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Database professionals can use AI to improve everyday work by starting with a task they already understand, giving the assistant the context it needs, building review into the workflow and limiting what an agent can reach. The AI sessions at PASS Summit West 2026 pointed to the same lesson: the value comes from the work around the assistant, not the assistant alone.

Database professionals can use AI to improve everyday work by starting with a task they already understand, giving the assistant the context it needs, building review into the workflow and limiting what an agent can reach. The AI sessions at PASS Summit West 2026 pointed to the same lesson: the value comes from the work around the assistant, not the assistant alone.

Gorman is a Database and AI Advocate and Engineer at Redgate She's the previous director of Data and AI at Silk, and the Oracle SME in Azure at Microsoft. With a robust background in cloud technology and a passion for promoting its merits and potential, I am thrilled to spearhead conversations and actions that help shape the future of this industry. Kellyn has authored numerous technical books, white papers and solution repositories in GitHub on database, AI and engineering topics.

Many outages, slowdowns and failed transactions start in the database, often well before anyone outside the data team knows something’s wrong. By the time they do, customers are already affected: payments fail, services stall and people can’t do what they came to do. The organisations that keep this risk under control close three gaps. They stop problems before they disrupt customers and the services they depend on. They find the cause in minutes, and fix it quickly.

This release brings PostgreSQL monitoring in Redgate Monitor closer to what you already get for SQL Server. It adds backup monitoring and support for PostgreSQL on Windows, and AlloyDB joins the managed services we already cover.

You open a stored procedure to make what should be a quick fix, and something doesn't add up. There's a filter you don't recognize, or a column that has changed type, or a join that looks like it was added in a hurry. Who changed this? When? And, most importantly, why? We're excited to announce that object level history is now available for Redgate Flyway Enterprise users of Flyway Desktop.

G2's Fall 2026 Grid Report for Database Monitoring is out, and Redgate Monitor is named a Leader. G2 builds its reports from verified user reviews rather than paid placement, so this recognition comes from the people who use Redgate Monitor every day, and took time out of their lives to tell others what it's like. So, a big thank you to our customers, we're grateful for every review.

Assessing the cost of a database monitoring tool isn't always straightforward. The quick reaction is to solely assess costs on a license-for-license basis.

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