A Q&A by Joyce Wells, DBTA, featuring Shay Shmeltzer, Director of Product Management for Oracle Cloud Development Tools

The concepts of Agile methodology and continuous delivery have become popular in software development, yet they are somewhat less mature among DBAs and database developers. Joyce Wells, editor at Database Trends and Applications (DBTA), spoke with Shay Shmeltzer, director of product management for Oracle Cloud Development Tools, to discuss how DBAs and SQL developers can take advantage of newer development approaches while also dealing with the unique challenges that exist in the world of database development.

This article is part one in a series of six, between the editors of DBTA and SELECT. Over the next few months, we’ll explore DevOps and the modern enterprise through this exchange of articles. Continue reading the Q&A from DBTA and keep an eye out for more to come.