Data masking really has come of age. Gartner’s 2018 Market Guide for Data Masking1 has just been published and predicts that the global enterprise use of data masking (DM) or similar de-identification techniques will rise to 40%, an increase from 15% in 2017. And Redgate is acknowledged in the Guide as a representative vendor... Read more
You’ll probably have heard of the Accelerate State of DevOps Report from DORA. Now in its fifth year and backed by rigorous research involving 30,000+ professionals worldwide, it has consistently shown that higher software delivery performance delivers powerful business outcomes. There’s a welcome insight in the 2018 report, however, because for the first time... Read more
DevOps isn’t just a buzz word, it’s a way of life for many in the IT world. For those who have already implemented the culture shift and introduced new practices into their database development processes, they’re reaping the benefits, and seeing their teams deliver value faster, allowing them to stay ahead of the competition.... Read more
These days, everything from buying clothes to banking is done online, and this is all thanks to technology. The shift of transactional and record-keeping systems from physical to virtual has led to an unprecedented amount of problems, the most troublesome of which are around security. Implementing data security in any business is an ongoing... Read more
The responsibilities of a database administrator can seem endless, so why should that already heavy workload be burdened with legislation compliance? Surely, legal stuff can be dealt with by lawyers? Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. With legislation like the GDPR, PCI, CCPA, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and HIPAA, the requirements for protecting and preserving... Read more
Every week, the evangelists from Redgate present at conferences, attend SQL Server meetups, record training and demo videos, publish technical articles on how to make the most of database technologies, and help the SQL Server community do their jobs better and smarter. And they’re about to move up a gear because Steve Jones, Kathi... Read more
The introduction of the GDPR in Europe caused a lot of companies to start thinking more seriously about data privacy. It also prompted some American companies to reconsider doing business in Europe, and US-based websites like the Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News have actually blocked access to EU visitors. Data... Read more
More and more we’re hearing that senior data professionals are facing the challenge of how to balance the need to deliver software faster and cheaper, with the requirement to protect and preserve business-critical data. At Redgate we want to support organizations on their journey to full database DevOps and, given the current concerns... Read more
Data breaches are the new normal – according to the Identity Theft Resource Center there were nearly 1,600 of them in 2017 in the US alone, exposing 179 million records. Demonstrating the scale of the issue on the other side of the Atlantic, UK retailer Dixons Carphone admitted in June 2018 that it had... Read more
By encouraging collaboration and teamwork, removing the barriers between development and operations, and introducing automation, DevOps speeds up software delivery and enables features to move from the fingers of developers into the hands of customers faster. It’s an important topic to stay current with because software development is no longer confined to the usual... Read more
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