It’s 7am. An alert fired overnight. You open your monitoring solution, navigate to the alert, cross-reference the waits, check the query plans. Twenty minutes later: it should not have fired. You knew that before you started, but you had to check anyways. The feeling of being overwhelmed by alerts is real. And so is the cost. Thresholds set once…Read more
If anyone knows how to operate under scrutiny, it’s database teams within finance organizations. It’s a given considering the more rigorous compliance requirements and processes they must follow. But the 2026 State of the Database Landscape: Finance Edition reveals something more specific, and more uncomfortable, than the familiar story of…Read more
I’m happy to share some really exiting updates from the Flyway product teams this past month. Remember tabs A few months back, we made it possible to open multiple tabs in Flyway Desktop. Now, when you close Flyway Desktop, it will remember what tabs were open and restore them when…Read more
Every engineering team has a list of “things we don’t do”. No TRUNCATE TABLE in production. Every audit table must end in _audit. Foreign keys follow a naming convention. But until now, enforcing those standards has meant relying on pull request checklists, tribal knowledge, or a separate linting tool bolted…Read more
SQL Prompt’s May releases focused on a new Redgate Data Modeler integration, a unified Toolbelt Essentials installer flow, and several improvements to Prompt AI reliability. Browse your database in Redgate Data Modeler directly from Object Explorer SQL Prompt v11.3.15 adds an Open Data Modeler option to the Object Explorer context…Read more
AI agents are already connecting to your databases. Most organizations haven't checked what's in them. Here's why test data governance matters more than ever, and what to do about it.Read more
Redgate Monitor ships new features every month and the past few months have brought some exciting new additions to empower your workflows. Spanning AI-powered tooling, cloud deployment, cross-database platform support and enterprise security, these updates reflect some of the biggest areas shaping how database teams work today. Whether you’re managing compliance requirements, trying to get on top of alert management or looking…Read more
11 takeaways from the Simple Talk podcast on security vs speed in databases: why teams misjudge risk, how AI amplifies bad habits, and what to do about it.Read more
GitHub Actions yaml templates in Flyway Desktop In your Flyway Desktop project, use the GHA Workflow on the Automate deployment page to get a yaml file that can be used as a starting point for your pipeline as code. This has all the steps to: Check out the latest version…Read more
According to Redgate’s 2026 State of the Database Landscape report, 91% of teams – no matter how experienced – still hit at least one significant challenge during their move to the cloud. The culprit usually isn’t poor execution, but the things no one thought to plan for…the ‘unknown unknowns.’ In…Read more