When it comes to deploying databases, one of many challenges that arises is dealing with your master data, lookup data, or sometimes even reference data. It’s those tables that store the lists of choices like a Suffix to a name such as Dr., or Ms. Or something else. In fact, during a recent panel... Read more
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 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
More and more organizations are managing some part of their data in the cloud. Gartner and similar organizations are showing massive growth in cloud adoption in 2020. Redgate’s own State of Database Monitoring survey shows cloud adoption rising rapidly. Everyone, it seems, is moving to the cloud. Yet, there is data out there that’s... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Compliant Database DevOps
Standardize team-based development
Automate database deployments
Monitor performance and availability
Protect and preserve data
