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As more and more software development moves towards devops processes, it’s important to bring the database along too. At Redgate, we’re making it possible with a suite of database development tools that plug into and integrate with the software used in application development. The result? DevOps for the database has become a reality.

Securing SQL Server with DoD STIGs

Making sure your SQL Servers are secured against malicious users is difficult. How can you know that you’ve done enough? How do you know you’re protected from the things that actually worry you? The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) publishes a set of guidelines for organizations securing different pieces of software that... Read more

Challenges to Database DevOps: Dealing With Drift

Sometimes, people start their DevOps journey by getting their database into source control, but then, they don’t deploy from source control. Instead, they continue their manual deployments to production. Quickly they find that the database code in their production instances and the database code in their source control system don’t match. Alternatively, you may... Read more

The real challenges of database monitoring

I’ve worked in IT for 30 years, a large part of which has involved managing data and databases. I’m now a SQL Server Enterprise Architect and I manage the direction and operation of a Microsoft Platform Team, as well as the design, build and implementation of a global SQL Server estate. I recently took... Read more

Why the Financial Services sector is moving to the cloud, and what this means for monitoring

Redgate recently published the third annual State of Database Monitoring report, which explores how organizations are monitoring their estates, what their biggest challenges are, and what the future trends for the industry are likely to be. Nearly 1,000 database professionals took part from a whole range of sectors, in organizations of every size, and... Read more

The IT Architect Interviews #4: The Senior Software Development Engineer & Architect

What does it take to be an IT Architect and what do they do? To find out, Redgate’s Michaela Murray is interviewing a number of Architects, each of whom have a different perspective. In this episode, she talks to Lace Lofranco, Senior Software Development Engineer & Architect at Microsoft, to discover what drives her... Read more

Backup Portability for Azure SQL Database Managed Instances

There's a lot of confusion out there as to what you can and can't do with backups for Azure SQL Managed Instances. In this post we share why these backups are not currently portable to on-prem instances of SQL Server -- but there are signs they may become more portable in the future. Read more

The IT Architect Interviews #3: The Machine Learning / Data Science Architect

Redgate’s Michaela Murray is on a journey to understand the role of IT Architects in digital transformation initiatives. The third interview in this series sees her talking to Kris Bock, Machine Learning / Data Science Architect at Microsoft, to find out how machine learning and artificial intelligence are changing the way businesses collect, process... Read more

The IT Architect Interviews #2: The Solution Architect

In the second interview in this series exploring the role of IT Architects, Redgate’s Michaela Murray is joined by Chris Slee, an independent Solution Architect currently working with C5, an IT consultancy in Australia, on a number of projects for the Bank of Queensland. What are the challenges that he comes across when planning... Read more

The IT Architect Interviews #1: The Pre-Sales Architect

In this series of interviews, Redgate’s Michaela Murray talks to a range of IT Architects to find out what they do, what drives them, and the biggest challenges they face when planning IT transformation initiatives. In this episode, Michaela talks to Darren Dawson, Pre-Sales Architect for WARDY IT Solutions, an IT consultancy in Australia.... Read more

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