Matt Hilbert, Author at Redgate

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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.

The business benefits of Database DevOps

Redgate recently partnered with the analytics and data management consultancy, Coeo, in a joint webinar to discuss the benefits of Database DevOps for organizations everywhere. The presenters from Coeo and Redgate were faced with a series of previously unseen questions to answer on the spot using their expertise and experience. The result was a... Read more

Can the shared development model work without shared environments?

Discussions about the pros and cons of the shared and dedicated development models have been going on for a long time. As far back as 2011 the well-known Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, Troy Hunt, wrote a long and impassioned article on Simple Talk, titled: The unnecessary evil of the shared development database. You... Read more

Why the US Air Force believes in Santa

Just before Christmas in 1955, a telephone rang in the Combat Operations Center of Continental Air Defense Command. That one unexpected call was the beginning of a Christmas story that has been retold ever since. It’s time to tell it again because sometimes the story behind technology is as interesting as the technology itself.... Read more

Redgate’s journey to DevOps

At Redgate, we research DevOps, write articles, whitepapers and other content about DevOps, and talk a lot about DevOps. We actively encourage our customers to introduce database DevOps too, using our portfolio of database development solutions. But here’s the thing. We don’t do it to sell software. We do it because we believe in... Read more

Whatever happened to Azure Explorer?

Some time ago, Redgate created the free Microsoft Azure storage tool, Azure Explorer. It’s a neat solution that lets users manage all of their Azure blobs in one place, reliably upload and download them through its responsive UI, transfer them between storage accounts, and easily search and filter blobs. While it sat outside Redgate’s... Read more

Data privacy. Don’t look forward. Look back.

You may have heard the news about Amazon being sued recently for storing recordings of children talking to Alexa, without first asking for consent. Two suits were filed in Seattle and Los Angeles, ironically on the day before the company released its new Echo Dot Kids Edition smart speaker. The lawsuits allege Amazon failed... Read more

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