You might have heard of the concept of containers, at least in passing – or maybe you’re already using them widely in both dev/test and production. Containers are a great way to isolate your application code from the environment it’s running in, and they offer a range of benefits from easier deployments and scaling... Read more
One of the most common processes in software development is using a copy of production data to help develop new features or troubleshoot an issue. This typically involves creating a database backup by copying backup files to a local development server or the developer’s computer. In this process there are several risks involving the... Read more
Many organizations have taken a more proactive approach to IT security rather than waiting for something bad to happen. Recognizing the immense cost of a data breach (an average of $3.86 million according to the Ponemon Institute’s 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study) and the time it takes to contain a breach (an... Read more
In this step-by-step guide, we’ll be walking through the process of moving data from an on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Data Warehouse using the Copy Data feature in Azure Data Factory. The use case we’ll focus on is the first-time loading of data. Skip to instructions A note to Data Platform Studio users... Read more
Bloor has published its 2019 Market Update for Test Data Management, listing Redgate as an innovator, and scoring SQL Provision 4.5 stars out of 5 for test data provisioning. If you’re not familiar with Bloor, it’s an independent research and analyst house founded to help organizations choose optimal technology solutions. As database teams grapple with... Read more
There is constant pressure in software delivery to release at speed and often. To take an idea or fix and deliver it into the hands of customers in as little time as possible. However, releasing faster isn’t beneficial if what you’ve developed is of no value to the customer or business or, worse, contains... Read more
Updated June 2020 Development and IT departments face increasing demands to deliver changes faster, often with increasing complexity and less tolerance for downtime, and without a corresponding growth in team size to handle the extra work. Standardizing database development practices by establishing coding standards can help achieve this by removing blockers to understanding code,... Read more
Diversity is one of the most prominent issues faced by digital businesses today. Research from industry body Tech Nation shows that women in IT are outnumbered by men 4:1 and make up just 19% of the UK digital workforce. The lack of young women taking up IT courses is a big cause of this... Read more
Updated April 2020 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 80% of respondents in our 2020 State of Database DevOps survey confirmed they’re already using this... Read more
I recently did some research on the source of data breaches and in this article, I’m going to talk a bit about my current favorite source for breach information, and what I learned. Verizon publishes the Data Breach Investigations Report annually and the latest report is the 11th edition, so they’ve had some practice.... Read more
