News updates (From 11.10.2020 to 17.10.2020)
Service Announcements / Updates:
- New – Amazon RDS on Graviton2 Processors
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-rds-on-graviton2-processors/
- Announcing AWS Budgets Actions
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/10/announcing-aws-budgets-actions/
- Announcing AWS Budgets price reduction
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/10/announcing-aws-budgets-price-reduction/
- AWS Purchase Order Management is now generally available
- Announcing AWS ClearStart for Swedish public sector to accelerate security and regulatory compliance
- Amazon CloudWatch Prometheus metrics now generally available
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/amazon-cloudwatch-prometheus-metrics-ga/
- Amazon Aurora enables dynamic resizing for database storage space
- Gain visibility into your Kubernetes spend with CloudZero and Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights
- Introducing Ubuntu support for Amazon EKS 1.18
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-ubuntu-support-for-amazon-eks-1-18/
- New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer - Jira Service Desk Data Center Implementation
- Introducing Amazon ElastiCache support for AWS Outposts
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/introducing-aws-outposts-support-to-amazon-elasticache/
- AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager now provides a catalog of all patches for Amazon Linux
- Azure Blob storage point-in-time restore now generally available
- Microsoft and Arm Partner to Deliver an End-to-End Intelligent Edge Device Toolchain
- Conditional Access APIs are generally available
- App Service Private Endpoints now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/app-service-private-endpoints-ga/
- Gain real-time insights on Oracle E-Business Suite data with Azure and Incorta
- Data Discovery & Classification is now free for Azure SQL Database & Azure Synapse Analytics
- Raising log rate limits for General Purpose service tier in Azure SQL Database
- Row Level Security now generally available for Azure Data Explorer
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/adx-rls/
- Azure IoT Edge 1.0.10 release is now available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/iot-edge1-0-10/
- SQL Server on Virtual Machines: Machine Learning with Microsoft R Open 4.0.2 now available
- Automate backups of your Azure Database for MySQL server to azure storage for longer term retention
- Announcing Google Cloud buildpacks - container images made easy
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/google-cloud-now-supports-buildpacks
- Cache is king: Announcing lower pricing for Cloud CDN
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/introducing-lower-simpler-pricing-for-cloud-cdn
- Exponential growth in DDoS attack volumes
- Announcing custom domains and certificates and improved logging in API Gateway, based on Oracle Cloud
- Guard your Infrastructure with Oracle Cloud Guard
- Oracle Banking Tech Helps Corporations Optimize Working Supply Chain Capital
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Government Cloud Services Obtain FedRAMP JAB P-ATO Accreditation
- Oracle Introduces Exadata Cloud Service X8M
https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-introduces-exadata-cloud-service-x8m-101520.html
- IBM Should Spinoff Cloud as Separate Business Named Red Hat Cloud
https://build5nines.com/ibm-should-spinoff-cloud-as-separate-business-named-red-hat-cloud/
- IBM Cloud catches up to AWS and Azure – at least for refunds after major availability FAILs
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/13/new_ibm_cloud_service_description/
- IBM is Growing its Ecosystem to Support IBM Cloud for Financial Services and Add Value for Clients
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/ibm-is-growing-its-ecosystem
- Red Hat Integrates Ansible Automation with OpenShift Kubernetes
https://adtmag.com/articles/2020/10/14/red-hat-integrates-ansible-and-openshift.aspx
- VMware Partners Hopeful On VMC On AWS Future With Hogan, Sullivan At Helm
- Vendors Pitch Army On Hybrid Clouds Beyond JEDI
https://breakingdefense.com/2020/10/vendors-pitch-army-on-hybrid-clouds-beyond-jedi/
- Announcing HashiCorp Boundary
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-boundary
- Announcing HashiCorp Waypoint
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-waypoint
- Announcing Vault on the HashiCorp Cloud Platform
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/vault-on-the-hashicorp-cloud-platform
- Equinix launches bare metal cloud service
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3584421/equinix-launches-bare-metal-cloud-services.html
Trend:
- Cloud computing is hot, but cloud wastage is chilling
https://www.itproportal.com/features/cloud-computing-is-hot-but-cloud-wastage-is-chilling/
- Why AWS’s Hybrid Cloud Play Is Different, and What It Means for Colocation
- New IDC whitepaper released: How government agencies meet security and compliance requirements with the cloud
- Amazon Translate ranked as #1 machine translation provider by Intento
- The State of the Public Cloud in the Enterprise: Contino Research Report 2020
https://www.contino.io/insights/infographic-public-cloud-report-2020
- Trends in Cloud Migration
https://bigid.com/blog/trends-in-cloud-migration/
- Cloud Expenditures Next Year Will Vastly Outpace Broader IT Spending
https://blog.451alliance.com/cloud-expenditures-next-year-will-vastly-outpace-broader-it-spending/
- All You Can Eat Cloud Storage
https://blog.451alliance.com/all-you-can-eat-cloud-storage/
- Four Ways to Build a Colocation-Friendly Hybrid Cloud
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/four-ways-build-colocation-friendly-hybrid-cloud
- Rumble in the Cloud: Amazon Battling Google, SAP, Microsoft in Sizzling New Market
https://cloudwars.co/amazon/amazon-battling-google-sap-microsoft-in-sizzling-new-market/
- Survey: Cloud Adoption Statistics
https://mariadb.com/survey/cloud-summary/
Customer stories:
- Takeda to transform into a 'cloud-first company' through Accenture, AWS partnership
- AWS - Cloud Journey: Moving a Complex Analytics App into the Cloud
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/cloud-journey-moving-complex-analytics-app-cloud
- GCP - Nokia Ditches Data Centers for Google Cloud in Five-Year Deal
- GCP - How FINN.no moved 800 microservices to the cloud in 5 hours
https://medium.com/finn-no/how-finn-no-moved-800-microservices-to-the-cloud-in-5-hours-601067997620
Security Related:
- Addressing cybersecurity skill gap in cloud technologies
https://www.techradar.com/nz/news/addressing-cybersecurity-skill-gap-in-cloud-technologies
- Modernizing Your Security Operations Center for the Cloud
https://securityintelligence.com/posts/modernizing-your-security-operations-center-for-the-cloud/
- How to address cybersecurity challenges in the cloud era with SASE
https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/how-to-address-cybersecurity-challenges-with-sase
- Using CSA’s Implementation Guide for SAP to securely migrate and operate ERP applications in the cloud
- Cloud OS Security Specification v2.0
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/cloud-os-security-specification-v2
- How to Secure Your Kubernetes Cluster
https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-security/how-to-secure-your-kubernetes-cluster/
- Top 10 Best Practices for Azure Security
- FedRAMP and Azure
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/fedramp-and-azure/ba-p/1781624
- Four Areas to Consider for Securely Handling Unstructured Data in the Cloud
Training and Certifications:
- How to overcome your F.O.K. (Fear of Kubernetes) with G.K.E.
https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/how-to-overcome-your-f-o-k-fear-of-kubernetes-with-g-k-e
- 5 new, free AWS Cloud, machine learning, and security training webinars
- Learn how to run containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service with our new instructor-led course
- Announcing new digital curriculum: Moving to Managed Databases on AWS
- New course for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
- Learn Applied Data Science and Get Certified with Microsoft and Udacity
