EuropeClouds Recommends #23 - 05.10.2020

MarkeTech Group
News
October 5, 2020

News updates (From 27.9.2020 to 3.10.2020)

Service Announcements / Updates:

  • Amazon S3 on Outposts Now Available

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-on-outposts-now-available/

  • AWS Announces General Availability of Amazon Timestream

https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-announces-general-availability-amazon-timestream

  • SaaS Tenant Isolation Strategies - Isolating Resources in a Multi-Tenant Environment, August 2020

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/saas-tenant-isolation-strategies.pdf

  • Announcing Java support for cdk8s

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/announcing-java-support-for-cdk8s/

  • Enhance programmatic access for IAM users using a YubiKey for multi-factor authentication

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/enhance-programmatic-access-for-iam-users-using-yubikey-for-multi-factor-authentication/

  • AWS Launch Wizard now supports SQL Server Always On deployments on Linux

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/aws-launch-wizard-supports-sql-server-always-on-deployments-linux/

  • AWS Marketplace launches Discovery API, making it easier to discover relevant third-party software and data products

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/aws-marketplace-launches-discovery-api-making-it-easier-to-discover-relevant-third-party-software-and-data-products/

  • Amazon EFS integrates with AWS Systems Manager to simplify management of Amazon EFS clients

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/amazon-efs-integrates-aws-systems-manager-simplify-management-amazon-efs-clients/

  • Amazon Braket now offers D-Wave’s Advantage quantum system for quantum annealing

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/amazon-braket-offers-d-waves-advantage-quantum-system-quantum-annealing/

  • Amazon Textract supports customer S3 buckets

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/amazon-textract-supports-customer-s3-buckets/

  • Introducing the new AWS Digital Workplace Competency

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/aws-digital-workspace-competency/

  • Amazon MSK can now automatically expand cluster storage

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/amazon-msk-can-now-automatically-expand-cluster-storage/

  • AWS Centralized WAF and VPC Security Group Management Solution is Generally Available

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/aws-centralized-waf-and-vpc-security-group-management-solution-generally-available/

  • AWS Client VPN now supports client to client connectivity

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/aws-client-vpn-now-supports-client-to-client-connectivity/

  • AWS CloudFormation Guard – an open-source CLI for infrastructure compliance – is now generally available

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/10/aws-cloudformation-guard-an-open-source-cli-for-infrastructure-compliance-is-now-generally-available/

  • vCPU-based Spot Instance Limits are Now Available in Amazon EC2

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/10/vcpu-based-spot-instance-limits-available-amazon-ec2/

  • Microsoft and Telstra to partner on cloud, IoT, and digital twins

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-telstra-to-partner-on-cloud-iot-and-digital-twins/

  • Azure HDInsight - Autoscale for Interactive Query with HDInsight 4.0 is now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-hdinsight-autoscale-for-interactive-query-with-hdinsight-40-is-now-generally-available/

  • Microsoft Touts Azure as 'Carrier-Grade Platform' for Telcos Deploying 5G

https://redmondmag.com/articles/2020/09/28/azure-carrier-grade-platform-5g.aspx

  • "Dev-friendly" APIs and SDKs in New Azure Service Simplify Building Rich Communication Experiences

https://adtmag.com/articles/2020/09/24/azure-communication-services.aspx

  • New Datadog integration with Azure offers a seamless configuration experience

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-datadog-integration-with-azure-offers-a-seamless-configuration-experience/

  • New recommendations for operational excellence are now available in Azure Advisor

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-recommendations-for-operational-excellence-are-now-available-in-azure-advisor/

  • New performance recommendations now available in Azure Advisor

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-performance-recommendations-now-available-in-azure-advisor/

  • Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB SDK v3.0.0 release now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/spring-data-azure-cosmos-db-sdk-v300-release-now-available/

  • GA: Data Factory adds ORC data lake file format support for ADF Data Flows and Synapse Data Flows

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/ga-data-factory-adds-orc-data-lake-file-format-support-for-adf-data-flows-and-synapse-data-flows/

  • Azure VMs at GTC: New Options for Workloads of Any Size

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-compute/azure-vms-at-gtc-new-options-for-workloads-of-any-size/ba-p/1732594

