The first post in this series introduced the idea of the different layers of value that your business can gain from frequent deployments and focused on the hard costs you can save. We’re looking at the role the database plays here because it’s the most complicated part of the process and it’s difficult to... Read more
We recently launched the State of the Database Landscape 2024 survey results, with information from almost 4,000 database professionals from around the globe. A clear picture emerged from the results, suggesting that 2024 is the year that skill diversification among database professionals is imperative. There’s the need to manage multiple databases, to migrate to... Read more
We’ve written a ton of content about how to unlock the value of frequent deployments for your database as well as applications, from improved coding patterns to strategies for architecting smaller deployments. But the multi-million-dollar question for you and your business is something else entirely: what is the real business value of frequent deployments?... Read more
NOTE: The code in this article works with Redgate Monitor 13. Read this article for Redgate Monitor version 14. Redgate Monitor is an essential tool for DBA teams worldwide, providing real-time monitoring of SQL Server and PostgreSQL performance. With RedgateMonitor, you can easily track deployments, errors, and other events on the timeline. This feature,... Read more
As of version 9.17 of Flyway when running flyway migrate or flyway info a new report.html report will be written to your current folder. The migration report is designed to provide confidence that a Flyway deployment has run as expected, and in the case that it hasn’t, provides the necessary detail to help understand... Read more
Like a lot of successful Open-Source projects, Flyway is mainly developed by a team of full-time engineers at Redgate, which acquired Flyway a few years ago. As with many of its peers, Flyway’s development is funded by having paid tiers and capabilities beyond the open-source version. One of the benefits of being part of... Read more
In this two-part Q&A series, we’re looking at how to seize the full potential of cloud migrations to advance your career. In part one, we talked with four industry experts about the skills DBAs can gain, the unique career opportunities that come up, and the best way to get involved in a cloud project.... Read more
Flyway v10 has arrived, bringing with it some major advantages for Community users, open source contributors and developers everywhere. The big news? Every user can now download the latest, most secure version of Flyway, however old their database, and Redgate is affirming its commitment to open source to make it easier to accept and... Read more
If your organization is embarking on a cloud migration project, it can be a great opportunity to develop skills and qualities that will help unlock your leadership potential. But what skills should you look to be honing, what areas should you focus on, how do you get involved in a cloud project in the... Read more
As data grows and databases become larger and more complicated, data subsetting provides a method of working with a smaller, lighter copy of a database to make development and testing faster and easier. But what exactly is it, how and why are developers using it – or not using it, and what’s prompting conversations... Read more
