Redgate Blog

23 November 2020

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: How Do You Get The Data Team On Board?

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

challenges to database devops

23 November 2020

23 November 2020

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Where To Start With a Separate Team?

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

devops

Database DevOps

challenges to database devops

Grant Fritchey

19 November 2020

Grant Fritchey

19 November 2020

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: What If I Get It Wrong?

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

19 November 2020

19 November 2020

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Minimum Team Size

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

18 November 2020

18 November 2020

Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps: Dealing With Hotfixes

I recently took part in a panel discussion at the PASS Virtual Summit 2020 entitled: Challenges to Implementing Database DevOps. The interaction with the attendees was stupendous. We received all sorts of questions. Most of them were answered during the event, but a few were not. I’m going to create a series of blog... Read more

continuous integration

13 November 2020

13 November 2020

Why you should include the database in your 2021 IT strategy

It’s that time of year when business leaders and managers in organizations of all shapes and sizes are considering what the next 12 months’ strategy and beyond should look like. Given the current business climate where the pandemic has prompted many companies to change the way they work, it’s even more important right now.... Read more

IT strategy

Andrea Giardina

11 November 2020

Andrea Giardina

11 November 2020

Have your say in the largest survey on Database DevOps

December 18, 2020, update: Thank you to the thousands of IT professionals who responded to our survey. It’s now closed and we’re busy analyzing the data to produce the 2021 State of Database DevOps Report – the fifth in the series of annual reports. We’ll be publishing it early in 2021, so keep... Read more

State of Database DevOps Report

Database DevOps Report

Kendra Little

11 November 2020

Kendra Little

11 November 2020

My Git and VSCode Setup: Global Git Config, Extensions, and More (Video)

I share my Git configuration with VSCode in this 10 minute video. Short on time? Chapters, code, and links to resources are below the video. Read more

Collette Johnson

11 November 2020

Collette Johnson

11 November 2020

Riding the wheel of Redgate customer research

If you’ve ever been on the London Eye, you’ll probably be one of those people wanting to see the 360⁰ view of London from the top of the wheel, which is the main purpose of the attraction. But as you’re approaching and descending from the peak point, you start to notice things around you... Read more

9 November 2020

9 November 2020

Learn Git with the LearnGitBranching Website (Recommendation and Video)

Want to learn Git? In this video I share a student’s tour of really cool open source website– https://learngitbranching.js.org — that makes learning Git fun. The site is totally free and you don’t need to install anything to get started. Read more