You are the database administrator for the customer database of a medium sized manufacturing firm. The database runs on an Oracle database management system installed on a server owned and managed by your firm's small IT organization. Recently you have been receiving a number of complaints from users of the database about extremely slow response time to their queries and report requests. Management has asked you to prepare a set of proposed solutions.
1. What advantages can be gained from moving to a database as a service environment?
2. Can you think of any possible disadvantages to this approach?
3. What additional questions need to be answered before you can decide if the database as a service is right for your firm?