Voice of the DBA

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  • Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026

    For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report, based on surveys and research we do every year. I have found it very interesting to see how people respond and what we learn from the report each year.

    This year is no different, with one change; we’re doing a webinar. Register to hear the advocates talk about navigating the database landscape in 2026. Grant, Kellyn, Pat, and myself are set to sit down and discuss the findings on Feb 18 at 1200pm EST.

    We reviewed the report and now each of us is digging in to those areas we are most interested, and we’ll express our thoughts in the webinar. With over 100 years of database experience between us, we hope you’ll enjoy it.

    And we are ready to take your questions and discuss and debate the future of our industry.

    Register today and I’ll see you on Feb 18.

  • The 2026 Redgate Summit Series

    The last few years, Redgate has run a few Redgate Summits in different places. We’ve done one every year in London and added a few other cities along the way.

    This year, we have 4 scheduled (so far). The schedule is listed here, and I’d love to meet some of you at the events. I always enjoy hearing about people’s challenges as well as their complements and criticisms of our software. I find it invaluable hearing both.

    There may be another one or two coming, with plans up in the air, but we’ll see. Personally I like these events and I’d like to see us add one more in the late summer or fall.

    We run these Summits for customers to better get to know us and become closer partners. We want to meet our customers’ needs and ensure we are approaching our development in a way that helps customers get more value from our tools.

    A few of our tracks are generic, not necessarily related to Redgate, but they are full of topics that we think are important, and we present them based on our knowledge, research, and success. The advocates often run these tracks to bring our expertise to the presentations. We also have a Redgate track, where you can see specific solutions or ask detailed questions of our engineers.

    Hopefully you can join us at one of these events this year (or next year).

  • Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026

    I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this time ,I’m in Cambridge and at the Redgate office. Maybe sitting in the foyer alcove, playing a little guitar (like I did last Oct).

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    I’m here for a week of Redgate meetings as we kick off the year and it’s good to see colleagues and friends. All of the advocates are here, including Pat Wright, our newest advocate, and we’re hoping to record a Simple Talks podcast episode this afternoon. Maybe a second one if I can get someone from our data team to come in on a Monday.

    Part of this week will be some brainstorming and planning for the year and I’m wondering if there are things you’d like us four advocates (myself, Grant, Kellyn, and Pat) to cover and discuss. Any hot database topics or things you’d want to hear about?

    Leave a comment for me if there are things you want to discuss. Otherwise, we’ll have to come up with things that we think might be of interest to you out there.

  • PASS Keynote Shots

    Rodney Kidd took some great shots of the keynote and published an album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127113040@N04/albums/72177720330695911

    A few of my favorites:

    Here’s one of the 8 ball and keynote (and I’m enjoying myself)

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    This is a great shot of the audience

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    Am I confused?

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    A nice shot of the crew at the end, Grant obviously having fun.

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    And a nice shot of my chatting with Tim at the end.

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