Just in time for International Women’s Day, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)’s Luskin Center for Innovation has released â€œRethinking Public, Private and Nonprofit Strategies to Advance Women in Technology,†a 60-page report that articulates just how far the tech industry still needs to go to address its gap in gender diversity – and how it can get there.

“Ironically, while the tech industry epitomizes innovation and progress, it has some of the most asymmetrical representations of women and minorities of any industry in the United States,†the report says. “Despite recent efforts to address the diversity gap by corporations, high-profile non-governmental organizations, and the public sector, women’s representation in technical and executive leadership roles has not improved since 1991.â€

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Today I’m excited to announce our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux as well. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud. We are bringing the core relational database capabilities to preview today, and are targeting availability in mid-2017, wrote Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft in a blog post on March 7.

According to the post, “SQL Server on Linux will provide customers with even more flexibility in their data solution. One with mission-critical performance, industry-leading TCO, best-in-class security, and hybrid cloud innovations…”

“We are delighted to be working with Microsoft as it brings SQL Server to Linux,” said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical. “Customers are already taking advantage of Azure Data Lake services on Ubuntu, and now developers will be able to build modern applications that utilize SQL Server’s enterprise capabilities.”