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Service Announcements / Updates:
- AWS and Salesforce on Service Cloud Voice in a Work-from-Anywhere World
https://www.salesforce.com/company/news-press/stories/2020/7/salesforce-service-cloud/
- Amazon AppFlow now supports private data transfers between AWS and Salesforce
- Introducing The CIS Amazon EKS Benchmark
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-cis-amazon-eks-benchmark/
- AWS Announces General Availability of Contact Lens for Amazon Connect
- The AWS Serverless Application Model CLI is now generally available
- Amazon CloudFront Announces Cache and Origin Request Policies
- AWS and Docker Collaborate on Streamlined Container Workflow
https://awsinsider.net/articles/2020/07/20/aws-and-docker-collaborate.aspx
- Announcing automatic backups for Amazon Elastic File System
- Amazon EC2 VM Import / Export adds support for Red Hat Linux (RHEL) 8 and CentOS 8
- Amazon CloudFront announces new TLS1.2 security policy for viewer connections
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/cloudfront-tls-security-policy/
- AWS IoT Device Tester v3.1.0 for FreeRTOS is now available
- MSCI announces strategic alliance with Microsoft to accelerate innovation in the global investment industry
- Azure Red Hat OpenShift on OpenShift 4.4 now available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-red-hat-openshift-on-openshift-44-now-available/
- One- and three- year reserved capacity for Azure DB for PostgreSQL-Hyperscale (Citus)
- AKS-managed Azure Active Directory support is now generally available
- GA of new memory and compute optimized hardware options in Azure SQL Database
- Data Factory SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) migration accelerators are now generally available
- Azure Monitor Logs connector is now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-monitor-logs-connector-is-now-generally-available/
- Shared disks in Azure Disk Storage are now available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/shared-disks-in-azure-disk-storage-are-now-available/
- Announcing HashiCorp Consul Service on Azure General Availability
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/consul-service-on-azure-general-availability/
- Announcing HashiCorp Vault 1.5
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/vault-1-5/
- Lenovo Launches Portfolio of Cloud-Based Managed IT Services to Better Support SMBs
https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/introducing-lenovo-managed-services-for-smbs/
- Why Google Cloud Turned to AMD to Solve for Runtime Encryption
- Red Hat Brings IBM Back into Open Source OpenStack Cloud Fold
https://www.itprotoday.com/iaaspaas/red-hat-brings-ibm-back-open-source-openstack-cloud-fold
- IBM intros new security dashboard for its financial services cloud
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-intros-new-security-dashboard-for-its-financial-services-cloud/
- IBM Db2 Warehouse on the Cloud performance validation using OpenShift Container Storage
- What Containers and Kubernetes Mean for Colocation Data Centers
https://www.itprotoday.com/colocation/what-containers-and-kubernetes-mean-colocation-data-centers
- Fortinet Acquires OPAQ
https://www.fortinet.com/products/fortinet-acquires-opaq
Trend Reports:
- Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Public Cloud Revenue to Grow 6.3% in 2020
- The Revenue And Growth Opportunities For Microsoft Azure Partners
- Google Cloud rides the wave but remains a distant third place
https://siliconangle.com/2020/07/13/google-cloud-rides-wave-remains-distant-third-place/
- Striking Cloud Computing Trends Impacting Cloud Adoption
https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/striking-cloud-computing-trends-impacting-cloud-adoption_596434
- Flexera State of Tech Spend Report 2020
- The Show Goes on in the Cloud
Best Practices:
- Best Practices for Organizational Units with AWS Organizations
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/best-practices-for-organizational-units-with-aws-organizations/
- Best practices for upgrading Amazon RDS for Oracle DB instances from 11.2.0.4 to 19c
- Introducing the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-microsoft-azure-wellarchitected-framework/
- Microsoft Practice Development Playbook
https://aka.ms/appinnovationplaybook
- The questions to ask to avoid cloud trade-offs
https://betanews.com/2020/07/17/avoid-cloud-trade-offs/
- Container Security Best Practices Taking Shape
Cost Management:
- Top 5 KPIs For Measuring Success With AWS Savings Plans
https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/blog/top-5-kpis-measuring-success-aws-savings-plans
- The hidden costs of Google Cloud Datastore
https://blog.doit-intl.com/the-hidden-costs-of-datastore-c04ad354ec50
- Giving you better cost analytics capabilities—and a simpler invoice, based on GCP
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/cost-management/cost-management-tools-in-google-cloud-console
- AWS Fargate pricing: how to optimize billing and save costs
https://spot.io/blog/aws-fargate-pricing-how-to-optimize-billing-and-save-costs/
Cloud Migration:
- Why you should migrate your Windows workloads with AWS
- Migrate to the cloud with confidence, based on Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/migrate-to-the-cloud-with-confidence/
- Best practices for accelerating cloud migration
- Migrate and modernize your on-prem data lake with managed Kafka, based on GCP
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/data-lakes-in-cloud-with-kafka-and-confluent
- Linux vs. Windows Hosting: Which Should You Choose?
https://cloudacademy.com/blog/linux-vs-windows-hosting-which-should-you-choose/
Privacy Related:
- OUT OF THE GRACE PERIOD: TRUST AND COMMUNICATION RISES IN A POST-CCPA WORLD
- Google Cloud’s Commitment to EU International Data Transfers and the CJEU Ruling
- How Oracle Cloud Customers Can Turn GDPR and CCPA Into a Business Advantage
Training:
- New classroom course: AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders
- Learn about Windows Server on Microsoft Azure
https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/learn-about-windows-server-on-microsoft-azure/
Security Related:
- Security Strategies to Keep Your Hybrid Cloud Safe
https://medium.com/@TeamResellerClub/security-strategies-to-keep-your-hybrid-cloud-safe-77e77462e814
- Auditing Amazon S3 encryption methods for object uploads in real time
- Threat Protection for SQL IaaS VMs using Azure Security Center
- How Hackers Changed Strategy with Cloud
https://www.fugue.co/blog/how-hackers-changed-strategy-with-cloud
- How Oracle is Helping You Maintain a Strong Security Posture in the Cloud