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Jamie Wallis

16 October 2020

16 October 2020

Monitoring Amazon RDS SQL Servers with SQL Monitor v11

SQL Monitor v11 introduces native support for SQL Server instances hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) platform. In this post we'll explore the metrics you need to keep an eye on with Amazon RDS SQL Server monitoring, how a monitoring tool will help you manage the process of migrating databases... Read more

2 July 2020

2 July 2020

Automate Responses to Bad Deployments with SQL Monitor

Jamie Wallis explains how SQL Monitor can both reveal quickly who ran a deployment, and when, and automate the incident-response workflow to ensure it's dealt with swiftly. By extending such workflows to development and test servers, as well as production, the feedback cycle starts earlier, and you can stop problems from ever reaching the... Read more

21 May 2020

21 May 2020

Understanding the State of Database Monitoring in 2020

In 2018 and 2019 we ran the industry’s only surveys into the state of SQL Server monitoring, both of which provided unique insights into how companies and organizations monitor their estates, the technologies they work with, and the biggest challenges they face. In Redgate’s third annual survey on the state of monitoring, still the... Read more

State of Database Monitoring

5 November 2019

5 November 2019

The value of monitoring at BMW

A while ago, James King of Redgate spoke to Tony Maddonna, Microsoft Platform Team Lead and SQL Server Enterprise Architect at BMW about the growing SQL Server estate at the car manufacturer, and how and why monitoring such a large estate is so important. The conversation was recorded and the video above is... Read more

25 October 2019

25 October 2019

Why Redgate has Product Marketing Managers and Product Managers

You may be under the impression that Product Marketing Managers and Product Managers fulfil the same function. At some organizations they do; defining the commercial position of the product and working with, or within, the product teams to ensure development matches the business strategy. So why would a software company hire both? At Redgate... Read more

product-marketing-manager

23 September 2019

23 September 2019

Where SQL Server monitoring fits into your tech stack

This article explains the basic components of a tech stack, and the decisions and requirements that affect how and where monitoring tools generally, and a specialist SQL Server monitoring tool like SQL Monitor, in particular, fit into your stack. Read more

14 March 2019

14 March 2019

Have your say on the state of SQL Server monitoring

In 2018 we ran the industry’s first ever state of SQL Server monitoring survey. We received an excellent response from over 600 people in a range of sectors, in organizations of every size across the globe. They provided valuable insights into what they thought the biggest challenges were for them and their estates over... Read more

The State of SQL Server Monitoring

Redgate Monitor

10 May 2018

10 May 2018

The State of SQL Server Monitoring 2018

Over 600 technology professionals who work in organizations that use SQL Server recently responded to our survey to discover the current state of SQL Server monitoring. We asked people across a range of sectors, in organizations of every size around the globe, about how they monitor SQL Server, the technologies they work with, and... Read more

The State of SQL Server Monitoring

18 September 2017

18 September 2017

How to examine differences with SQL Compare Summary View and SQL View

Jamie Wallis introduces the new Summary View, which is a tab that sits alongside SQL View and provides a more concise breakdown of the differences between two objects. Read more

15 September 2017

15 September 2017

Product marketing, the Redgate way

On your first day at Redgate you get a packet of Jammie Dodgers. Although I was never told exactly what to do with them, the implied meaning was that they were to help me get to know my colleagues. If I shared them around the office over a cup of coffee, it might help... Read more