  • Raw Logs and Metrics are generally available on Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Microsoft CDN

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-content-delivery-network-cdn-from-microsoft-cdn-http-raw-logs-and-metrics-is-generally-available/

  • Azure introduces new capabilities for live video analytics

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-introduces-new-capabilities-for-live-video-analytics/

  • Helping European businesses grow and digitally transform in the cloud

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/how-google-cloud-is-supporting-european-businesses-in-2020

  • PyTorch / XLA now generally available on Cloud TPUs

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/pytorch-is-now-ga-on-google-cloud-tpus

  • Troubleshooting your apps with Cloud Logging just got a lot easier

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/using-cloud-logging-logs-explorer

  • Understand production performance with Cloud Profiler history view

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/cloud-profiler-gets-history-view-feature

  • Introducing CloudHealth Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Support

https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/blog/cloudhealth-oracle-cloud-infrastructure

  • CloudHealth Secure State: New Capabilities To Combat Cloud Security Risks

https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/blog/secure-state-cloud-security-risks

  • VMware Propagates Its Kubernetes Solution Tanzu Across Hyperscale Clouds

https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/vmware-propagates-its-kubernetes-solution-tanzu-across-hyperscale-clouds

  • Cloudflare takes the serverless cloud fight to AWS, Google and Azure with two new features

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4020777/cloudflare-takes-serverless-cloud-fight-aws-google-azure-features

  • Ocado selects Oracle ERP Cloud to support expansion plans

https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4020958/ocado-selects-oracle-erp-cloud

  • Flexible Memory and CPU now available for E3 Shapes

https://www.oc-blog.com/2020/09/25/flexible-memory-and-cpu-now-available-for-e3-shapes/

  • OCI-AutoScale; Now supports 8 OCI Service, including Exadata CS and Network Load Balancers

https://www.oc-blog.com/2020/10/01/oci-autoscale-now-supports-8-oci-service-including-exadata-cs-and-network-load-balancers/

  • Accelerated Drug Discovery with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure High Performance Computing

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/accelerated-drug-discovery-with-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-high-performance-computing

  • Bring your own IP (BYOIP) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/bring-your-own-ip-byoip-on-oracle-cloud-infrastructure

  • Oracle Strengthens Leading Cloud ERP

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-strengthens-leading-cloud-erp-092920.html

  • Oracle Helps HR Teams Meet New Workplace Demands and Deliver Personalized Employee Experiences

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-cloud-hcm-update-092920.html

  • New Oracle Cloud SCM Capabilities Help Organizations Address Today’s Biggest Supply Chain Challenges

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-supply-chain-update-092920.html

  • Alibaba Cloud Launches Cloud Box - Extending Public Cloud Services to Local Devices

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/alibaba-cloud-launches-cloud-box---extending-public-cloud-services-to-local-devices_596688

  • Announcing 11 Verified Providers for Terraform

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-11-verified-providers-for-terraform

  • IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Integration with IBM Cloud Certificate Manager

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/ibm-cloud-kubernetes-service-integration-with-ibm-cloud-certificate-manager

  • GitHub Code scanning is now available! 

https://github.blog/2020-09-30-code-scanning-is-now-available/=



Trends and Reports:

  • Top 5 Cloud Vendors for Q4: #1 Microsoft, #2 Amazon, #3 Salesforce, #4 Google Cloud, #5 SAP

https://cloudwars.co/microsoft/top-5-cloud-vendors-for-q4-microsoft-amazon-salesforce-google-sap/

  • Microsoft named a leader in Forrester’s Notebook-based Predictive Analytics & Machine Learning Wave

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ai/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-forrester-s-notebook-based/ba-p/1718391

  • Microsoft named a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-gartners-magic-quadrant-for-enterprise-integration-platform-as-a-service/

  • Oracle Named a Leader for Four Consecutive Years in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-gartner-mq-ipaas-data-integration-092520.html

  • Google named a leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/api-management/google-a-leader-in-gartner-2020-api-management-magic-quadrant

  • IDC’s research findings on the end-user experience running Windows applications on Google Cloud

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/windows/idc-evaluates-windows-server-on-google-cloud

