Type Privately held company Area served Global Headquarters Cambridge, United Kingdom | Industry Information Technology Founded 1999 Number of employees 280 (2016) | |
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Products SQL Server management tools, SmartAssembly, ANTS Profiler, Reflector Parent organization Red Gate Software Holdings Limited Subsidiaries Hyperbac, ReadyRoll, Cocoa Controls, 3T Software Labs GmbH, Cerebrata Software Pvt Ltd. Profiles | ||
Redgate Software is a software company based in Cambridge, England. It develops tools for developers and data professionals and maintains community websites such as SQL Server Central and Simple Talk. It conducts events such as SQL in the City.
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Redgate produces specialized database management tools for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft Azure. It also produces advanced developer tools for .NET Framework, such as SmartAssembly and .NET Reflector.
From 2007 to 2013 it was featured in the Sunday Times 100 best companies to work for in the United Kingdom. It has won numerous industry awards for its SQL Server management software.
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History
The company was founded by Neil Davidson and Simon Galbraith in October 1999. It is named after Via Porta Rossa (Red Gate Street) in Florence, Italy, close to where Davidson used to live.
In 2005, Redgate launched Simple Talk, an online technical journal and community hub for working Microsoft SQL Server and .NET developers, as well as systems and database administrators. The journal is sponsored by Redgate, but retains editorial independence. In addition to publishing articles, Simple Talk publishes books, most of which are available in a digital format.
On 20 August 2008, Redgate announced it was taking responsibility for future development of the free tool .NET Reflector.
On 22 March 2010, HyperBac Technologies (formerly known as Xceleon Technologies) was acquired by Redgate. HyperBac developed SQL software tools and products.
In August 2009, Redgate launched Springboard, a startup incubator based in Cambridge, UK. For a period of three months Redgate provided living expenses and mentoring for teams to work from Redgate's offices. It was similar to Y Combinator and Techstars in that it provided a small amount of capital up front but no equity was taken.
In 2010, Redgate re-launched Springboard with a different model where teams would again receive investment and mentoring, but this time in exchange for an equity stake.