News and announcements:
- Getting Started with AWS Nitro Enclaves on Microsoft Windows
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/getting-started-with-aws-nitro-enclaves-on-microsoft-windows/ - The Walt Disney Company Uses AWS to Support the Global Expansion of Disney+
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210428005808/en/ - Amazon Redshift announces general availability of support for JSON and semi-structured data processing
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-redshift-announces-general-availability-of-support-for-json-and-semi-structured-data-processing/ - Amazon EMR introduces EMR runtime for Presto, providing a 2.6 times speedup
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-emr-introduces-emr-runtime-for-prestodb-which-provides-a-2-6-times-speedup/ - Announcing availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with High Availability on Amazon EC2
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/announcing-availability-of-red-hat-enterprise-linux-with-high-availability-on-amazon-ec2/ - Amazon Nimble Studio – Build a Creative Studio in the Cloud
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-nimble-studio-build-a-creative-studio-in-the-cloud/ - AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry adds Lambda layers for more languages and Collector
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-adds-lambda-layers-for-more-languages-and-collector/ - Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate now enables customers to configure ephemeral storage up to 200GiB
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/amazon-ecs-on-aws-fargate-now-enables-customers-to-configure-ephemeral-storage-up-to-200gib/ - Introducing hierarchical deletion to easily clean up unused resources in Amazon Forecast
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/introducing-hierarchical-deletion-to-easily-clean-up-unused-resources-in-amazon-forecast/ - AWS announces a new developer desktop feature within the AWS RoboMaker IDE
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/robotics/aws-announces-a-new-developer-desktop-feature-within-the-aws-robomaker-ide/ - AWS Audit Manager now offers a new standard framework for GxP EU Annex 11
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/aws-audit-manager-offers-new-standard-framework-gxp-eu-annex-11/ - EC2 Image Builder supports Auto Scaling launch template
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/ec2-image-builder-supports-auto-scaling-launch-template/ - AWS Launch Wizard now supports SAP deployments with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 and RHEL 8.2
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/aws-launch-wizard-supports-sap-deployments-suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp2-rhel-8-2/ - AWS RoboMaker announces support for Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 Foxy and Gazebo 11
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/aws-robomaker-announces-support-for-robot-operating-system-ros-2-foxy-and-gazebo-11/ - Announcing support for linear interpolation in AWS IoT SiteWise
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/04/announcing-support-interpolation-aws-iot-sitewise/ - Microsoft acquires Kinvolk to accelerate container-optimized innovation
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-acquires-kinvolk-to-accelerate-containeroptimized-innovation/ - Azure Event Grid for Azure Cache for Redis now in general availability
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-event-grid-for-azure-cache-for-redis-now-in-general-availability/ - General availability: Set up Azure Site Recovery with proximity placement groups across hybrid and cloud disaster recovery scenarios
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/set-up-asr-with-ppg/ - General availability: Azure Site Recovery now supports cross-continental disaster recovery for 3 region pairs
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/asr-cross-continental-dr/ - Delivery Plans 2.0 is now GA!
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/delivery-plans-2-0-is-now-ga/ - General availability: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux with RI and VMSS Support
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-hybrid-benefit-for-linux-with-ri-and-vmss-support/ - Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server now supports 8.0.21
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-database-for-mysql-flexible-server-now-supports-8021/ - General availability: Application Insights work item integration in Azure Monitor
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-application-insights-work-item-integration-in-azure-monitor/ - Azure Sphere version 21.04 is now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-sphere-version-2104-is-now-available/ - Univision Partners With Google to Transform Its Business and Become the Media Company of Tomorrow
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0426/univision-partners-with-google - NCR and Google Cloud Collaborate to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Banking
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0427/ncr-google-cloud-collaborate-to-accelerate-digital-transformation-in-banking - Schlumberger Selects Google Cloud for its Enterprise-Wide SAP Migration and Modernization
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0429/schlumberger-sap - Cloud storage without compromise
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/cloud-storage-without-compromise - Octane Rendering Benchmarks of NVIDIA A100 and V100 GPU shapes on Oracle Cloud
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/octane-rendering-benchmarks-of-nvidia-a100-and-v100-gpu-shapes-on-oracle-cloud - Prosperdtx taps data science to bring personalized healthcare to your home
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/prosperdtx-taps-data-science-to-bring-personalized-healthcare-to-your-home - Customers continue to enhance their AI and ML workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/customers-continue-to-enhance-their-ai-and-ml-workloads-on-oracle-cloud-infrastructure - Not just for Government customers: Gold standard security and controls with Oracle Government Cloud
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/not-just-for-government-customers%3a-gold-standard-security-and-controls-with-oracle-government-cloud - Oracle’s distinct approach to hybrid and multicloud
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oracles-distinct-approach-to-hybrid-and-multicloud - Tanium partners with Oracle to offer cloud-based endpoint management, security
