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Taming the Wild West
How Standard Bank overcame technical and
cultural challenges to implement database CI/CD
Get in touch
James Grant
Automation/DevOps Lead at Standard Bank Group
Grant Fritchey
Microsoft MVP and Product Advocate at Redgate
Grant.Fritchey@red-gate.com James.Grant@standardbank.co.za
314
Redgaters and counting
19
years old
202,000
customers
2m
SQL Server Central and
Simple Talk users
91%
of the Fortune 100 use
our tools
6m
website visits each year
1,286
product releases last
year
70
Communities sponsored
last year
About Redgate
Background
What were the pain points and
challenges that provoked the
need for the change?
What sort of outages and data
losses were experienced due to
issues with the deployment and
testing process?
The implementation
process
How did you start the process of
implementing CI & CD?
Who were the major stake-
holders in the organization at
the start of this process?
Where did you meet resistance
or issues as you began the
implementation of your process?
The results
Can you describe the process
that you’ve arrived at?
Is the business satisfied with
the changes in process that
have occurred?
In what ways have Redgate
products played a role in your
new process?
How did you measure your
level of pain before and after
implementing these new
methodologies?
What have been the benefits
to the DBA team?
Have there been benefits for
the development teams?
If you had one piece of advice
for someone setting out on
this path, what would it be?
Questions
Thanks for joining our webinar, we hope
you enjoyed the session.
View our full webinar calendar at
www.red-gate.com/webinars
Want to learn more?
Contact us:
devops@red-gate.com
Discover Redgate’s full Database DevOps solution
www.red-gate.com/solutions

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Taming the Wild West

  • 1. Taming the Wild West How Standard Bank overcame technical and cultural challenges to implement database CI/CD
  • 2. Get in touch James Grant Automation/DevOps Lead at Standard Bank Group Grant Fritchey Microsoft MVP and Product Advocate at Redgate Grant.Fritchey@red-gate.com James.Grant@standardbank.co.za
  • 3. 314 Redgaters and counting 19 years old 202,000 customers 2m SQL Server Central and Simple Talk users 91% of the Fortune 100 use our tools 6m website visits each year 1,286 product releases last year 70 Communities sponsored last year About Redgate
  • 5. What were the pain points and challenges that provoked the need for the change?
  • 6. What sort of outages and data losses were experienced due to issues with the deployment and testing process?
  • 8. How did you start the process of implementing CI & CD?
  • 9. Who were the major stake- holders in the organization at the start of this process?
  • 10. Where did you meet resistance or issues as you began the implementation of your process?
  • 12. Can you describe the process that you’ve arrived at?
  • 13. Is the business satisfied with the changes in process that have occurred?
  • 14. In what ways have Redgate products played a role in your new process?
  • 15. How did you measure your level of pain before and after implementing these new methodologies?
  • 16. What have been the benefits to the DBA team?
  • 17. Have there been benefits for the development teams?
  • 18. If you had one piece of advice for someone setting out on this path, what would it be?
  • 20. Thanks for joining our webinar, we hope you enjoyed the session. View our full webinar calendar at www.red-gate.com/webinars
  • 21. Want to learn more? Contact us: devops@red-gate.com Discover Redgate’s full Database DevOps solution www.red-gate.com/solutions