Tag Archives: Redgate

More Data Masking Options from The Foundry

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

I’ve written about The Foundry before, a research group within Redgate Software. It’s a bit like Microsoft Research, but with a tighter focus on specific database related issues. One of the areas of investigation is data masking, which is becoming … Continue reading →

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Still time to enter the SQL Clone contest

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

You could win an Amazon Echo from Redgate. Our contest is still open for a few days, so post a comment on my blog and take your chances. I’ll be picking from the comments next week.

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What’s Next for SQL Clone?

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

I think SQL Clone is a useful, handy product. It’s what I’ve needed in a number of organizations, or it’s what would have saved us (literally), $100,000s of dollars by avoiding larger SANs with snapshot technology. At one company, we … Continue reading →

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The Foundry–Data Masking Research

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

For most of the time I’ve been working for Redgate, we’ve had some sort of R&D group that tries out new ideas. Over the years we’ve done this in a few ways, evolving things over time. I had the chance … Continue reading →

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Looking Back at the SQL Clone Launch(es)

Posted on March 30, 2017 by

Yesterday was the SQL Clone launch livestream from the Redgate office in Cambridge, UK. I flew over on Monday, along with Grant Fritchey, to help broadcast a few sessions about the product. I’ve been excited to see SQL Clone for … Continue reading →

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Launching Products

Posted on March 22, 2017 by

Over the years I’ve seen a lot of products launched. I still remember the fanfare around Windows 95, and the efforts to make this an event of sorts, back when virtual events didn’t make sense. There have been a few … Continue reading →

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The Livestream Product Launch

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

SQL in the City Streamed in 2016 was a success, with lots of feedback that people enjoyed the sessions and format. With the release of SQL Clone, we’ve decided to do it again. The SQL Clone Product Launch Live Stream … Continue reading →

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Dots, Skills, and SQL Clone: A Contest from Redgate

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

Redgate just launched SQL Clone, a new product that can provision copies of databases in seconds. By copies, I mean full sized, up to 2TB copies of your database, each separate and isolated, and built in seconds. What’s even more … Continue reading →

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How Do You Use SQL Clone?

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

On Monday, Redgate released v1.0 of SQL Clone, and I’m excited that the product is finally available. I’m excited because this has been a long time coming, but it’s worth the wait. You can certainly download SQL Clone and try … Continue reading →

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DevOps Webinar Tomorrow

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

A quick reminder that tomorrow, Feb 21 at 12pm EST, I’ll be hosting another DevOps, Database Lifecycle Management (DLM) webinar. Together with Arneh Eskandari, we’ll show how we can each make changes to our own database, push the changes to … Continue reading →

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