9 Ways to Lower Costs & Increase Database Performance

People in database professional roles generally focus on maximizing performance, data security, and availability of the databases. However, they don't include "cost savings" on their priority list. Upper management often views IT departments as a cost center,

which can impact the budget that they allocate for vital projects and resources.

Due to COVID-19, many businesses needed to spend rapidly to put remote work technology in place. Now a global recession demands that organizations take a hard look at the cost of their database administration and other operating expenses.

A database administrator needs to explore ways to manage overall costs while improving database performance. There are nine ways database administrators can directly impact the bottom line.