software ltd type privately held company industry information technology founded 1999 headquarters cambridge uk area served global products microsoft sql server and . net development tools number of employees 280 2016 website http www.red gate.com redgate headquarters at cambridge business park . redgate is a software company based in cambridge england . it makes tools for developers and data professionals and maintains community websites such as sql server central and simple talk and runs events such as sql in the city . 1 from 2007 to 2013 it was featured in the sunday times 100 best companies to work for in the united kingdom . 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 contents 1 early history 2 hyperbac 3 redgate springboard 4 simple talk 5 awards 6 external links 7 references early history edit the company was founded by neil davidson and simon galbraith in october 1999 . 9 it is named after via porta rossa red gate street in florence italy close to where davidson used to live . 10 on 20 august 2008 redgate announced it was taking responsibility for future development of the free tool . net reflector . 11 hyperbac edit 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 redgate . 12 redgate springboard edit in august 2009 redgate announced a new project called springboard . 13 springboard was 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 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 . simple talk edit started in 2005 simple talk is an online technical journal and community hub for working microsoft sql server and . net developers as well as systems and database administrators the content published typically centres around microsoft technologies or open web technologies . the journal is sponsored by redgate 14 but retains editorial independence . 15 in addition to publishing articles simple talk publishes books 16 focusing on various aspects of sql server database administration and development as well as . net performance optimization most of these are available in a digital format . 17 more recently the publication has been trying to appeal more to web developers with a set of curated guides to understanding asp.net mvc soliciting contributions from existing authors and members of the . net community . 18 awards edit year product category award 2011 sql backup pro best backup and recovery software product sql server magazine editors best gold award 19 2011 sql backup pro best backup and recovery software product sql server magazine community choice gold award 19 2011 sql monitor best database monitoring and performance product sql server magazine editors best bronze award 19 2011 sql monitor best database monitoring and performance product sql server magazine community choice silver award 19 2011 sql developer bundle best database development tool sql server magazine editors best gold award 19 2011 sql toolbelt best database development tool sql server magazine community choice silver award 19 2011 sql toolbelt best database management product sql server magazine community choice gold award 19 2011 best vendor tech support sql server magazine bronze award 19 2012 sql backup pro best backup and recovery product sql server pro community choice gold award 20 2012 sql monitor best database monitoring and performance product sql server pro community choice silver award 20 2012 sql developer bundle best database development product sql server pro editors best gold award 20 2012 sql developer bundle best database development product sql server pro community choice silver award 20 2012 sql toolbelt best database management product sql server pro editors best gold award 20 2012 sql toolbelt best database management product sql server pro community choice gold award 20 2012 sql scripts manager best free tool sql server pro editors best gold award 20 2012 best vendor tech support sql server pro bronze award 20 2013 sql backup pro best backup & recovery productbest backup & recovery product sql server pro gold award 21 2013 sql developer bundle best database development tool sql server pro gold award 21 2013 sql toolbelt best database management suite sql server pro bronze award 21 2015 sql source control databases and data development and modeling visual studio magazine reader s choice gold award 22 2015 ants performance profiler performance profiling and debugging tools visual studio magazine reader s choice silver award 22 external links edit redgate 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