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One of my favorite new PostgreSQL 18 features which hasn’t had much attention yet is tracking session-level IO stats. It’s going to be really helpful for more quickly finding problematic queries in real-time – kudos in particular to Bertrand Drouvot for the work on it!

With advances in AI and heightened compliance requirements, the way we handle data is changing rapidly. This makes a robust database change management process crucial for organizations who still need to ship value to market, while getting the right data into the hands of decision-makers faster. It’s a tough set of demands for any organization to grapple with as they modernize their data for the future.

IT and data teams in Financial Services must meet the more exacting demands for data integrity, compliance, performance, high availability and security that are expected in the sector. These demands require a dedicated, comprehensive, and scalable monitoring solution to help teams succeed in this high stakes environment.

I’m excited to announce a new capability in Redgate Monitor Enterprise: the Sensitive Action Log. As infrastructure becomes more complex, it’s more critical than ever to maintain control over how your monitoring environment is configured and accessed. Whether you’re responding to internal compliance policies, preparing for audits, or simply tightening operational security, it’s key to understand who did what, when.

I’m delighted to share that you can now run Redgate Monitor’s data repository on PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB, achieving dramatically improved performance and scalability at reduced cost.

Redgate Monitor has long helped data teams and DBAs keep track of SQL Agent Jobs. Now, with version 14.0.53, it extends that visibility to Azure Elastic Jobs, giving you a centralized view of all your scheduled tasks, whether they run on SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instances, or Azure SQL Databases.

Oracle maintains its top-ranking spot; persistent growth trends from PostgreSQL and Snowflake highlight Q1 2025 rankings analysis. DB-Engines is today sharing Q1 analysis of the database industry rankings and top climbers. While Oracle has maintained its top-ranking spot as the most popular database for several years, we are seeing persistent growth trends from PostgreSQL and Snowflake, which has broken through to sixth place for the first time this quarter, overtaking Redis.

Database security has often been treated as a final checkpoint before release. But DevSecOps ensures security is integrated throughout the DevOps process, making compliance more efficient, reducing manual effort, and ensuring organizations stay ahead of evolving threats.

Change Reports show how many objects are added, modified, and deleted at a glance by comparing the desired state of the objects to a target database. You can also drill into each object and see the exact changes in a side-by-side difference view.

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.