This article was featured in Financial IT Fall Edition 2025. Read the full magazine HERE. The cloud has become the backbone of modern business, enabling rapid scalability, advanced analytics, and collaboration across global teams. In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud’s role is even more critical, both serving as the storage and... Read more
After three decades of working with databases, one thing I’ve seen over and over is this: we don’t treat our development and test environments with the same respect we do our production systems. Not because people don’t care. Far from it. It’s usually because teams are under pressure, everyone’s juggling multiple priorities, and... Read more
We recently sat down with James Phillips, Senior IT Leader, to talk about test data management (TDM) and the growing attention it’s getting from the senior IT leaders. It’s been prompted by the recognition that provisioning test and development environments with realistic production-like data improves the quality of code being developed, reduces errors, and... Read more
Redgate Flyway’s January update brings faster drift resolution, AI-powered deployment descriptions, and a look back at everything we shipped in 2025. Plus, we want to hear from you about how you’re managing database changes. Got drift? Fix it quicker with Flyway’s new resolution scripts Detecting drift (unexpected changes between your database environments) is incredibly... Read more
SQL Prompt’s January release brings support for Microsoft Fabric and an exciting new preview feature. Microsoft Fabric support SQL Prompt v11.3.2 now supports Microsoft Fabric, extending autocomplete suggestions and formatting rules to Fabric-specific queries. This includes support for key Fabric Data Warehouse statements such as COPY INTO, OPENROWSET BULK, CTAS (Create Table As Select),... Read more
As the new year begins, development teams are looking to build momentum, set clear goals, and establish reliable, scalable processes that will help them deliver value consistently throughout 2026. That’s why many teams are turning to SQL Toolbelt Essentials: a powerful, easy-to-adopt toolkit that helps teams speed up database development, reduce risk, and standardize... Read more
Teams work on databases across multiple environments (e.g., Development, Test, QA/UAT, Production) and differences can happen in these databases over time. A hot fix applied directly to Production or a quick change applied in Test while troubleshooting are examples of how the schema can diverge from what’s expected. These differences are known as drift... Read more
First, I’d like to say how happy and lucky I feel to be working at Redgate on Flyway. I’m one of two Senior Product Managers in Flyway and we’ve been looking for a third to join us. We work alongside the Flyway Group Leadership Team (Group Product Manager, Architect, Lead Designer, and Development Manager)... Read more
This article was featured in Financial IT Winter Edition 2025. Read the full magazine here. Prior to working for a software company, I spent most of my career working for financial organizations. I have lots of friends who still do. Talking with one the other day, the question came up, what keeps you up... Read more
Guided Shadow Configuration removes the setup overhead of shadow databases in Flyway Desktop, allowing teams to adopt migrations-based workflows quickly and safely with minimal configuration. Read more
