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Posts Categorized in Database development

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.

Michaela Murray

9 August 2020

Michaela Murray

9 August 2020

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

Kris Bock

Microsoft

IT Architect

Michaela Murray

22 July 2020

Michaela Murray

22 July 2020

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

IT Architect

Solution Architect. Chris Slee

Michaela Murray

15 July 2020

Michaela Murray

15 July 2020

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

IT Architect

Pre-Sales Architect

Darren Dawson

Sam Stewart

3 July 2020

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Sam Stewart

3 July 2020

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How to stop standardization being a stumbling block in database DevOps

Updated July 2020 More and more enterprises are seeing the merit of introducing DevOps to speed up application and database development and deliver value into hands of their customers faster. The collaboration and cooperation it encourages typically reduces errors, cuts down delays and removes the pain from deployments. That’s the good news. The downside... Read more

Database DevOps

standarrdization

Matt Hilbert

9 June 2020

Matt Hilbert

9 June 2020

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

dedicated development model

SQL Clone

Shared development model

Octopus Deploy

1 June 2020

Octopus Deploy

1 June 2020

Continuous Integration vs Continuous Deployment

The terms Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment tend to be combined into the acronym CI/CD, often without any distinction between the two. CI and CD are distinct processes, even if this combining of terms suggests that Continuous Deployment is an extension of Continuous Integration, and the execution of both processes is the responsibility of a single tool. Assuming... Read more

continuous integration

Octopus Deploy

Continuous deployment

Octopus Deploy

4 May 2020

Octopus Deploy

4 May 2020

Pitfalls with SQL rollbacks and automated database deployments

While it’s possible to perform SQL rollbacks to revert database changes, the question is, should you? Rolling back a database change isn’t as straightforward as rolling back a code change. Databases are the lifeblood of applications. An unsuccessful rollback can result in bad or deleted data. This article goes through the pitfalls which result... Read more

automated database deployment

Octopus Deploy