Next week, I’ll be speaking at Agile 2013. As a CEO, I go to plenty of conferences, but most of them are domain-specific: meeting Red Gate’s customers, or other CEOs and senior leaders, or seeing what’s going on in the SQL Server and .NET spaces. On the surface, Agile doesn’t feel like a great conference … Read more
What is the best way for a Software vendor to get people to try out their tools? Is dialogue with the vendor support team an essential part of the trial? Or should the download process just be made as simple as possible? Simon Galbraith, joint-CEO of Red Gate, explains the SQL Prompt 4 download experiment.… Read more
(As you can tell from the title, this post has nothing to do with SQL Server or running a business. I’ve put it here because if you can’t write a random, opinionated piece on your blog where can you write it?) The England football team didn’t win the 2006 FIFA World Cup, they also didn’t … Read more
There have been quite a few posts on the SQL Server Central forums about SQL Prompt, our tool for providing Intellisense for the leading SQL Server editors. There are still concerns about whether v2 is truely free and also about the quality and design of it. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=192&messageid=290553 The editor of SQL Server Central offered me … Read more
The business impact of varying page download time has not, until now, been defined. This article provides data that allows website owners to understand the business impact of their web application performance. … Read more
Low-cost software is almost always a better solution, but if you must purchase the high-cost stuff, don't get caught with blood in the water. … Read more
Red Gate Software is offering free downloads of the book, Best of SQLServerCentral.com, Vol. 2, a collection of the best articles from SQLServerCentral.com.… Read more
Do you find indecision each time a purchase decision needs to be made, a requirements analysis can help you provide your boss with information to choose the right software development product.… Read more
A much greater percentage of corporate users in the developing world hack our licensing systems than do those in the more developed parts of the world. This doesn't apply to expats of these countries when based in the USA and UK.… Read more
Migrating database changes from the development database to the testing, staging, and live databases poses plenty of challenges. Learn why using an automated tool is the best way to deal with these challenges. … Read more