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How to Choose the Right Database for Data Analytics

You start a query, grab a coffee, and come back to… a report that’s still loading. We’ve all been there. When your database wasn’t designed for analytics, even basic reporting can feel painfully slow. Databases aren’t one-size-fits-all, especially when it comes to analytics. The system that works fine for storing and retrieving customer transactions or app data isn’t necessarily built to process complex queries on massive datasets.

Best Data Management Solutions: Features, Pros, and Cons

Data management tools can either be your greatest ally or your biggest headache. Effective data management is the process of controlling and organizing your data assets to ensure their quality, security, and accessibility. The right data management solution simplifies the validation, storage, and processing of your data, transforming it into a reliable resource for accurate analysis, informed decision-making, and regulatory compliance.

What is Data Integration? Definition, Types, Examples & Use Cases

Given the flood of information and emerging cloud and big data technologies, more and more companies are now adopting data integration initiatives to analyze and act on their data more effectively. For modern companies seeking to improve their strategic decision-making and competitiveness, data integration meaning isn’t so simple. What is data integration? We’ll find out in this material!

Best Practices for Ephemeral Environments: Auto-Anonymizing PostgreSQL Data for AI & Devs

AI coding and development thrive in real, production-like environments—not just sandboxes with dummy data. But here’s the challenge: real data often includes sensitive info like PII, financials, or healthcare records, all governed by strict regulations like GDPR and HIPAA. How do you balance security, compliance, and speed? In this webinar, we dive into practical solutions with a live demo featuring Bunnyshell and Xata.io.

Redgate Software recognized as a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Integrated Development Environment Software

Customer reviews play a key role in weighing up whether to make a purchase or not. From booking a hotel to choosing a piece of technology or software, most of us would usually check out the reviews before going ahead. With this in mind, we’re excited to announce that Redgate Software has been named a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Integrated Development Environment Software.

Optimizing Every Layer: From Cloud to On-Premises

As digital infrastructures become more complex, businesses need an agile, unified platform that spans traditional on-premises systems to modern cloud-native environments. At Virtana, our latest feature updates across Global View, Container Observability, and Infrastructure Observability are designed to empower you to optimize every layer of your IT ecosystem.

Open source enterprise application security remains a challenge despite greater patching efforts, IDC research reveals

The latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC) co-sponsored by Canonical and Google Cloud indicates that 36% of organizations adopt open source to improve development velocity, and 7 in 10 organizations see open source as extremely important to run mission critical workloads. However as open source adoption grows, organizations face increasing difficulty in securing and maintaining their software supply chains.

Hands-on guide to microservices unit testing with CI/CD

As microservices architectures dominate modern application development, the ability to test, secure, and automate their deployment has become a vital skill. In this guide, you’ll learn how to: Let’s first set the stage by briefly exploring the foundational concepts of CI/CD and DevOps, which underpin the automation and agility required in development workflows.

Connect to PostgreSQL using EF Core

In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of creating an Entity Framework Core model and connecting a.NET console application to a MySQL database. We'll guide you through each step, from setting up your connection to retrieving data from your MySQL tables. Additionally, we'll explain how to install the necessary components, including the dotConnect for MySQL, and demonstrate how to use Entity Developer to generate your model.

Microsoft 365 Backup 2026: What It Covers, What It Costs, and Where the Gaps Are

Protecting your organization’s data within Microsoft 365 is crucial to ensure business continuity, compliance, and resilience against threats like accidental deletions, cyberattacks, and data corruption. Implementing a comprehensive backup strategy safeguards your critical information and facilitates rapid recovery when needed.