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Reflecting on seven years of skills maps

Back in 2013, Redgate shared our internal skills maps with the world. It remains one of the most visited posts on our blog. But where did we go from there? Navigating skills maps When Redgate introduced skills maps, they were a huge success. They were rapidly adopted by almost every role in the company... Read more

Challenges to Database DevOps: Which Do you Deploy First, the Database or the Application?

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Should You Deploy Database Changes Before or After Application Changes? Another great question came out during the Challenges to Implementing Database Devops that I’d like to try to address here. This question is pretty simple, although the answer might be a little complicated: Should you deploy databases changes before... Read more

New Videos on Advanced Flyway Features: Target, Undo, CherryPick, Mark as Applied, and Dry Runs

Flyway helps you automate deployments for more than 20 different database platforms. My favorite thing about Flyway is that it’s easy to get started. But although Flyway feels simple, it also offers rich functionality which supports you in complex real-world scenarios. I’ve just published a few videos digging into these features. Limiting Flyway deployments with... Read more

Find out how we’re wrapping up the 2020 events season

With the year coming to a close, it’s time to reflect and look ahead. And what better way to do that, than by networking with peers, learning from industry experts and joining the discussions at online events? Over the coming month, Redgate is sponsoring online events, running webinars and hosting a final Redgate Summit,... Read more

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: How Do You Get The Data Team On Board?

I think this is my single favorite question that came up at the recent panel discussion: How do you get DB folks who just go in and make changes to understand they need DevOps, source control, change management, etc.? There’s a lot to answer in this question, however, to keep this down to a... Read more

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Where To Start With a Separate Team?

There were so many questions asked at a recent presentation that I just didn’t have time to answer them all. However, many of them were really interesting, so I promised to address them over time as blog posts. The next question is: I manage an ETL team that supports highly customized code for all... Read more

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: What If I Get It Wrong?

Another great question that I think I can try to answer: I always gets bogged down in the details and worry about doing it wrong and making a mess that is difficult to maintain. How do you deal with this? I’m doing a series of blog posts on the questions from a recent panel... Read more

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Minimum Team Size

The next question in this series of blog posts I want to tackle is: What’s the smallest recommended size of development team that can reasonably set up and manage a DevOps process? These questions all came from a panel discussion during PASS Summit. The audience interaction was amazing and we had so many great... Read more

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Dealing With Hotfixes

I recently took part in a panel discussion at the PASS Virtual Summit 2020 entitled: Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps. The interaction with the attendees was stupendous. We received all sorts of questions. Most of them were answered during the event, but a few were not. I’m going to create a series of blog... Read more

Why you should include the database in your 2021 IT strategy

It’s that time of year when business leaders and managers in organizations of all shapes and sizes are considering what the next 12 months’ strategy and beyond should look like. Given the current business climate where the pandemic has prompted many companies to change the way they work, it’s even more important right now.... Read more

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