In this post I’d like to share some insights specific to Enterprises, which we define as organizations with 1,000 or more employees in the 2020 State of Database DevOps Report. We received over 2,000 responses to the report this year and, of those respondents who reported the size of their…Read more
Many business solutions are migrating to the cloud due to the flexibility, scalability, and cost-saving features it offers. However, while moving to the cloud, data, systems and services can be exposed to serious security and compliance challenges. Hence the necessity to ensure that your information and data remain compliant with…Read more
I’m excited to announce that Redgate has published the fourth annual State of Database DevOps Report. This year we had more than 2,000 respondents to our survey on development and deployment practices for database changes. As in the previous three years of the report, responses came from developers, database specialists,…Read more
Governments are often slow-moving bureaucracies, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to implement better processes within government agencies. A few years ago, I was hired as a Configuration Manager at a small US state government agency. I had a challenging mandate that took years to achieve: Automate the manual…Read more
In this series of articles about the CCPA, we’ve been talking about how the new privacy Act affects businesses in California (and businesses outside the state if they handle the data of California residents). We’ve seen that consumers now have seven key rights, and that businesses need to change the…Read more
In this series of blog posts, we’re taking a long and detailed look at the CCPA to explain what it really means for businesses. Part 1 talked about which businesses need to comply with it and the fines for not doing so. Part 2 then covered the rights it grants…Read more
With the CCPA now enacted, although enforcement doesn’t start until July 1, customers are waking up and starting to ask questions about it. In part 1 of this series, my colleague Ryan Easley wrote about which businesses will need to comply with it and the penalties for non-compliance. In this…Read more
Remember all that talk in 2018 about the introduction of the GDPR across Europe? For many of us in the US, it didn’t seem real because it wasn’t in our corporate jurisdiction and we were observers rather than participants. That’s all about to change because on January 1, 2020, the…Read more
Flyway 6.2.0 is out! This release contains new features and improvements over Flyway 6.1.0. Highlights The highlights of the 6.2.0 release include: We’ve also written a guide for adding support to your database. You can find a detailed list of issues fixed in the release notes. Validate migration naming We’ve added the flyway.validateMigrationNaming configuration…Read more