Voice of the DBA

Tag: DevOps

  • Redgate at Summit 2017

    I’ll be heading out to the PASS Summit next week, spending Halloween in a conference center with a lot of other geeks. I know some of you won’t make it, and we’ll miss you, but I understand.

    I’m meeting my colleagues from Redgate there, including the new editor of Simple Talk, Kathi Kellenberger. We’ll be at the event all week and we look forward to chatting with you about databases, DevOps, and more. We’ve also got a few events during the week that we hope you’ll attend.

    Stop by the Redgate Booth in the expo center for a demo, or just to chat about SQL Server.

    Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database

    I’ve got a session on Wednesday, Nov 1, at 1:30 that will provide an overview of how you might rub some DevOps on your database development. I’ll use some of the Redgate tools, but really I want you convince you that a smoother, more reliable database development process is possible.

    Lower your risk, make your deployments reliable and repeatable. Come join me, see how the process can work, and ask lots of questions. I’ll have lots of answers.

    How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance

    Immediately after my DevOps talk, I’ll be joining Grant Fritchey and Richard Macaskill to talk about DevOps and compliance. We are seeing more and more organizations bound by rules and regulations that require them to be careful about who can see their production data and how it’s stored. This will mean that more of us need to be careful about how we manage data.

    With the move to DevOps and releasing changes more often, this can present some challenges for data professionals. However, DevOps can actually help with compliance if done right. Join Grant, Richard, and I for a discussion of the challenges and potential solutions.

    Redgate Rocks

    If you are coming to the Summit, make sure you stop by the Redgate booth to pick up your #RedgateRocks ribbon for entrance to our party Thursday night. I’ll be there with the Redgate crew to celebrate the last evening of the Summit at 1927 Events.

    This is your chance to get out of the Conference Center, head towards the ocean and have a good time in downtown Seattle with us.

  • All DevOps All Day

    There is no shortage of webinar events taking place for technology professionals. From our monthly Redgate DevOps webinars to the GroupBy conference to PASS Virtual chapters, there’s a huge set of online events that you can attend and learn from. It’s gotten to the point where you could have a full time job watching webinars if you could find someone to fund your efforts.

    Every year PASS does a 24 Hours of PASS, which is a neat event where 24 hour long sessions in a row are broadcast. It’s a lot of work to get this going, and certainly not many people want to watch 24 hours in a row, but it does seem to be fun. That same idea is being taken a step further tomorrow with All Day DevOps 2017.

    There’s still time to register and attend a few sessions, or even throw a party (or join one) with fellow technical professionals. Maybe this is a good way to take a break from work and still be productive. This might be one of the cheaper conferences you could attend this year. Maybe you can even convince the boss to get some t-shirts with the savings.

    As you might have guessed, I’m a part of this event. I submitted to DevOps East, a conference in Orlando next month, but they also picked me up for the online event, so I’ll be watching and speaking tomorrow. This is an interesting format as it’s not just 24 sessions. It’s over 100 sessions, with 2, 3, or 6 sessions going on at the same time. There are some long sessions, some short ones, all covering different aspects of what we call DevOps.

    Whether you think DevOps is a fad, the idea is silly, or are excited to start building software better and faster, I’d urge you to take a few minutes to scan the schedule and see if there is anything that catches your eye. You might learn a bit on how to change your culture, or improve security, or implement automation. There are even some testing sessions, which I’m looking forward to watching.

    Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, learn a bit more about DevOps and have an informed opinion. Don’t just judge the movement on the media hype. Listen to some real technical people talk about the ways that they are trying to improve software.

    Steve Jones

    The Voice of the DBA Podcast

    Listen to the MP3 Audio ( 3.1MB) podcast or subscribe to the feed at iTunes and Libsyn.

  • All Day DevOps–A Free, Virtual Conference

    All Day DevOps is coming on Oct 24. This is a 24 hour event, with 100 sessions live, online. You can register now and join in the event, watching from work, home, or even the train on your commute.

    The schedule is packed, with speakers from all over the world covering a variety of software development topics from a DevOps perspective. You can learn:

    • CI/CD
    • Security
    • Databases (me)
    • Serverless
    • and more

    Most of the speakers deliver these talks at other events, and if you’d like to get away and talk DevOps in person, join me in Orlando in November for DevOps East.

    Register today and join me for this online event on using DevOps to build better software, faster.

  • How Mature are you in Database DevOps?

    I remember seeing the Carnegie Mellon Software Capability  Maturity Model (CMM) when I was in university. It was fascinating, and I was sure this was the way to write software. Across many jobs and many years, I realized that few organizations even try to become more efficient and capable in how they write software.

    That’s changed a bit in the last 4-5 years as more organizations try to move to DevOps and become better at building software. Some do well, some just want to build software faster and not change the way they work.

    In any case, Redgate has built a maturity model for Database DevOps. You can take the assessment now in a few areas and get an idea how you stack up against other companies.

    Benchmark Your Database DevOps maturity level today