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Scripting Changes to Partitioned Tables with SQL Compare

A customer recently asked if Redgate's comparison engine is able to generate code to split partitions when a partitioned table is modified. Yes, it can! In this video we demonstrate this in SQL Compare, but the same functionality is also available for automated deployments from SQL Source Control and SQL Change Automation, which use the SQL Compare Engine.

Migrating the Launchpad Keyservers from SKS to Hockeypuck

Ubuntu and Launchpad use OpenPGP keys heavily. Each source package is signed with the uploader’s key, and binary and source package downloads from Ubuntu’s primary archives and from users’ Personal Package Archives (PPAs) are indirectly signed by the publisher process with per-archive keys of its own. Access to Launchpad’s bug-manipulation interface is also controlled by OpenPGP. As a result, Launchpad needs a reliable key-storage and synchronization mechanism.

re:Invent 2020 week 1: The Year of Serverless

The first keynote is over, the talks have started, and the AWS Heroes all got to feel motion-sick but appreciated in their AWS-supplied VR helmets. Good one Tom Here are my week 1 thoughts: Throughout the keynote it was clear that serverless is here to stay. One detail stood out to me above all others: Nearly half of all new compute workloads in Amazon in 2020 were Lambda based. During Andy Jassy’s keynote, a veritable wall of major customers that use Lambda.

Project Build: Custom CD Pipeline Tutorial (Node + TypeScript + Cycle API)

Need to create a CD pipeline for your containers running on Cycle? Learn the how to build a Node based API enabling you to automate the entire container reimage process. We are also in the process of creating a CD Pipeline builder to be used from within our Portal, which will be released very soon! Connect with us: Website: cycle.io Slack: cycle.slack.io Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/cycle-platform/ Twitter: twitter.com/cycleplatform Facebook: facebook.com/CyclePlatform

Building AWS Outposts? Bring Artifactory and Xray DevOps Tools

We’re delighted to announce that, after a rigorous evaluation by the AWS Service Ready Program, JFrog Artifactory and Xray have been validated as following best practices for AWS Outposts. What additional engineering did we do to get our core DevOps solutions to perform on AWS Outposts? None at all. We’re proud of meeting AWS’s strict standards, but it was no surprise.

2020 State of DevOps Report: The Newest Metric To Make It Into the DevOps Evolution

Every year, I look forward to the release of the annual State of DevOps report (that’s the kind of exciting life I lead!). The evolution and adoption of DevOps in the past decade has been incredible — and this report always helps show what’s the next big thing that high-performing teams are adopting. The 2020 State of DevOps report was just released a couple weeks ago and as usual, it was filled with all kinds of insights.

Virtana Platform Demo Launch

The Virtana Platform’s embedded intelligence leverages machine learning and advanced data analytics to provide you with a deep understanding of application workloads so you can make data-driven decisions about their cloud migration. The platform is cloud agnostic so you can unify workload migration, optimization, and management across all the leading public cloud providers to meet your workload performance and cost requirements.