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5 things to look for in a third-party monitoring tool

A key finding from Redgate’s recent State of Database Monitoring Survey of over 2,500 IT professionals was that 79% of respondents reported using either a third-party or in-house monitoring tool. It’s notable because it’s an increase of 10 percentage points from the same survey last year – and the satisfaction rate with third-party monitoring... Read more

What you need to know about the Accelerate State of DevOps 2021

Every year, the Accelerate State of DevOps Report examines the capabilities and practices that drive software delivery, operational, and organizational performance. The 2021 report from the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team at Google Cloud has now been published and provides highlights from seven years of research and data from more than 32,000 professionals... Read more

What’s the real story behind the explosive growth of data?

You may have read or heard about IDC’s recent Global DataSphere Forecast, 2021-2025, which predicts that global data creation and replication will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23% over the forecast period, leaping to 181 zettabytes in 2025. That’s up from 64.2 zettabytes of data in 2020 which, in turn, is... Read more

Our favorite community events beyond Redgate

We host a lot of events at Redgate, from Summits to webinars, podcasts to panel discussions. Guest speakers like Donovan Brown from Microsoft, Tony Madonna from BMW, and Chris Yates from Republic Bank help us to explore and explain technical or business challenges. Redgate Advocates like Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey and Kathi Kellenberger share... Read more

The moment we’ve all been waiting patiently for is finally here and PASS Data Community Summit registration is now open! We’re excited to be opening the doors to the Microsoft data platform community and announcing our lineup of speakers and sessions. Our conference program has been carefully curated to ensure that attendees get the... Read more

Diversity in the PASS Data Community Summit 2021 program

A few years ago, I was approached by an organizer of a developer conference asking if I would be interested in presenting at their event. This was unusual at the time, because I mostly spoke at SQL Server events, but I didn’t remember ever being asked like this before. The organizer told me that... Read more

Introducing Redgate’s flexible-hybrid working model

The world of work has changed dramatically over the last year and, at Redgate, we’ve been reflecting on what this might mean for our business, and the ways that we work together in the future. From 2022 onwards, we’re aiming to offer Redgate staff a flexible-hybrid working model across our global organization. We want... Read more

How Redox quickly identify and resolve database performance issues

In the IT team at Redox, I wear two hats: Software Development Manager and DBA. I’m the only DBA in the team, so if anything goes wrong it’s my job to identify and fix it. As you might imagine, this can be challenging when being a DBA isn’t your full-time role. Based in Sydney,... Read more

Gaining a real competitive edge in managed services

These are interesting – and challenging – times to be a Managed Service Provider. When it first published its Managed Services Market Size Forecast, Mordor Intelligence valued the market at US$152 billion in 2020, and predicted it to reach US$274 billion by 2026, a compound annual growth rate of 11.2%. Over a year later,... Read more

How to encourage DBAs to embrace DevOps, rather than fear change

How do we help Database Administrators (DBAs) embrace DevOps in a way that can be really productive and part of a rich DevOps team that delivers value to customers quickly and continuously? That’s an important question to ask right now because there’s a common view among DBAs that DevOps isn’t for them. They’re responsible... Read more

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