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Jeff Foster, Director of Technology & Innovation at Redgate, explains how Redgate is approaching the AI revolution. As we celebrate Redgate’s 25th anniversary, it’s a great time to reflect on how far we’ve come and where we’re headed. Our longstanding mantra has been “ingeniously simple” software – tools that empower users to accomplish tasks they might not have thought possible.

When I look back at my career in technology, I’m amazed at the rate of change, but also by just how much has remained the same. My first introductions to database technology were FoxPro, SQL Server 2000 and Oracle, and the applications that ran on top of them.

Over £2 billion has been earmarked for the IT modernisation of the NHS. Let's explore some of what this means for IT teams and how Redgate can help. The NHS, England’s national health service, has always been a marvel – a complex, interwoven system delivering life-saving care to millions. But behind the clinical brilliance lies an equally intricate network of databases, servers, and IT systems that keep the whole operation humming.

DB-Engines reveals PostgreSQL as the DBMS of the Year 2024, beating Snowflake and Microsoft's Azure SQL Database and SQL Server. One of Redgate’s community websites, DB-Engines, is today announcing that PostgreSQL is the DBMS of the Year for the second year in a row, winning for the fifth time overall after also being top-ranked in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023. Second in the rankings was Snowflake, followed by Microsoft in third place.

DB-Engines reveals Snowflake as the DBMS of the Year 2024, beating PostgreSQL and Oracle. DB-Engines is today announcing that Snowflake is our DBMS of the Year for 2024, the third time it has claimed the top spot having previously been ranked first place in 2021 and 2022. Second in the rankings was PostgreSQL, followed by Oracle in third place. Snowflake has emerged as the most popular database management system over the past year, outpacing all other 423 monitored systems.

Read on to learn about how you can automate even more things with Flyway like project setup and state-based deployments. We’ll share how you can get the latest version and things you need to know when upgrading.

A comprehensive strategy for monitoring your database estate should go beyond performance metrics like CPU usage, memory consumption, and IO performance. This article explains a unified approach using Redgate Monitor, which will collect performance and security data side by side across all databases and servers, whether on-premises, cloud-hosted, or both.