Contest: Tell Your Database Development Disaster Story (5 Winners Get $150 USD or More Each)

Redgate is building a library of real-world stories about database development disasters.

Your mission: Tell us a true story in 500 words or less about a time when you were involved in an Agile or DevOps project that went full steam ahead in speeding up delivery of application code, but didn’t modernize database development practices. Did trouble follow? Check out the prizes and give us the scoop here before March 20, 2019.

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3 Key Points from My Upcoming Talk: DevOps: What, Who, Why, and How?

Next week, I’m giving a free webcast for Redgate on DevOps fundamentals. DevOps is something I am a big proponent of for database administrators, developers, and company leaders.

I’ll cover three points which are often the source of misunderstandings.

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Watch: Can This Team Succeed at DevOps? Panel Discussion

I recently participated in a panel discussion for the SQL PASS DevOps virtual chapter.

Watch our discussion about how to make three different teams successful at database DevOps.

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What 'Digital Transformation' Means, and How You Can Use It to Advance Your Career (video)

I recently spoke at the GroupBy free online conference. It was loads of fun, and the recordings from the event are now available.

In the hour-long session below, I explore what executives mean when they describe a ‘digital transformation’, why this transformation is happening across all industries, and how understanding this gives developers and database administrators an advantage in building their careers.

Even if you hate buzzwords, the big ones signify critical cultural changes. Digital transformation is one of those buzzwords, and it’s worth understanding what it really means.

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Why You Should Take the State of Database DevOps Survey Today (Even If You Don't Do DevOps)

When I began working with databases, nobody talked about DevOps. It was a few years before I heard the words ‘Agile’ and ‘Extreme Programming’, (which I still read as “EXTREEEEEEMMMMME programmin!”). A lot has changed since then. But a lot hasn’t changed as well.

Please help us track the history of how we work with databases by taking the Redgate State of Database DevOps survey today. I believe it’s helpful to our whole community to participate in this survey, and this post explains a few reasons why. 

Update: The survey is now closed, thanks folks!

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Watch: Getting Executive Buy-In for DevOps: 3 Top Tips (video)

High DevOps performers report greater workplace satisfaction than their peers. But implementing DevOps isn’t a matter of being great at writing code: to become a high DevOps performer, you need the powerful catalyst of executive support.

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Watch: The Single Question to Predict Success for DevOps (31 Minutes)

What if you could assess the performance level of your team by asking one simple question? In his recent webinar with Redgate, Gene Kim (@realgenekim) suggests that you can.

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