Assure efficient and proper database operations through continuous monitoring of the system, detect and diagnose database performance issues, initiate approriate actions to correct performance problems.

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As he explained in a May 31st interview, Xeround was started in 2005 to develop a telecommunications database for internal operations.

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The problem was that the database team, the operations team, the storage team and networking team all had to coordinate and approve the changes.

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Should an epidemic spread inside the firm, it could wreak havoc on the Immigration and Naturalization Service's database, disrupt Continental Airlines' flight operations or destroy Medicare records.

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The database will be used by the Homeland Security Operations Center, which monitors incidents around the country to determine if there's a potential threat.

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For example, end of day operations in a bank will use a data warehouse database.

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