Grant Fritchey, Author at Redgate

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Grant Fritchey works for Redgate Software as a Devops Advocate. Grant has worked for more than thirty years in IT as a developer and a DBA. He has built systems from the major enterprise to distributed systems to small boutique companies. Grant writes articles on various data related topics for SQL Server Central and SimpleTalk. He is the author of multiple books including, SQL Server Execution Plans and SQL Server Query Performance Tuning. Grant currently serves on the Board of Directors of the PASS organization, a non-profit professional organization for data professionals. He develops and presents complete structured learning plans to teach Azure, AWS, and other data related topics to developers and other IS personnel. Grant is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and an AWS Community Builder.

Redgate Monitor: Zeit für einen zweiten Blick

Ich bin unglaublich stolz darauf, für Redgate zu arbeiten. Einer der Hauptgründe dafür ist, dass ich mit voller Überzeugung sagen kann, dass wir fantastische Software herstellen, mit der Sie Ihre Arbeit besser, einfacher und schneller erledigen können. Allerdings gab es ein Tool, auf das ich vor ein paar Jahren noch nicht ganz so stolz... Read more

DevOps 101: How do you get buy-in from people?

In the first part of my DevOps 101 series, we tackled the fundamentals of What, who why and how. In this follow-up, I’m going to focus on how to gain buy-in across your organization. That said, who do you need buy-in from? DevOps is the union of people, processes and products to enable continuous... Read more

DevOps 101: What, who, why, and how?

Organizations around the world are turning to DevOps as a way of working together to improve the efficiency and quality of software delivery and increase value to the business. But what exactly is DevOps and what does it mean for you and your organization? Welcome to DevOps 101. Our new monthly webinar series aims to... Read more

Why it’s good to be back – really back – at SQLBits

I love SQLBits. It’s one of the largest community run Microsoft database platform conferences in the world – and it’s fun too. It’s the fun part I really like about it and this year’s arcade-themed event from 8 to 12 March looks to be no different. It will be different in one way, though,... Read more

SQL Monitor: Time For a 2nd Look

I’m inordinately proud to work for Redgate Software. One of the biggest reasons for my pride is because I can say, without equivocation, we make fantastic software that will help you do your job better, easier, and faster. However, there was one piece of software, many years ago now, that I wasn’t so proud... Read more

The Redgate Advocates Predict… 3 Key Challenges to Overcome in 2022

An email recently came to our team (the Redgate Advocates) asking us what we thought the key challenges for data professionals might be in 2022. Kathi Kellenberger, Steve Jones and I each answered independently. We all bring different experiences and thoughts to the table, yet we all came up with three common themes. Here is what we all feel is likely to be of the most importance this year. 1. Hybrid-Hybrid Everyone called out just... Read more

Why Would You Pay for Flyway?

Flyway is an open-source database deployment tool that also includes a paid tier called Teams. Since it’s open-source, you can just download Flyway and run it for free. You’ll get a robust DevOps tool to assist you in deploying your databases just like you deploy your code. It just works. So, why would you... Read more

Migrating Between Monitoring Systems

This question comes up all the time: How do you migrate between monitoring systems? The answer is both simple and complicated. In order to understand this better, rather than just rely on my own knowledge, I reached out to a number of people to see how they accomplished this. I’m going to summarize their... Read more

The Role of the DBA Is Changing

For good or for ill, technology is constantly shifting and with it, the roles of those who manage that technology also shift. This is no different for a DBA than it is for a developer, an admin, or analyst. As new technology, like the adoption of the cloud, changes the role, people start to... Read more

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