The challenge of integrating databases into ALM
The effects of poor database change management and deployments
Benefits of DLM and Continuous Delivery
How can Redgate help?
3. About Redgate
Over 600,000 technology professionals worldwide use Redgate tools, including
91% of fortune 100 companies.
Our philosophy is to design highly usable, reliable tools that solve problems
commonly faced by DBAs and developers.
4. Poor Database Deployment Effects
• Databases are out of pace with application development
• Little or no traceability of database changes
• Inability to roll back to the previous version of a
database
• Databases become a bottleneck in agile delivery
processes
• Releases are less frequent and risky
• Manual database processes prevent you from utilizing CI
and CD to their full extent
• Deployments require a lot of Dev and DBA hours
5. Benefits of DLM and Continuous Delivery
• Repeatability of processes, giving:
– Greater predictability over releases
– Efficiency by eliminating the repetition of a range of
manual activities
• Faster speed of response to change through:
– The automated deployment of smaller units of change
• Greater reliability of the release process by:
– Providing a series of automated test stages prior to
deployment
6. The Bottom Line
The 2014 State of DevOps report found that:
• IT performance strongly correlates with practices such
as version control and continuous delivery.
• High-performing IT organizations are more agile and
reliable, deploying code 30 times more frequently with
50% fewer failures.
• Firms with high-performing IT organizations are twice as
likely to exceed their profitability, market share, and
productivity goals.
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