Change Manager 5.1.1

This post is short and sweet: Change Manager 5.1.1 is now live and released on our website http://www.embarcadero.com/products/changemanager

Version 5.1.1 was this summer in the making and adds support for InterBase 2007, 2009, and Firebird 1.5 and 2.0.

Data comparison, synchronization, and masking are cross platform so you can now easily move and mask data between any of the platforms we support.

Schema comparison and archive tools work with each platform and help you monitor and document changes, implement changes into production, and roll back changes to previous snapshots.

If you're a Firebird or InterBase user, check out Change Manager. It's free for 14 days so let me know what you think and what you'd like to see next!

Change Manager and InterBase

Whenever our evangelist David I posts on his blog about Change Manager there are invariable a number of fans and users of InterBase that post a comment to the tune of how can we own a database management system and not support that system in our tools. Of course the question is perfectly valid and users of InterBase reading about Change Manager can only salivate looking at functionality that so far has been denied them.

Until now that is, well until this autumn actually. Change Manager 5.1.1 will add support for InterBase 2007 and 2009 databases to: compare, version, and synchronize schemas; compare, synchronize, move, and mask data; and compare, version, and monitor version configurations for compliance and tracking.

And for any Firebird SQL users out there, you can join the party too because Change Manager will support versions 1.5 and 2.0 of that database. Move your data to and from any platform we support and move and compare schemas between Firebird and InterBase.

That's enough reading eh? Want to see it in action, here's a sneak peak video of the upcoming release of Embarcadero's database change management tool working with InterBase and Firebird database servers:

Watch on YouTube

If you're a user of InterBase and Firebird and have requests, feedback, questions, or comments please post away. I want to hear from you!

What's New in 5.1

If you're interested in or curious about Change Manager, Embarcadero's database change management tool you might consider attending a technical webinar tomorrow hosted by our Product Manager Greg Nerpouni. Greg and I will review some of the basics of Change Manager and focus on the new features and funcationality available in version 5.1.

For those of you out there who use Interbase or Firebird we're working on building in support for your databases. Attend, and let us know what kinds of things you'd like to see Change Manager do for you! We'd love to hear what you think, and what specific problems around managing change in your databases we can help solve.

The webinar is tomorrow, July 16, at 2:00 PM EST. Click here for more information or to register.

Change Manager 5.1 Now Available

Today Embarcadero Technologies published the 5.1 release of Change Manager our award winning (JOLT, SQL Server Magazine) database change management tool. The new version includes some pretty exciting new features so if you haven't yet upgraded or tried it out, I recommend you give it a whirl. Read the official announcement here if you're interested.

New in version 5.1 is:

• Data Masking to protect information in production when moving production like data to other systems such as test or development


• Cross platform schema comparison between Oracle and SQL Server schema objects


• Cross platform schema comparison between Sybase and SQL Server schema objects


• Automatically synchronize schema and data when running manual or scheduled comparison jobs


• Group jobs, scripts, and results in projects that can be stored anywhere on disk and shared using source code control third party add-ins

And as usual we've worked to make the product faster, more accurate, and easier to use. The entire team and I are immensely proud of this release, but the work doesn't stop. We're now planning our next releases for the autumn, so if there's anything you want to see in the tool, please let me know!

Of course Change Manager is a central part of All-Access our "single, cost-effective toolbox solution for developers, architects, performance testers, and DBAs."

Change Manager 5.1 is available for Windows and Linux and is free to try here. It works with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, and DB2 for LUW.

Data Masking with Change Manager 5.1

Change Manager 5.1 now includes Data Masking to move data while obfuscating the meaning of the original rows.

Here's how it works:

Change Manager and International Databases

If you've been following Embarcadero news you'll know that we're currently in the midst of a beta program for Change Manager 5.1. It's looking pretty good and we're getting lots of great feedback from our existing users.

This week we refreshed the beta with support for international databases which some may call a feature but I view as sort of a logical resolution of a previous omission. It's actually a surprising amount of work that went into this effort and we're looking for any and all feedback.

Here's a screenshot of the schema comparison results:

Change Manager includes tools to manage data, schema, and configuration between database systems.

If you work in non-English languages and need a tool like Change Manager you can check out our beta for free, just apply at http://beta.embarcadero.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Change Manager 5.1 BETA Release

I'm pleased to announce the release of Change Manager 5.1's BETA build available now on Embarcadero's BETA program page! As I mentioned before version 5.1 includes numerous enhancements and improvements over previous releases and we're looking for feedback from you!

Change Manager includes tools to work with database data, schema objects, and configuration settings on Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 for LUW, and Sybase. Change Manager lets you:

• Compare and synchronize database data, schema, and configuration settings between servers - in many cases between servers of different vendors (e.g. Oracle to SQL Server schemas)
• Capture archives and snapshots of schemas and configurations
• Mask data for privacy protection
• Compare and analyse to identify inconsistencies and resolve problems with data, configuration settings, and schema objects
• Integrate with source code control and version databases with application source code
• Automate via the command line for a lights-out repeatable processes

And it lets you do it all from one product that runs on Windows and Linux and comes as part of Embarcadero All-Access.

So, sign-up to get involved here!

Finally, a big thanks and congratulations to the entire team, folks in Iasi and Toronto, for all their hard work and passion over the last few months on this relaese.