S Hodkinson (10/23/2009)
I am going to say Yes and No. Yes because you need experience of other areas but No because I think you need to have experience of other areas of business not just computingIf you do not understand the operational reasons/needs of the organisation, you cannot be effective. Your databases may be backed up, optimised, performance tuned etc etc but the information within them is useless to the front line forces. DBAs should be proactive not reactive
Your comments dont make sense, A dba is responsible for integrity and security of data, the content is irrelevant. Your responsibilities to the business could be non-existent depending on the company. Knowing how the business operates does not help as much as people make out.
Having a broad IT knowledge/experience/background can help you as you have a lot of experiences to draw from. Having business experience is only helpful, if you are engaged in assisting directly with the business.
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