In this three-part series, guest bloggers from DevOpsGuys look at the real role of Ops in DevOps. Where it changes, how it changes, and why Ops has an important part to play in the brave new world of DevOps. DevOps does not equal ‘Developers managing Production’ I’ve had quite a few conversations, mainly with... read more
A data discovery and classification research project from Foundry In Foundry, we’re responsible for developing new products and technology to support the changing needs of our customers. We’ve seen a huge shift in our customers’ needs: driven by new and constantly evolving regulations, there’s an ever-growing demand on their time for data governance tasks.... read more
I’ve been working with SQL Server for a long time. I love it but it has its downsides too and a while ago I realized I was spending an awful lot of time writing T-SQL Code. And sometimes it literally was awful because there were no tools to help me. That irritated me because... read more
SQL Data Mask is the latest prototype to come out of the Foundry, Redgate’s research and development division. It copies your database while anonymizing personal data. You can use it to mask your databases right now, free of charge. In our last update we shipped the first on premises version of the app, previous... read more
For most application developers, it’s unthinkable to work without version control. The benefits of tracking and retaining an incremental history of code changes are long understood in the world of software development. No surprise then that the overwhelming majority of respondents in our State of Database DevOps survey confirmed they’re already using this practice... read more
SQL Census is the latest piece of technology to be developed within Redgate Foundry. Still early in its development, it’s a product that’s designed to help you explain to an auditor which of your colleagues are able to access business-critical SQL Server databases. As well as reporting on who can access these databases, it... read more
The ability to customize and refine formatting options has long been a feature of SQL Prompt. In the eighth major update to the tool, we’ve introduced a brand new formatting engine that lets you manage your formatting options like never before. Not only can you set your style exactly how you like it, with... read more
For century upon century, scientists, academics and plain argumentative sods have been debating, shouting and occasionally bashing each other over the heads about one of the biggest questions the galaxy faces: what came first – the sloth or the Silmarillions? You’ve probably pondered the very same question and it’s one of the many monumental... read more
On the Foundry team, we’ve just completed the second stage of our research into problems in the SQL Server audit and compliance space. Thank you to everyone who helped us by participating in our initial research (you can read more about it here). Now we’re starting work on a solution that will reduce the pain and... read more
Things move fast in Foundry, Redgate’s research and development division. In our last update three weeks ago we announced our intention to build a version of SQL Data Mask that would mask on-premises SQL Server databases, as well as Azure SQL Databases. We’re pleased to say this version is now available. We’re working closely... read more
