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.

Rael Winters

9 March 2020

Rael Winters

9 March 2020

Cloud migration: 5 common traps and how to avoid them

For most organizations, migrating to the cloud happens in four broad phases. First, there’s the opportunistic phase: skunkworks projects and new systems start to use public cloud, with or without the blessing of corporate IT. Next there’s the cloud-first stage. Early cloud projects are performing well, so new ones are deployed there as a... Read more

Octopus Deploy

2 March 2020

Octopus Deploy

2 March 2020

How to design an automated database deployment process

For many companies and organizations, automated database deployments are the final piece of the Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery puzzle They need to go from deployments that take hours down to minutes. I know from personal experience that it can take many attempts to successfully automate database deployments and the failures aren’t because of... Read more

Jamie Wallis

5 November 2019

Jamie Wallis

5 November 2019

The value of monitoring at BMW

A while ago, James King of Redgate spoke to Tony Maddonna, Microsoft Platform Team Lead and SQL Server Enterprise Architect at BMW about the growing SQL Server estate at the car manufacturer, and how and why monitoring such a large estate is so important.  The conversation was recorded and the video above is... Read more

The importance of monitoring your SQL Servers

Without a proper SQL Server monitoring system in place, DBAs can find they never have the time to implement new processes because they’re bogged down with too many daily checks, and other painstaking investigatory tasks. On top of this, they’re continually firefighting problems that are surfacing instead of being able to spend time finding... Read more

What are the biggest challenges in monitoring SQL Server, and what should you expect from a third-party tool?

Redgate has just published the 2019 State of SQL server Monitoring Report, so I thought I’d read it to find out if the results it reveals chime with my own experience talking to large, distributed enterprises about the challenges they face when it comes to monitoring. Based on a survey of 820 database professionals... Read more

Grant Fritchey

26 June 2019

Grant Fritchey

26 June 2019

What you need to know about the State of SQL Server Monitoring 2019

In 2018 we launched the industry’s first ever report into the state of SQL Server monitoring. The responses from over 600 SQL Server professionals gave us a unique insight into how they monitor their estates, the technologies they work with, and what were the biggest challenges they faced. In 2019 we ran our State... Read more