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Tony Davis

13 March 2026

Test Data Management and SOC 2 Compliance

Using live data outside production is one of the fastest ways to create compliance risk, because it quickly becomes harder to control who can access it, how it is handled, and how long it is kept. A Test Data Management (TDM) approach provides exactly the kind of controls SOC 2… Read more

Redgate Test Data Manager

17 December 2025

17 December 2025

Two Small Steps to Measurable Flyway Value

Flyway helps you regain control of complex legacy databases where even small changes can carry high risk. This article describes two small steps that deliver measurable improvements in control, code quality, and deployment reliability, without disrupting how the development team works. Read more

Tony Davis

15 December 2025

Tony Davis

15 December 2025

Test Data Management and DORA Compliance in Financial Organizations

DORA requires financial institutions to run tests that prove their systems can withstand operational disruption, without exposing sensitive data. This article explains how Test Data Management (TDM) provides the realistic but safe data needed for resilience testing and the governance controls required under DORA’s ICT risk management rules. Read more

Test Data Management

Tony Davis

20 November 2025

Tony Davis

20 November 2025

Five Ways to Simplify Data Masking

How do we protect sensitive data and still get realistic test databases without creating a masking process that is slow, brittle, or impossible to maintain? This article sets out five practical ways that Redgate Test Data Manager helps teams deliver secure, realistic test data reliably. Read more

Redgate Test Data Manager

Tony Davis

13 May 2025

Tony Davis

13 May 2025

Automated State-based Deployments in Flyway

Learn how Flyway's state-based deployments help teams coordinate database changes and automate deployments, reducing risk, without disrupting existing development workflows. This article explains how they work, where they fit best, and when it makes sense to move to a migration-based approach. Read more

Tony Davis

18 October 2024

Tony Davis

18 October 2024

Better Database Incident Management with Redgate Monitor

This article demonstrates how Redgate Monitor helps teams manage database incidents efficiently, by providing the right data to the right people, at each stage of a tiered incident response system. With fewer distractions from routine issues, specialist staff can focus on core tasks while teams resolve problems faster and prevent… Read more

Tony Davis

8 March 2024

Tony Davis

8 March 2024

Redgate Test Data Manager: A Guide for the DevOps Manager

Redgate Test Data Manager will prepare, manage and deliver the test data required to support the full range of development and test activities for any database project. It allows for extensive and automated testing that leads to reliable, online deployment of database changes. Read more

Tony Davis

25 April 2023

Tony Davis

25 April 2023

7 ways businesses can improve the quality and speed of database releases

The quality of database releases relies on thorough initial testing in development with teams needing access to fast, reliable data. While database testing is one of the most challenging aspects of development, processes which utilize database clones can overcome these issues. A database clone is a complete and fully functioning… Read more

Test Data Management

Tony Davis

14 February 2023

Tony Davis

14 February 2023

How to Improve the Quality of Database Releases using Clones

This article explains how we can use the ephemeral, containerized databases delivered by SQL Clone to increase database code quality and therefore the stability, reliability, and performance of the databases we release. Read more

Tony Davis

26 October 2022

Tony Davis

26 October 2022

Aha moments at PASS Data Community Summit

Anyone who has attended Summit will recount tales of its wonderful ‘Aha!‘ moments. Perhaps it happens after a presentation, as you’re chatting in the lobby, when in a flash of inspiration an idea of how to tackle a problem suddenly reveals itself to you. It may feel like a sudden… Read more

Aha moments

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Cloud migration and workload optimization

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Posts by
Tony Davis

Test Data Management and SOC 2 Compliance

Two Small Steps to Measurable Flyway Value

Test Data Management and DORA Compliance in Financial Organizations

Five Ways to Simplify Data Masking

Automated State-based Deployments in Flyway

Better Database Incident Management with Redgate Monitor

Redgate Test Data Manager: A Guide for the DevOps Manager

7 ways businesses can improve the quality and speed of database releases

How to Improve the Quality of Database Releases using Clones

Aha moments at PASS Data Community Summit

2026 State of the Database Landscape

Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional

Security and compliance

Database monitoring and observability

Database change management

Productivity and workflow automation

AI data readiness

Database modernization

Efficiency and cost optimization

Cloud migration and workload optimization

Redgate Flyway

Redgate Monitor

SQL Toolbelt Essentials

Redgate Test Data Manager

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