Red Gate roadmap
Following is Red Gate's roadmap, showing the evolution of our products and our offering over time, as well as where we plan on going in the near future. Future plans are, of course, subject to change. If you have any comments or suggestions for new products that you think we are well placed to address, we are keen to hear from you, so please contact us. We give t-shirts, other freebies, and free licenses to people who come up with interesting ideas.
2008 |
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| Q4 | ANTS Profiler 4.0 expected |
| Q3 | SQL Response will be launched. This major new product is designed to make monitoring a number of SQL Servers straightforward. The product offers monitoring, alerting and incident analysis for SQL Server DBAs Q3 will see Red Gate rolling out support for SQL Server 2008 across all of its SQL Tools. You can expect a brand new version of SQL Compare 7 with complete support for SS08. SQL Compare 7 also adds the ability to compare against the schema contained in a backup of a database |
| May | SQL Data Generator 1.1 is released with minor bug fixes |
| April | SQL Prompt 3.8 released. The new Pro Edition includes code layout making working with unfamiliar scripts easy SQL Compare 7 beta was launched. This public release will give our customers an early chance to see how SQL Compare works with SQL Server 2008. Compare to backups is up and running – download the beta ANTS Profiler 3.2 is launched with full support for Visual Studio 2008 |
| March | SQL Data Generator 1.0 is released, making it easy to fill any database with sensible sample data |
| February | SQL Backup 5.3 released. This point release focused on fixing some important bugs and also improving the user experience Beta of SQL Response launched. This major new product is designed to make monitoring a number of SQL Servers straightforward. The product offers monitoring, alerting and incident analysis for SQL Server DBAs |
| January | SQL Data Compare 6.1 released. This point release introduces the option of compression for temporary files, improves performance for comparing to backups and contains the usual selection of bug fixes |
2007 |
December |
Exception Hunter is released, allowing developers to easily find unhandled exceptions thrown by a function Beta of SQL Data Generator launched. A tool to generate test data for SQL Server databases SQL Multi Script 1.1 is released with a licensing update and minor bug fixes |
| November | SQL Multi Script 1.0 is released, enabling SQL Server database professionals to execute multiple scripts against multiple SQL Servers with a single click The SQL Toolbelt is now priced at $1595. A support and upgrades contract is typically 25% extra and includes all new tools released over the duration of the contract |
October | SQL Compare 6.2 is released with SQL Changeset for intergrating source control systems SQL Data Compare 6 is released with revolutionary new UI features and the ability to compare to backups (Pro edition) SQL Backup 5.2 is released with application changes for easier, faster installation of server components |
| September | SQL Prompt 3.6 is released, supporting CTEs, Data Dude, 'live' scripted tables and many more keywords |
| July | SQL Prompt 3.5 is released providing Visual Studio 2005 integration SQL Dependency Tracker 2.4 is released enabling users to print dependency diagrams and export diagrams to PDF |
| June | Release of SQL Compare 6, enabling users to compare and synchronize to and from object-level SQL scripts |
| May | SQL Backup 5 is released with a major new GUI |
| April | ANTS Load is no longer for sale, and is removed from the website |
| March | ANTS Profiler 3 is released, providing integration with Visual Studio and support for 64-bit applications |
| January | SQL Prompt 3 is released, providing intelligent code completion for SQL Server editors |
2006 |
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| December | SQL Professional Toolbelt becomes available, giving DBAs and developers access to all our products on a subscription basis The first version of SQL Doc is released, transforming the time-consuming task of database documentation into a simple point-and-click procedure SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, SQL Packager, and SQL Toolkit updates are released, to support Windows Vista |
| November | DTS Package Compare removed from SQL Bundle |
| October | A low-cost version of SQL Backup, SQL Backup Lite, is released Database refactoring is available for the first time in SQL Server through the release of SQL Refactor |
| September | ANTS Profiler 2.7 is released, faster, more accurate, and easier to use than its predecesor |
| June | SQL Backup Pro 4.5 is released to support 64-bit servers |
| May | A completely new tool, SQL Dependency Tracker, is released to graphically track SQL Server object dependencies Red Gate acquires Attadore's SQL Prompt, and releases SQL Prompt 2.0, free of charge |
| April | SQL Bundle 5 is released, including Pro versions of SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, and SQL Packager Command-line interface removed from SQL Toolkit and added to individual Pro versions |
| January | Full support for SQL Server 2005 is available in SQL Bundle 4.1 DTS Compare is replaced with DTS Package Compare, to quickly identify differences in DTS packages |
2005 |
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| November | ANTS Profiler supports Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0 |
| June | SQL Log Rescue, a tool for viewing and recovering SQL Server data, is released |
| May | Speed of performance profiling is doubled in ANTS Profiler 2.5 |
| March | Support for .NET Framework 2.0, and a new "Check for Updates" service, are added to SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare |
| February | SQL Backup is released for quicker, more secure backups of SQL Server databases |
2004 |
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| December | Command-line versions of SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare and SQL Packager are included in the SQL Toolkit SQL Compare fully supports encrypted stored procedures, views, and functions |
| November | Memory profiling and the ability to take snapshots of an application are included in ANTS Profiler 2.0 |
| June | A tool for packaging database schemas and data, SQL Packager, is released, allowing for easier database installation The SQL scripts produced by SQL Data Compare are improved Red Gate decides to remove Aardvark from its website, and concentrate development efforts on its tools for SQL Server and .NET COMpare removed from SQL Bundle |
| April | SQL Compare scripts databases in the correct order even when the sysdepends table is broken, and you can now select individual records for migration in SQL Data Compare |
| March | SQL Data Compare now has the ability to select rows to migrate on a row-by-row basis |
2003 |
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| December | ANTS Load 1.6 is released, supporting .NET Framework 1.1 SQL Bundle Developer Edition is introduced SQL Toolkit is released, making it easier to create automated programs to compare and synchronize databases |
| October | SQL Compare has been completely rewritten, and is now as much as 100 times faster than its predecessor An update to DTS Compare is released, with a new GUI, and a reworking of server snapshots |
| July | SQL Data Compare is rewritten, and now has a new GUI, and supports all data types including text, ntext, and images |
| June | ANTS Profiler 1.2 adds support for Visual Studio.NET 2003 and .NET Framework 1.1 |
| March | DTS Compare is released, for comparing SQL Servers COMpare is released, for diagnosing mysterious ActiveX/COM errors Aardvark 2.0 is released, making issues easier to reproduce and manage, and enhancing communication and the development processes |
| February | ANTS Profiler 1.0 is released, to quickly pinpoint slow .NET code, designed to be the simplest .NET profiler available |
2002 |
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| July | SQL Compare 2.01 features increased speed, and better support for data-type changes, dependencies, and SQL 2000 features such as views, triggers, and indexes Version 1.5 of ANTS Load is released |
| January | ANTS Load 1.0 is launched, just days after Microsoft releases Visual Studio .NET to manufacturing |
2001 |
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| October | Red Gate realizes the potential of .NET, and releases the first beta of ANTS Load, Red Gate's load testing tool based on .NET and VSA technologies |
2000 |
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| March | Synchronization capability is added to SQL Compare SQL Data Compare is released to compare and synchronize the contents of SQL Server databases |
1999 |
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| December | SQL Compare, the first-ever tool for comparing SQL Server databases, is released First version of Aardvark, one of the first browser-based bug tracking systems, is released as a hosted service |
| October | Red Gate Software is founded by Neil Davidson and Simon Galbraith |