Redgate Blog

19 March 2026

A Faster Way To Spot What’s Slowing Down Your PostgreSQL Database

When a PostgreSQL database starts misbehaving, the instinct is to jump straight into query plans and index statistics. But often, the real story hides one level higher, in wait events: the moments where PostgreSQL pauses and tells you exactly what it’s waiting for. Redgate Monitor now surfaces this data visually… Read more

performance monitoring and optimization

Redgate Monitor

Grant Fritchey

18 March 2026

Grant Fritchey

18 March 2026

Let’s Tune Our AWS Aurora PostgreSQL Database

In case you don’t know the back story, in order for me to play with radios and label it “work,” I’ve created a PostgreSQL database running on AWS Aurora. The db is fed from API calls to aprs.fi through Lambda functions on AWS. Some of the DDL & code is… Read more

18 March 2026

18 March 2026

5 Database Monitoring Tips Every DBA Should Use to Reduce Firefighting

In a recent webinar I hosted with my colleague Chris Hawkins, Inside a DBA’s Day: What Really Happens and How to Stay Ahead, we talked through the realities of a typical DBA day and the practical ways teams can stay ahead of issues rather than constantly reacting. For many DBAs,… Read more

Redgate Monitor

Phil James

17 March 2026

Phil James

17 March 2026

Redgate Monitor is now available as a fully managed SaaS edition

Database teams are already juggling a lot. Monitoring the performance of complex, multi-platform estates takes expertise and focus — and that's before you factor in installing, maintaining, and updating the monitoring tooling itself. Read more

Tony Davis

13 March 2026

Tony Davis

13 March 2026

Test Data Management and SOC 2 Compliance

Using live data outside production is one of the fastest ways to create compliance risk, because it quickly becomes harder to control who can access it, how it is handled, and how long it is kept. A Test Data Management (TDM) approach provides exactly the kind of controls SOC 2… Read more

Redgate Test Data Manager

12 March 2026

12 March 2026

Redgate Test Data Manager Updates – March 2026

Redgate Test Data Manager's latest release adds Entra ID authentication, multi-target anonymization, and direct treatment code editing with workflow improvements to make pipeline management faster and more flexible. Read more

Redgate Test Data Manager

Test Data Manager

Adrian Tan

10 March 2026

Adrian Tan

10 March 2026

Smarter Postgres Monitoring: Compare Queries, Spot Unused Indexes, and Diagnose Waits

Redgate Monitor now offers PostgreSQL users faster ways to investigate performance problems, with new capabilities such as Query Compare, Top Waits, database-level insights, and custom metrics. Read more

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Adam Atreides

6 March 2026

Adam Atreides

6 March 2026

SQL Prompt Product Updates – March 2026

SQL Prompt’s February releases focused on compatibility and stability, with a critical fix for SSMS 22.3 users and several features graduating from experimental to fully supported. SSMS 22.3 Compatibility Fix If you recently upgraded to SSMS 22.3 and experienced crashes with SQL Prompt installed, we’ve resolved this in v11.3.6. The… Read more

SQL Prompt

SQL Toolbelt Essentials

James Hemson

27 February 2026

James Hemson

27 February 2026

The Complexity Myth in Test Data Management

The test data management market has told smaller companies the same story for years: compliance is complex, implementations take six months, and you need consultants to get there. Redgate thinks that's wrong, and wrong by design. There's a faster, simpler path to compliant test data. And it starts in 30… Read more

Redgate Test Data Manager

26 February 2026

26 February 2026

Smarter Custom Metrics for Redgate Monitor: Additional Alert Text Query

Whether it’s unexpected database growth, a spike in ad hoc queries, or unauthorized user creation, Redgate Monitor’s new additional alert text query provides diagnostic context directly in your custom metric alerts. This will help you eliminate manual investigation and fix critical issues faster. Read more

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Security and compliance

Database monitoring and observability

Database change management

Productivity and workflow automation

AI data readiness

Database modernization

Efficiency and cost optimization

Cloud migration and workload optimization

Redgate Flyway

Redgate Monitor

SQL Toolbelt Essentials

Redgate Test Data Manager

Redgate Blog

A Faster Way To Spot What’s Slowing Down Your PostgreSQL Database

Let’s Tune Our AWS Aurora PostgreSQL Database

5 Database Monitoring Tips Every DBA Should Use to Reduce Firefighting

Redgate Monitor is now available as a fully managed SaaS edition

Test Data Management and SOC 2 Compliance

Redgate Test Data Manager Updates – March 2026

Smarter Postgres Monitoring: Compare Queries, Spot Unused Indexes, and Diagnose Waits

SQL Prompt Product Updates – March 2026

The Complexity Myth in Test Data Management

Smarter Custom Metrics for Redgate Monitor: Additional Alert Text Query

2026 State of the Database Landscape

Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional

Security and compliance

Database monitoring and observability

Database change management

Productivity and workflow automation

AI data readiness

Database modernization

Efficiency and cost optimization

Cloud migration and workload optimization

Redgate Flyway

Redgate Monitor

SQL Toolbelt Essentials

Redgate Test Data Manager

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