Re: Sarbaynes-Oxley and the Oracle DBA

NorwoodThree wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> My company is going thru the pain (as many of you probably are) of
> Sarbaynes-Oxley compliance.
>
> I was curious to see if there was any information, discussion, or
> thoughts anyone could post regarding how this applies to the database
> administrator position. There are obvious implications to security,
> process/data flow, and change management.
>
> Does anyone think that the role of database administrator (especially
> Oracle Financials database administrators) will change or elevate as
> Sarbaynes-Oxley takes hold?

I don't know if the job of DBA will change if someone was/is doing a good job. But based on the number of presentations I've seen at Oracle conferences and user groups I expect it will cause many people to make a lot of changes.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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