News and announcements:
- AWS and Salesforce Announce Expansive Partnership to Unify Developer Experiences and Launch New Intelligent Applications
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-and-salesforce-announce-expansive-partnership-unify - Introducing a Public Registry for AWS CloudFormation
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-a-public-registry-for-aws-cloudformation/ - AWS BugBust: It’s Game Over for Bugs
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-bugbust-its-game-over-for-bugs/ - Amazon RDS supports MariaDB Audit Plugin for MySQL version 8.0
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-rds-supports-mariadb-audit-plugin-for-mysql-version-8-0/ - Amazon Aurora Serverless v1 supports fast database cloning
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-aurora-serverless-v1-supports-fast-database-cloning/ - AWS Control Tower announces accessibility, console and performance improvements
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-control-tower-announces-accessibility-console-and-performance-improvements/ - AWS Client VPN launches desktop client for Linux
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-client-vpn-launches-desktop-client-for-linux/ - Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports additional memory configurations of the r5 instance class
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-rds-for-oracle-now-supports-additional-memory-configurations-of-the-r5-instance-class/ - AWS Managed Services (AMS) now offers self-service operational reporting across all your AMS managed accounts
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-managed-services-ams-now-offers-self-service-operational-reporting-across-all-your-ams-managed-accounts/ - Amazon Redshift now supports case-insensitive collation with column level overrides
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-redshift-now-supports-case-insensitive-collation-with-column-level-overrides/ - Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer announces CI/CD Integration with GitHub Actions and new security detectors for Java
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-codeguru-reviewer-announces-ci-cd-integration-github-actions-new-security-detectors-for-java/ - Amazon EMR now supports up to thirty instance type configurations in Instance Fleets
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-emr-now-supports-up-to-thirty-instance-type-configurations-in-instance-fleets/ - Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) Now Supports r5.8xlarge and r5.16xlarge Instances
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-documentdb-with-mongodb-compatibility-now-supports-large-instances/ - AWS DevOps Monitoring Dashboard solution v1.1 adds support for AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline related metrics
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-devops-monitoring-dashboard-solution-adds-support-for-aws-codebuild-and-asw-codepipeline-related-metrics/ - Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) now supports encryption in transit of data between your applications and DAX clusters, and between the nodes within a DAX cluster
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-dynamodb-accelerator--dax--now-supports-encryption-in-tra/ - AWS welcomes Wickr to the team
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-welcomes-wickr-to-the-team/ - Amazon EC2 Inf1 instances - New features, improved performance and lower prices
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-ec2-inf1-instances-new-features-improved-performance-and-lower-prices/ - Azure Key Vault Managed HSM is generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/akv-managed-hsm-ga/ - Azure Blob storage—NFS 3.0 protocol support generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-blob-storage-nfs-30-protocol-support-generally-available/ - Azure IoT Edge for Linux now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-iot-edge-for-linux-now-generally-available/ - Full text query in diagnostics logs for Azure Cosmos DB in general availability
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/full-text-query-in-diagnostics-logs-for-azure-cosmos-db-in-general-availability/ - General availability: Expansion of credit-based disk bursting to Azure Standard SSDs E30 and smaller
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-expansion-of-creditbased-disk-bursting-to-azure-standard-ssds-e30-and-smaller/ - General availability: Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics for Health
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-cognitive-services-text-analytics-for-health/ - General availability: Azure Digital Twins plugin for Azure Data Explorer
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/adding-context-to-iot-data-just-became-easier/ - Azure NetApp Files | Regional Capacity Quota
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-netapp-files-regional-capacity-quota/ - Deploy apps seamlessly with Red Hat JBoss EAP on Azure App Service—now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/deploy-apps-seamlessly-with-red-hat-jboss-eap-on-azure-app-service-now-generally-available/ - Google Cloud launches AI dedicated to quality control and inspections
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-cloud-launches-ai-dedicated-to-quality-control-and-inspections/ - Improving cloud operations and migrations with Google Cloud and ServiceNow
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/cloud-migration/hybrid-and-multicloud-management-with-google-cloud-and-service-now - HTTP/3 gets your content there QUIC, with Cloud CDN and Load Balancing
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/cloud-cdn-and-load-balancing-support-http3 - To the cloud and beyond! A program management approach to data center migration
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/cloud-migration/cloud-and-beyond-program-management-approach-data-center-migration - Announcing new features for Cloud Monitoring's Grafana plugin
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/operations/enhancements-to-the-cloud-monitoring-grafana-plugin - Latest Transfer Appliance enables fast, simple and secure data movement
