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Community Technology Preview (CTP)

The Community Technology Preview (CTP) is an early version of a Microsoft product that is released to testers during the software development process. Microsoft releases several CTPs for each product, adding new features, updating pre-existing ones and fixing bugs with each release.

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Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system, or RDBMS, that supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments

SQL Azure

SQL Azure is Microsoft’s cloud database service.

SQL Server 2014

SQL Server 2014 is relational database management system (RDBMS) designed for the enterprise environment.

5 self-service BI best practices for larger organizations

Self-service analytics programs can streamline the BI process by allowing users access to data, but scaling out to thousands of ...

Tips for creating curated data sets for self-service BI users

Data curation initiatives can help streamline BI processes by reducing the amount of time users spend locating and preparing data...

What the Tableau Hyper engine does and how it was developed

Tableau's new Hyper data engine is designed to boost processing speeds in its BI and data visualization software. Making it work ...

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Security, staffing land atop IT's edge computing challenges

Edge computing is a new way for data center admins to process data closer to the source, but it comes with challenges around ...

Edge computing architecture helps IT support augmented reality

Augmented reality benefits greatly from reduced latency, which makes edge computing a perfect partner in the data center.

Streamline data center power usage tracking with DCIM

If you want a more in-depth picture of your data center's power consumption, explore DCIM options that provide server workload ...

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A look at the AWS hardware update that fuels its A1 instances

In case you missed the reveal of AWS' A1 instance type at re:Invent, the updated hardware that underpins these VMs could have a ...

DynamoDB pricing option makes it a go-to for serverless apps

DynamoDB had its drawbacks, but the addition of on-demand billing and ACID transactions makes it a solid database option for ...

AWS enterprise strategy targets industry verticals

AWS could soon add services specialized for industries such as healthcare and finance. It might be lucrative, but not everyone ...

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Why to give third-party Oracle database monitoring tools a try

Oracle DBAs can use features in Oracle Enterprise Manager under database licenses. But third-party tools may aid efforts to ...

DataScience.com set to drive Oracle cloud analytics efforts

Oracle's cloud strategy includes machine learning jobs that differ from the usual SQL analytics. The company is turning to its ...

Oracle Cloud IaaS security gets superhero status from Ellison

TechTarget editors discuss security updates to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and company leader Larry Ellison's vivid depiction of ...

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SharePoint features elevate Microsoft DMS in market

With new SharePoint features, Microsoft sets its sights on the document management space, which it has historically left to other...

Payless ShoeSource switches digital asset management tools

A new DAM tool from Cloudinary helps the shoe seller get ready for the holiday shopping rush by automating the management of ...

Cloud collaboration benefits the future of work

The future of work relies on cloud collaboration abilities to keep employees and content connected, both inside and outside ...

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Working with PowerShell module downloads from the gallery

Learn how to get the most out of the PowerShell Gallery with some distinctions for administrators who use Windows PowerShell or ...

December Microsoft security patches bring a light end to 2018

Microsoft resolved a zero-day and a public disclosure this December patch Tuesday, while experts revisit 2018 in patching and ...

Windows Admin Center lures IT pros with Azure integration

If System Center is overkill for your needs and the older tools aren't up to task, then the Windows Admin Center just might be ...