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Matt Hilbert
Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert is a technology writer at Red Gate with 20 years’ experience working for lots of the world’s biggest tech companies – and many of the smallest. He has a particular fascination for emerging technologies and is on a continuing mission to decompile, untangle, and explain techspeak to a wider audience, and excite people about the endless possibilities technology offers.

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

12 July 2022

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

12 July 2022

Redgate survey identifies key database monitoring challenges businesses should focus on in fast-growing Financial Services sector

A sector analysis of the results from a major database monitoring survey has revealed how and why the growth, complexity, and management of database estates in Financial Services is different to other industry sectors. The results clarify the areas businesses in the sector should consider when including their database estates… Read more
Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

26 May 2022

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

26 May 2022

Redgate Software Adopts Policy-Driven Approach to Data Protection with New Data Catalog Release

In a move to help businesses simplify data management practices by automating policy decisions, the latest release of Redgate SQL Data Catalog provides a simple, policy-driven approach to data protection. It automatically scans columns within databases, uses intelligent rules to make recommendations about how they should be classified, and auto-generates… Read more
Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

7 December 2021

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

7 December 2021

Redgate Software announces a new CEO

Redgate announced today the appointment of Jakub Lamik as its new CEO. Currently the Chief Product Officer and previously VP of Product at ARM, he will lead Redgate into its next phase of growth. Simon Galbraith, the co-founder of the company, will remain on Redgate’s board as the majority shareholder… Read more
Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

3 November 2021

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

3 November 2021

First deep dive into Microsoft SQL Server 2022 at free PASS Data Community Summit 2021, November 8-12

Database professionals can take the world’s first deep dive into the newly announced SQL Server 2022 at the largest online gathering of data platform professionals, PASS Data Community Summit, taking place November 8 – 12. 25 sessions will take attendees on a journey through the new version of SQL Server,… Read more

Microsoft

PASS Data Community Summit

SQL Server 2022

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

6 October 2021

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

6 October 2021

Use of database monitoring tools rises to record high, monitoring survey reveals

Over three quarters of database professionals are now using a paid-for or in-house monitoring tool, a survey from Redgate has shown. This is an increase of 10 percentage points from the same survey last year and the 86% satisfaction rate with paid-for tools is also an all-time high, up 18… Read more

2021 State of Database Monitoring Survey

database monitoring

monitoring tool

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

8 September 2021

Matt Hilbert

Matt Hilbert

8 September 2021

Redgate monitoring survey exposes the top challenges DBAs face with rapidly growing server estates

Data professionals are under more pressure than ever, maintaining the performance of fast-growing server estates, managing cloud migrations, meeting increased security and compliance concerns, and coping with staffing and recruitment issues, a Redgate survey of over 2,500 IT and data professionals from every industry sector and continent reveals. Read more