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Computerworld Data Management Mar 09, 2016 Microsoft continues hybrid push with stretchable SQL Server Microsoft is keeping up its push to provide businesses with hybrid cloud tools by offering a new feature that lets companies stretch their database tables from on-premises infrastructure to its Azure storage service. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • These technologies will blow the lid off data storage • Review: Azure Machine Learning is for pros only • Microsoft is bringing SQL Server to Linux • Primaries show the danger of focusing on bad data • Home Depot to pay up to $19.5M for massive 2014 data breach • Reviewing incident response plans for data risk preparedness • How to add a checkbox in Excel, a small but powerful data tool for spreadsheets • Security in a data-driven IoT world Video/Webcast: Centrify Corporation 6 Ways to Avoid Data Breaches When Outsourcing IT Join Tony Goulding, Director of Technical Product Management at Centrify, to learn how to secure remote access, minimize your organization's attack surface, thwart in-progress attacks and govern privileged access, while outsourcing IT administration. Read More ▶ These technologies will blow the lid off data storage Data storage manufacturers have repeatedly come up against walls in their quest for ever larger drives and faster performance. And each time, new technology allows them to scale those walls and keep going. They're about to do it again. Read More ▶ Review: Azure Machine Learning is for pros only Microsoft's machine learning cloud has the right stuff for data science experts, but not for noobs. Read More ▶ Microsoft is bringing SQL Server to Linux SQL Server, one of the most popular pieces of database server software, and a crown jewel of Microsoft's enterprise software empire, is coming to Linux. Seriously. Read More ▶ Primaries show the danger of focusing on bad data Whatever your politics, this year's presidential primaries are a great lesson in how to focus on the wrong metrics. Read More ▶ Home Depot to pay up to $19.5M for massive 2014 data breach Home Depot has agreed to pay as much as $19.5 million to remedy the giant data breach it suffered in 2014, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Read More ▶ Reviewing incident response plans for data risk preparedness Don't let holes in your incident response plan review open gaping vulnerabilities in how you act on security events. Read More ▶ Video How to add a checkbox in Excel, a small but powerful data tool for spreadsheets Adding a checkbox to Excel sounds like a little thing, but it opens up a new level of database-like possibilities for your spreadsheets. We show you how to get started. Watch Now ▶ Security in a data-driven IoT world Data is the new driver for UX, and in this new world data is acquired from myriad sources creating a multi-dimensioned context within which to create new user engagements. A number of frameworks are starting to crop up that support this data-driven model, but the security of that data is still suspect. Read More ▶ White Paper: SentinelOne Inc A New Era in Incident Response Organizations face advanced malware, exploits, and other cyber attacks targeting the endpoint. Even when a threat is identified, the organization remains vulnerable until it is mitigated. Read More ▶ The 2016 Premier 100 Technology Leaders Check out our March Digital Magazine, featuring this year's class of honorees: The 2016 Premier 100 Technology Leaders. It's a chaotic world for this year's honorees, but that's just how they like it, as they embrace countless ways to spearhead change at their organizations, from shaking up the IT structure to driving technology investments. The magazine also includes News Analysis, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. View the magazine here ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld Daily News Sign up for our popular, twice-daily tech news newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's up-to-the-minute top stories of the day, both first thing in the morning and late in the afternoon (ET). We deliver breaking news on topics like the latest security threats and the newest mobile devices, in-depth features about enterprise technologies and IT careers, and authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Subscribe to CSO's Security Awareness Weekly Sign up for a weekly roundup of features, news, tips and analysis on security awareness delivered to your inbox on Mondays. Sign up now ▶ Computerworld Job Board Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted. Check them out now ▶

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