Red Gate Software
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| Type | Privately held company |
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| Industry | Information Technology |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, UK |
| Area served | Global |
| Products | Microsoft SQL Server and .NET Development Tools |
| Employees | 237 |
| Website | http://www.red-gate.com |
Red Gate Software is a software company based in Cambridge, UK. It primarily provides tools for database developers and administrators. In addition, through its Simple Talk Publishing subsidiary, it maintains community websites such as SQL Server Central and Simple Talk.[1] Since 2007 it has featured in the Sunday Times '100 Best Companies to Work For' in the United Kingdom [2][3][4][5][6][7].
The company was founded by Neil Davidson and Simon Galbraith in October 1999.[8] The company is named after Via Porta Rossa (Red Gate Street) in Florence, Italy, close to where Neil Davidson used to live.[9]
On 20 August 2008, Red Gate announced they were taking responsibility for future development of the free tool .NET Reflector.[10]
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[edit] Products
Red Gate produces and sells various software tools, targeted primarily at developers and administrators who use Microsoft SQL Server and .NET. Red Gate tools include:
- SQL Source Control: Connects an existing source control system (TFS/SVN/VSS/Vault) to SQL Server
- SQL Compare: Compares and synchronizes database schemas
- SQL Prompt: Automated code completion and SQL reformatting
- SQL Backup: Offers compression and other features like encryption and network resilience for SQL Server database backups
- SQL Monitor: SQL Server performance-monitoring and alerting
- SQL HyperBac Silent compression for faster, smaller SQL Server backups
- SQL Storage Compress: Silent data compression to optimize SQL Server storage
- SQL Virtual Restore: Rapidly mounts live, fully functional databases direct from backups
- SQL Multi Script: Allows a user to execute multiple scripts against multiple SQL Servers with a single click
- SQL Data Compare: Compares and synchronizes database contents
- SQL Packager: Compares and synchronizes database schemas and contents and creates standalone .exe
- SQL Data Generator: Given a database schema, generates test/dummy data into the database
- Schema Compare for Oracle: Compares and synchronizes Oracle database schemas
- ANTS Performance Profiler: Profiles the performance of .NET code
- ANTS Memory Profiler: Profiles the memory usage of .NET code
- .NET Reflector: Enables the user to explore and browse the class hierarchies of .NET assemblies, even if one does not have the code for them
- SmartAssembly: Obfuscates and protects .NET code
- SQL Test: A plug-in to SQL Server Management Studio, powered by the tSQLt unit testing framework [1]
[edit] HyperBac
HyperBac (or HyperBac Technologies) is part of Red Gate Software. Red Gate offers a range of products powered by HyperBac technology: SQL HyperBac, SQL Virtual Restore, and SQL Storage Compress.
The core HyperBac-powered products are based on a cross-platform file system compression/encryption filter, providing in-line compression and/or encryption for database and virtualization I/O operations. The HyperBac compression filter uses its own dictionary-based lossless compression algorithm and implements three different compression storage formats: SHRINK and SHRINKFAST (proprietary formats) and DEFLATE.
HyperBac Technologies (formerly known as Xceleon Technologies) was formed in 2005 from founding developers of SQL LiteSpeed, a backup compression utility for SQL Server which was acquired by Quest Software. On 22 March 2010, HyperBac was acquired by Red Gate Software.[11]
[edit] Red Gate Springboard
In August 2009 Red Gate announced a new project called Springboard.[12] Springboard was a startup incubator based in Cambridge, UK. For a period of three months Red Gate provided living expenses and mentoring for teams to work from Red Gate's offices. It was similar to YCombinator and Techstars in that it provided a small amount of capital up front but was different in that no equity was taken.
Springboard was relaunched in 2010 with a slightly different model where teams would again receive investment and mentoring but this time in exchange for an equity stake.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Red Gate Software announce launch of new website". Telecomworldwire. 29 April 2005. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ECZ/is_2005_April_29/ai_n13828944. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ "8th: Red Gate Software". Sunday Times. 4 February 2007. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/career_and_jobs/best_100_companies/article1441965.ece. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "39th: Red Gate Software". Sunday Times. 2 March 2008. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/career_and_jobs/best_100_companies/article3440490.ece. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "81st: Red Gate Software". Sunday Times. 1 March 2009. http://www.bestcompanies.co.uk/more_information.aspx?CompanyID=49311&SurveyID=39. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ "14th: Red Gate Software". Sunday Times. 28 February 2010. http://www.bestcompanies.co.uk/more_information.aspx?CompanyID=49311&SurveyID=49. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ "21st: Red Gate Software". Sunday Times. 27 February 2011. http://www.bestcompanies.co.uk/more_information.aspx?CompanyID=49311&SurveyID=67. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- ^ "29th: Red Gate Software". Sunday Times. 26 February 2012. http://www.bestcompanies.co.uk/more_information.aspx?CompanyID=49311&SurveyID=93. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "Red Gate roadmap". Red Gate. http://www.red-gate.com/about/roadmap.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ "About Red Gate Software". Red Gate. http://www.red-gate.com/our-company/about/. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ^ Cramblitt, Bob (2008-08-20). "The Future of .NET Reflector". http://www.simple-talk.com/reflector/interview.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ "Red Gate acquires HyperBac". http://www.red-gate.com/our-company/about/news/hyperbac. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ Davidson, Neil. "The accidental incubator". http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2009/08/the-accidental-incubator.html. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
