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Simple Talks Podcast | S2, Episode 1 - Coffee Chat with Scott Stauffer

It is the start of season 2, and we are kicking it off with Scott Stauffer talking about coffee, video games, the glorious innovation of technology over our years, guide dogs, AI, and so much more. Without giving away too much, in the show there is a discussion about guide dogs.

Using Flyway's JSON output to automate development tasks | The Tony and Tonie Show

Flyway's JSON output provides a lot of useful information about the migrations files, database, and version changes, in a format that automated processes can read and use. This article demonstrates how we can crate a Flyway callback that uses this JSON output to automatically send simple, human-readable notifications of what happened during a migration, helping developers stay informed about version changes that could impact their work.

A Fresh Look at the NHS Autumn Budget: Opportunities for IT Teams

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.

PostgreSQL is the Database Management System of the Year 2024

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.

Snowflake is the Database Management System of the Year 2024

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.

Database Monitoring and Security Go Hand in Hand

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.

Finding Significant Differences in Flyway SQL Migration Code | The Tony and Tonie Show

In this episode of The Tony and Tonie Show the pair discuss using PowerShell-based tokenization to compare two SQL migration files. How it ignores non-functional changes like comments or formatting and pinpoints the first meaningful change in SQL logic, providing detailed feedback on its location and nature. Make sure to subscribe to our channel if you want to watch more from Tony & Tonie.

Simple Talks Podcast - Episode 13 - Ending the Season Together

Today, all the hosts (Louis Davidson, Ryan Booz, Kellyn Gorman, Steve Jones, and Grant Fritchey) get together for a festive adjacent discussion about AI, content, books, community, vector, PIVOTing, observability, and we end up with a brief discussion on gluten-free gingerbread men (because we did!) All this, though absolutely none of us broke into song like a Hope/Crosby musical!

Managing database security, compliance, and performance | The Tony and Tonie Show

Managing database security, compliance, and performance across a complex estate is no easy task. In this video, Tony and Tonie discuss how Redgate Monitor Enterprise brings all the data you need into one place. They speak about how it helps DBAs track user permissions, ensure configuration compliance, create custom reports, and implement resilient high-availability monitoring, and more.