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Career Jason Romans in Career The Value of Conference Speaking Editor note: The call for speakers is open at on the Pass Data Community Summit 2024 Site, so join Jason... 04 March 2024 9 min read
Louis Davidson in Career State of the Database Landscape Results 2024 Every year, Redgate surveys technologists to ask a big question (through lots of little questions, naturally.) This year’s question was... 23 January 2024 3 min read
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Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Moving on from Volunteer Projects I can’t remember a time when I was not involved in side-projects, usually as a volunteer but also writing books... 23 October 2019 3 min read
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