News and announcements:
- Amazon Location Service Is Now Generally Available with New Routing and Satellite Imagery Capabilities
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-location-service-is-now-generally-available-with-new-routing-and-satellite-imagery-capabilities/ - Introducing the SMS sandbox for Amazon SNS
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-the-sms-sandbox-for-amazon-sns/ - Introducing Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) global clusters
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/introducing-amazon-documentdb-with-mongodb-compatibility-global-clusters/ - New AWS Solutions Implementation: Disaster Recovery for AWS IoT
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/new-aws-solutions-implementation--disaster-recovery-for-aws-iot/ - Amazon Keyspaces now supports customer managed customer master keys (CMKs) for encryption of data at rest to help you meet your compliance and regulatory requirements
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-keyspaces-now-supports-customer-managed-customer-master-k/ - Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer v2.3 adds support for existing VPCs and improves billing accuracy and reporting
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-workspaces-cost-optimizer-v2-3-adds-support-for-existing-vpcs-improves-billing-accuracy-reporting/ - AWS Transit Gateway Updates Service Level Agreement to 99.99%
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-transit-gateway-updates-service-level-agreement/ - AWS Systems Manager Session Manager plugin for the AWS CLI is now open source
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-systems-manager-session-manager-plugin-for-the-aws-cli-is-now-opensource/ - New LoRaWAN gateway management features generally available for AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/new-lorawan-gateway-management-features-generally-available-for-aws-iot-core-for-lorawan/ - Announcing R5d instances and lookup cache for Amazon Neptune
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/announcing-r5d-instances-and-lookup-cache-for-amazon-neptune/ - Amazon SageMaker model registry now supports rollback of deployed models
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/05/amazon-sagemaker-model-registry-now-supports-rollback-of-deployed-models/ - Azure announces general availability of scale-out NVIDIA A100 GPU Clusters: the fastest public cloud supercomputer
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-announces-general-availability-of-scaleup-scaleout-nvidia-a100-gpu-instances-claims-title-of-fastest-public-cloud-super/ - ARM Template Specs now GA!
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-governance-and-management/arm-template-specs-now-ga/ba-p/2402618 - Migrate content from Box, Dropbox, and Google Workspace into Microsoft 365 - release update
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/migrate-content-from-box-dropbox-and-google-workspace-into/ba-p/2405952 - Whirlpool Corporation Migrates SAP Systems to Google Cloud for Sustainable Growth
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0603/whirlpool-google-cloud - New Cloud TPU VMs make training your ML models on TPUs easier than ever
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-cloud-tpu-vms - Introducing global connectivity and enhanced cloud networking with the dynamic routing gateway
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/introducing-global-connectivity-and-enhanced-cloud-networking-with-the-dynamic-routing-gateway - Managed Databases now support PostgreSQL 13
https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/managed-databases-now-support-postgresql-13/ - Announcing Support for Amazon ECS Anywhere in the Terraform AWS Provider
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-launch-day-support-for-amazon-ecs-anywhere-terraform-aws-provider - Announcing HashiCorp Waypoint 0.4
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-waypoint-0-4
Trends and opinions:
- Keeping track of one cloud provider's data products is a 'full-time job' so forget mixing and matching, says Gartner
https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/19/multicloud_for_data_gartner/ - Benchmarking the performance on Intel Optimized instances versus other X86 instances
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/benchmarking-the-performance-on-intel-optimized-instances-versus-other-x86-instances
Cost Management:
- To Save Money on Your AWS Bill, Turn That S— Off
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/to-save-money-on-your-aws-bill-turn-that-s-off/ - How to Optimize Your AWS Costs in 5 Minutes?
https://aws.plainenglish.io/how-to-optimize-your-aws-costs-in-5-minutes-96126ff2db2d - 6 AWS Charges That Can Surprise You and How to Monitor Them
https://aws.plainenglish.io/6-aws-charges-that-can-surprise-you-and-how-to-monitor-them-ce7cc65d2521 - AWS Costs: 3 Ways to Save Big and 10 Price Variations to Watch Out For
https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/3-ways-to-save-big-and-10-price-variations-to-know-aws-cvo-blg - General availability: Azure API Management Premium tier price reduction for incremental purchased units
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-api-management-premium-tier-price-reduction-for-incremental-purchased-units/ - Customize cost data visualizations with Azure Workbooks and Azure Cost Management
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/customize-cost-data-visualizations-with-azure-workbooks-and/ba-p/2387779
Cloud Security:
- Identify and copy existing objects to use S3 Bucket Keys, reducing the costs of Server-Side Encryption with AWS Key Management Service (SSE-KMS)
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/identify-and-copy-existing-objects-to-use-s3-bucket-keys-reducing-the-costs-of-server-side-encryption-with-aws-key-management-service-sse-kms/ - Use AWS CloudWatch Contributor Insights to monitor CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark controls
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/use-aws-cloudwatch-contributor-insights-to-monitor-cis-aws-foundations-benchmark-controls/ - Protect PII using Amazon S3 Object Lambda to process and modify data during retrieval
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/protect-pii-using-amazon-s3-object-lambda-to-process-and-modify-data-during-retrieval/ - The Misaligned Incentives for Cloud Security
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/05/the-misaligned-incentives-for-cloud-security.html - Oracle expands scope for foundational cloud compliance programs
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oracle-expands-scope-for-foundational-cloud-compliance-programs - How to address cybersecurity when migrating to the cloud
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cybersecurity-migrating-to-cloud - Automated Detection and Response for Azure Firewall with the New Logic App Connector and Playbooks
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security/automated-detection-and-response-for-azure-firewall-with-the-new/ba-p/2414224
Training and Certifications:
- DeepLearning.AI, Coursera, and AWS launch the new Practical Data Science Specialization with Amazon SageMaker
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/deeplearning-ai-coursera-and-aws-launch-the-new-practical-data-science-specialization-with-amazon-sagemaker/ - Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader — Learning Resources
https://vganeshmanian.medium.com/google-cloud-certified-cloud-digital-leader-learning-resources-33429814f16 - 7 Free Courses to learn Google Cloud Platform for Beginners
https://medium.com/javarevisited/7-free-courses-to-learn-google-cloud-platform-for-beginners-cbb260fbd8e4 - Microsoft Power Platform App Maker (PL-100) Certification Preparation Guide
https://awsfeed.com/whats-new/certification/microsoft-power-platform-app-maker-pl-100-certification-preparation-guide - Certified OpenStack Administrator Study Guide
https://awsfeed.com/whats-new/certification/certified-openstack-administrator-study-guide