  • SAP on Google Cloud: 2 analyst studies reveal quantifiable business benefits

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/sap-google-cloud/reports-examine-business-value-of-running-sap-on-google-cloud

  • The challenges of hybrid cloud adoption

https://betanews.com/2020/09/28/hybrid-cloud-adoption-qa/

  • UK IT leaders plan to migrate SAP apps to the cloud in the next two years

https://betanews.com/2020/09/30/uk-migrate-sap-cloud/

  • 5 generations of SaaS: How the value proposition has changed, and why

https://betanews.com/2020/09/30/5-generations-of-saas-how-the-value-proposition-has-changed-and-why/

  • Cloud-Native Frameworks Continue to Soar

https://blog.451alliance.com/cloud-native-frameworks-continue-to-soar/

  • The Alliances Between Public Cloud And EHR Providers Will Totally Upend Your Digital Transformation Plans

https://go.forrester.com/blogs/the-alliances-between-public-cloud-and-ehr-providers-will-totally-upend-your-digital-transformation-plans/

  • Alibaba expects cloud business to turn profitable for the first time within the next few months

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/30/alibaba-cloud-business-will-become-profitable-for-the-first-time.html

  • Four Trends Shaping Digital Transformation in the Automotive Industry

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/four-trends-shaping-digital-transformation-in-the-automotive-industry/

  • Remote working world reveals cloud/SaaS security concerns

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489738/Remote-working-world-reveals-cloud-SaaS-security-concerns

  • View from India: Cloud services see exponential growth

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/09/view-from-india-csps-grown-exponentially/

  • Can Oracle Snatch Trillion-Dollar Hybrid Market from Microsoft and IBM?

https://cloudwars.co/oracle/can-oracle-snatch-trillion-dollar-hybrid-market-from-microsoft-and-ibm/



Cloud Strategy:

  • Building a Cloud Roadmap

https://cloudtweaks.com/2020/09/building-a-cloud-roadmap/

  • 5 Steps to Transform to On-Premises Cloud Services

https://www.cio.com/article/3575601/5-steps-to-transform-to-on-premises-cloud-services.html



Cost Management:

  • Common Culprits for Unexpected AWS, Azure, and GCP Service Cost Spikes

https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/blog/common-culprits-unexpected-aws-azure-and-gcp-service-cost-spikes

  • Learn how to manage and optimize your Azure costs with our guided learning modules

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/learn-how-to-manage-and-optimize-your-azure-costs-with-our-guided-learning-modules/

  • IBM Looks to Make Container Pricing Consistent

https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-ecosystems/ibm-looks-to-make-container-pricing-consistent/


Customer Stories:

  • How BBVA USA delivered security and governance at scale using management tools, based on AWS

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/bbva-usa-delivered-security-governance-scale/

  • Autodesk adopts Amazon S3 to save 75% on storage and modernize backup and recovery

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/autodesk-adopts-amazon-s3-to-save-75-on-storage-and-modernize-backup-and-recovery/

  • With an eye toward standardization and security for its media brands, Verizon Media turned to cloud native

https://www.cncf.io/case-studies/verizonmedia/

Security Related:

  • Secure Cloud Migration Starts With Trust

https://www.isaca.org/resources/news-and-trends/industry-news/2020/secure-cloud-migration-starts-with-trust

  • Moving business securely to the cloud

https://betanews.com/2020/09/25/cloud-security-qa/

  • Prevent cloud account hijacking with 3 key strategies

https://searchcloudsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/Prevent-cloud-account-hijacking-with-3-key-strategies

  • RECON (CVE-2020-6287) and its impact on Cloud Applications

https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2020/09/29/recon-cve-2020-6287-and-its-impact-on-cloud-applications/

  • Security-at-scale: 10 new security and management controls

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/10-new-security-and-management-controls


Training and Certifications:

  • 5 tips for a successful online-proctored AWS Certification exam

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/5-tips-for-a-successful-online-proctored-aws-certification-exam/

  • Increased availability for AWS Certification exam online proctoring

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/09/increased-availability-for-aws-certification-exam-online-proctoring/

  • Level up with the Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/level-up-with-the-devops-engineer-expert-certification/ba-p/1722409

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