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/transfer-appliances-for-simple-secure-performant-data-movement - Google Cloud's Visual Inspection AI Reinvents Manufacturing Quality Control
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0622/google-cloud-visual-inspection-ai - Jio and Google Cloud to Collaborate on 5G Technology to Enable a Billion Indians Access Superior Connectivity
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0624/jioandgooglecloudcollaborateon5gtoanableabillionindiansacesssuperiorconnectivity - Oracle offering new cost perks for customers moving to cloud
https://www.techradar.com/news/oracle-offering-new-cost-perks-for-customers-moving-to-cloud - The integration of Object Storage with Resource Manager provides customers with more integrative experience
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/the-integration-of-object-storage-with-resource-manager-provides-customers-with-more-integrative-experience - Announcing Oracle Support Rewards, making it even easier for customers to use Oracle Cloud
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/announcing-oracle-support-rewards - Oracle Cloud Marketplace for government cloud: Three easy steps to find and deploy your next vendor solution
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oracle-cloud-marketplace-for-government-cloud-three-easy-steps-to-find-and-deploy-your-next-vendor-solution - Make AI the decisive factor when choosing a cloud provider
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/make-ai-the-decisive-factor-when-choosing-a-cloud-provider-v3 - Bringing the Cloud Experience to Your Mission-critical Applications
https://www.cio.com/article/3623117/finally-bringing-the-cloud-experience-to-your-mission-critical-applications.html - Announcing General Availability of Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.2
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-consul-terraform-sync-0-2 - Announcing Consul 1.10 GA
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-consul-1-10
Trends, reports and opinions:
- The wrong way to think about IT
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3621998/the-wrong-way-to-think-about-it.html - Forrester TEI: The Partner Opportunity for Building SaaS on Amazon Web Services
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/forrester-tei-the-partner-opportunity-for-building-saas-on-amazon-web-services/
Cost Management:
- 2021 State of Cloud Costs Report
https://go.anodot.com/hubfs/WP,%20Guides,%20Reports/2021-State-of-Cloud-Costs-Report/2021_cloud_cost_survey_results-2.pdf - AWS Now Allows Customers to Pay for Their Usage in Advance
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/aws-now-allows-customers-to-pay-for-their-usage-in-advance-/ - Building a Showback Dashboard for Cost Visibility with Serverless Architectures
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/building-a-showback-dashboard-for-cost-visibility-with-serverless-architectures/ - Oracle Lures Developers with More ‘Always-Free’ Cloud Services
https://thenewstack.io/oracle-lures-developers-with-more-always-free-cloud-services/
Privacy and Data Protection:
- AWS Customers are Opting in to Sharing AI Data Sets with Amazon Outside their Chosen Regions, and Many Didn’t Know
https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/cloud/aws-user-data
Cloud Security:
- Supply Chain Attacks and Cloud Native: What You Need to Know
https://blog.aquasec.com/supply-chain-threat - NATO Classified Cloud Platform Compromised
https://ddosecrets.substack.com/p/exclusive-nato-classified-cloud-platform - Why IT needs smarter cloud security
https://betanews.com/2021/06/18/smarter-cloud-security/ - IDC Infographic: Identity-First Cloud Security Is Essential
https://ermetic.com/resources/infographics/idc-infographic-2021/ - Tips for Managing Encryption Keys
https://www.itprotoday.com/data-security-and-encryption/tips-managing-encryption-keys - Security Implications of AWS API Gateway Lambda Authorizers and IAM Wildcard Expansion
https://www.tenchisecurity.com/blog/thefaultinourstars - Prevent S3 Data Breach Using red-bucket
https://aws.plainenglish.io/prevent-s3-data-breach-using-red-bucket-b5090fa47abf - Amazon Keyspaces is now in scope for AWS ISO and CSA STAR certifications and services to help you run highly regulated Apache Cassandra workloads more easily
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/amazon-keyspaces-is-now-in-scope-for-aws-iso-and-csa-star-certif/ - Architecting Amazon EKS for PCI DSS Compliance
https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/architecting-amazon-eks-for-pci-dss-compliance.pdf - Enabling your organization to thrive with a shared security model
https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/359968/enabling-your-organisation-to-thrive-with-a-shared-security-model - Secure Software Supply Chain Best Practices
https://www.docker.com/blog/secure-software-supply-chain-best-practices/ - BigQuery row-level security enables more granular access to data
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/bigquery-provides-tighter-controls-over-data-access - Pretty much every company has suffered some kind of cloud data breach
https://www.techradar.com/news/pretty-much-every-company-has-suffered-some-kind-of-cloud-data-breach
Training and Certifications:
- What’s the Best Microsoft Azure Certification Path for Me?
https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/which-azure-certification-is-right-for-me - Security in Cloud native with CKS - My Review
https://abdennoor.medium.com/security-in-cloud-native-with-cks-my-review-c458c85203cd - Updated classroom course and new digital course: AWS Technical Essentials
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/06/updated-classroom-course-and-new-digital-course-aws-technical-essentials/ - Cloud Career Jump Start: our virtual certification readiness program
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/training-certifications/learn-more-about-cloud-career-jump-start - AZ-700 Study Guide: Azure Network Engineer
https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/06/az-700-study-guide-microsoft-azure-networking-solutions/
