility. Communication. A brick-and-mortar thing.
>
> There's no argument at all that the job can be done from anywhere.
>
> However, "they" usually want someone they can talk face to gace to.
> "They" want to see that someone as a desk in the office doing his
> thing.

Such a person may also be viewed as having a more direct stake in the company. Some outsider may just treat your company as yet another disposable customer and perform their duties accordingly. Companies might find that they end up getting what they pay for.

I know of a company that is suffering from this very problem right now. Received on Wed Aug 13 2003 - 17:44:34 CDT