https://www.zdnet.com/article/tanium-partners-with-oracle-to-offer-cloud-based-endpoint-management-security/ - Red Hat Adds Capabilities to OpenShift Platform Plus
https://containerjournal.com/features/red-hat-adds-capabilities-to-openshift-platform-plus/ - IBM Promises Software-Defined Storage for Containers
https://containerjournal.com/features/ibm-promises-software-defined-storage-for-containers/ - IBM Focuses on Data Management in Hybrid Cloud with Latest Storage Launches
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/ibm/ibm-focuses-data-management-hybrid-cloud-latest-storage-launches - IBM and Synopsys Demonstrate EUV OPC Workload Runs >11,000 Cores on the Hybrid Cloud
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/ibm-and-synopsys-demonstrate-euv-opc-workload-runs-11000-cores-on-the-hybrid-cloud - Cloud Made Easy: IBM Cloud Code Engine Lets Developers Run Code, Easily, At Scale
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/cloud-made-easy - A New Milestone for Alibaba Cloud's Container and Serverless Services
https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/a-new-milestone-for-alibaba-clouds-container-and-serverless-services_597664 - Alibaba Cloud Is the Only Cloud Vendor in China Selected for the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/alibaba-cloud-is-the-only-cloud-vendor-in-china-selected-for-the-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-application-performance-monitoring-apm_597684 - Prisma Cloud can now automatically protect cloud workloads and containers
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/prisma-cloud-can-now-automatically-protect-cloud-workloads-and-containers/
Trends and opinions:
- 'Big 3' Public Cloud Providers Start 2021 Strong
https://www.itprotoday.com/iaaspaas/big-3-public-cloud-providers-start-2021-strong - Top 7 Cloud Computing Trends in 2021
https://botreetechnologies.medium.com/top-7-cloud-computing-trends-in-2021-c0ec3c938f86 - AWS Graviton2 is Quickly Expanding its EC2 Footprint
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16640/arm-announces-neoverse-v1-n2-platforms-cpus-cmn700-mesh - Beyond the “Big 3”: The Benefits of the Alternative Cloud
https://www.linode.com/blog/alternative-cloud/the-benefits-of-the-alternative-cloud-beyond-the-big-three/ - Cloud Complexity Gains Greater Urgency Under New Normal
https://blog.451alliance.com/cloud-complexity-gains-greater-urgency-under-new-normal/ - Oracle Vs. SAP: Like King Kong Vs. Godzilla, the ERP Battle Rages On
https://cloudwars.co/oracle/oracle-vs-sap-erp-battle-king-kong-godzilla/ - CloudCheckr survey says cloud computing adoption is accelerating
https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/28/cloudcheckr-survey-says-cloud-computing-adoption-is-accelerating/ - IBM Bets On Open Source To Hyperaccelerate HCI And Hybrid Cloud Adoption
https://go.forrester.com/blogs/ibm-bets-on-open-source-to-hyperaccelerate-hci-and-hybrid-cloud-adoption/ - Kubernetes (K8s): From Orchestration War To Platform Showdown To OS Standard?
https://go.forrester.com/blogs/kubernetes-k8s-from-orchestration-war-to-platform-showdown-to-os-standard/ - 5 Ways Cloud Technology Transformed The Way We Do Business Printing
https://cloudtweaks.com/2021/04/technology-transformed-business-printing/
Cost Management:
- How You Can Reduce AWS Costs by up to 76% Per Week
https://aws.plainenglish.io/how-to-reduce-aws-costs-up-to-76-per-week-1e8eb0556328
https://aws.plainenglish.io/how-to-reduce-aws-costs-part-2-b8f9f28ff619
https://aws.plainenglish.io/how-to-reduce-aws-costs-upto-76-6fbd47b388de - Cost optimization with SQL BYOL using license included Windows instance on Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/cost-optimization-sql-byol-license-included-windows-instance-amazon-ec2-dedicated-hosts/ - Optimizing cost for your high availability SQL Server deployments on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/optimizing-cost-for-your-high-availability-sql-server-deployments-on-aws/ - New in Azure – Shared Cost Management Natively Enabled!
https://finants.com/blog/new-in-azure-shared-cost-management-natively-enabled/
Cloud Security:
- Creating Cloud Security Policies that Work
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/creating-cloud-security-policies-that-work/ - The next big thing in cloud computing? Shh… It’s confidential
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/04/28/confidential-cloud/ - Confidential Computing in the Public Cloud: Why Should You Protect Data-in-Use for Privacy & Trust?
https://blogs.idc.com/2021/04/26/confidential-computing-in-the-public-cloud-why-should-you-protect-data-in-use-for-privacy-and-trust/ - Security Guidelines for Providing and Consuming APIs
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/artifacts/security-guidelines-for-providing-and-consuming-apis/ - What Is Cloud Security
https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/what-is-cloud-security_597662 - Hands-on walkthrough of the AWS Network Firewall flexible rules engine
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/hands-on-walkthrough-of-the-aws-network-firewall-flexible-rules-engine/ - Build security into Google Cloud deployments with our updated security foundations blueprint
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-security-foundations-guide - Risk Governance of Digital Transformation in the Cloud
https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/risk-governance-of-digital-transformation.pdf
Training and Certifications:
- Teaming up with Coursera on new Azure Specializations and Scholarships
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/teaming-up-with-coursera-on-new-azure-specializations-and-scholarships/ - Which Google Cloud certification is best for me?
https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/which-google-cloud-certification-is-best-for-me - What is a Professional Cloud Developer?
https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/a-guide-to-googles-professional-cloud-developer-certification - April new courses, stories, and resources from AWS Training and Certification
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/icymi-april-new-courses-stories-and-resources-from-aws-training-and-certification/ - New data courses and practice tests: Updates to Azure certs and exams – May 2021
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn/new-data-courses-and-practice-tests-updates-to-azure-certs-and/m-p/2313967 - Best practices for incorporating AZ-900 and AI-900 into the curriculum
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/best-practices-for-incorporating-az-900-and-ai-900-into-the/ba-p/2304545
