One of the common things we find in enterprise organizations looking to move to a DevOps model is high levels of technical debt. To be more accurate, they are caught in a vicious cycle of technical debt to the point that trying to ship anything in a rapid, agile way…Read more
When talking to friends, family, or even sometimes colleagues, I often get a questioning look when I say I work in Product Marketing. Sure, most people roughly know what Marketing is, but then what’s the ‘product’ bit? Well, I thought I’d make it easier to answer this question by starting…Read more
The Preview release of Microsoft’s SQL Operations Studio marks a big change in database development. Following on from the ability to run SQL Server 2017 on Linux, it makes the promise of cross-platform SQL Server development a reality. Built on top of Visual Studio Code, SQL Operations Studio is a…Read more
The GDPR is almost here and, just one week before it’s launch, Redgate is hosting the first SQL Privacy Summit in London. The schedule of presentations, panel discussions and workshops has been created to help SQL Server professionals ensure their business meets the new data privacy and protection regulations. On…Read more
I’ve read a lot about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) because I’m interested in it both from a professional and personal perspective. I’ve been working with data, as an IT manager in financial services and as a product manager in a data software company, for over 20 years and…Read more
With the craze over building Single Page Applications (SPAs), companies have joined the movement and hired armies of front-end engineers with/without experience in back-end technologies. To accommodate the new talent, many of these companies have built cross-functional teams. Simply put, it’s a team of front-end, back-end engineers, and other disciplines…Read more
Turn-based games and their map-based counterparts have been popular for a long time. Suppose we were to take such games into the 21st century by making them digital. What data model is up to the job? Read more
Various apps promise to make your search for parking painless. Let’s examine this type of app using our data modeling glasses. What does the underlying model look like? Read more
Deciding that your organization needs to kick-start its future growth plans with a digital transformation initiative is as exciting as it is daunting. No matter what your industry – financial services, insurance, media, retail, travel – disruption is here and more is coming, and you know you must respond. Digital…Read more