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Carly Meichen

12 November 2025

12 November 2025

Redgate Software recognized as a Strong Performer in Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Infrastructure Monitoring Software

We’re thrilled to share that Redgate Software has been recognized as a ‘Strong Performer’ in the 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Infrastructure Monitoring Tools category with our Redgate Monitor solution. We believe this recognition is a reflection of the trust and feedback from the people who… Read more

Redgate Monitor

28 February 2025

28 February 2025

5 things to look for in a database monitoring tool

Updated in 2026. Databases are the backbone of enterprise-level organizations, facilitating efficient data management, supporting critical business processes, and providing a foundation for secure innovation and growth. Effective database monitoring is critical for maintaining a high level of performance, security, and reliability in database systems, particularly in enterprise-level environments where… Read more

13 November 2020

13 November 2020

Why you should include the database in your 2021 IT strategy

It’s that time of year when business leaders and managers in organizations of all shapes and sizes are considering what the next 12 months’ strategy and beyond should look like. Given the current business climate where the pandemic has prompted many companies to change the way they work, it’s even… Read more

20 May 2019

20 May 2019

Enhancing your database development using coding standards

Updated June 2020 Development and IT departments face increasing demands to deliver changes faster, often with increasing complexity and less tolerance for downtime, and without a corresponding growth in team size to handle the extra work. Standardizing database development practices by establishing coding standards can help achieve this by removing… Read more

30 April 2019

30 April 2019

4 steps to laying the foundations for standardized database development

Updated June 2020 In the increasingly demanding world of software delivery, IT teams are feeling the pressure to deliver value to customers – either internally to the business, or external users – quicker than ever. This is often at odds with the day-to-day demands associated with maintaining legacy code, fixing… Read more

8 May 2017

8 May 2017

The countdown to Microsoft Build 2017

We’re excited to return to Microsoft Build again this year, this time in Seattle, WA. In Microsoft’s own words, Software continues to transform the world in remarkable ways and developers are at the center of it. Microsoft Build is the perfect opportunity to learn about breaking announcements and plans, and… Read more

Microsoft Build

7 March 2017

7 March 2017

Announcing Redgate Data Tools in Visual Studio 2017

Visual Studio 2017 is released today, and its new features like Live Unit Testing and configurable code style rules have already been grabbing the headlines. But inside the Visual Studio 2017 installer, another big surprise awaits: Redgate Data Tools. We’ve partnered with Microsoft so Visual Studio Enterprise subscribers can install… Read more

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24 February 2017

24 February 2017

Visual Studio turns 20 – how are you celebrating?

The following are just some of the anecdotes from Redgaters here at Redgate HQ when I asked them for their reflections on 20 years of Visual Studio. Almost all of our developers use Visual Studio every day, so there are a lot of memories to share: I’ve been using Visual Studio… Read more

Visual Studio 2017

2 February 2017

2 February 2017

Streamlining database deployments with SQL Compare

When I attended PASS Summit recently, I sat down with Chris Yates, Assistant Vice President and Database Administration Manager of Republic Bank, to understand more about their day-to-day development tasks and how Redgate tools have helped improve their development practices. This is their story. “In a previous life, SQL Server… Read more

19 October 2016

19 October 2016

5 shortcuts in SQL Prompt you didn’t know about

When writing SQL, you can use SQL Prompt to quickly jump to some really handy formatting and refactoring actions. This little button right here is called the Actions List and it contains over 20 functions and snippets you can use in just a few keystrokes. Simply highlight your block of… Read more

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