EuropeClouds Recommends #13 - 19.7.2020

Service Announcements / Updates:

• AWS and HSBC Reach Long-Term Strategic Cloud Agreement

https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-and-hsbc-reach-long-term-strategic-cloud-agreement

• AWS Announces Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)

https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-announces-amazon-interactive-video-service-amazon-ivs

• VMware Cloud on AWS Adding Connectivity, Multitenancy Features

https://awsinsider.net/articles/2020/07/15/vmware-cloud-on-aws.aspx

• New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer - Cloud Foundation

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/new-aws-solutions-consulting-offer-cloud-foundation/

• Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.17

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/amazon-eks-supports-kubernetes-version-1-17/

• AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) now supports VPC Endpoint Policies

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/aws-kms-now-supports-vpc-endpoint-policies/

• Amazon Athena adds support for querying Apache Hudi datasets in Amazon S3-based data lake

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/amazon-athena-adds-support-querying-apache-hudi-datasets-amazon-s3-based-data-lake/

• AWS Systems Manager now supports adding offsets to maintenance window schedules

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/07/aws-systems-manager-now-supports-adding-offsets-to-maintenance-window-schedules/

• Allscripts and Microsoft extend strategic alliance to transform cloud-based health IT solutions

https://news.microsoft.com/2020/07/13/allscripts-and-microsoft-extend-strategic-alliance-to-transform-cloud-based-health-it-solutions/

• Microsoft partners with Citrix to reimagine the "workplace of the future"

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-partners-with-citrix-to-reimagine-the-workplace-of-the-future

• C.H. Robinson announces alliance with Microsoft to digitally transform the supply chain of the future

https://news.microsoft.com/2020/07/14/c-h-robinson-announces-alliance-with-microsoft-to-digitally-transform-the-supply-chain-of-the-future/

• Announcing the general availability of Azure shared disks and new Azure Disk Storage enhancements

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-azure-shared-disks-and-new-azure-disk-storage-enhancements/

• Azure Site Recovery now supports replication with private links

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/site-recovery-now-supports-replication-with-private-links/

• Generally available: Azure Private Link for Azure SignalR Service

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/generally-available-azure-private-link-for-azure-signalr-service/

• Azure Time Series Insights Gen2: Leading the next generation of industrial IoT analytics platforms

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-time-series-insights-gen-2-leading-the-next-generation-of-industrial-iot-analytics-solutions/

• Azure Data Factory Managed Virtual Network

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-data-factory-managed-virtual-network/

• Run high scale workloads on Blob storage with new 200 TB object sizes

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/run-high-scale-workloads-on-blob-storage-with-new-200-tb-object-sizes/

• Protecting Windows Virtual Desktop environments with Azure Security Center

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/protecting-windows-virtual-desktop-environments-with-azure-security-center/

• Azure Enterprise Ready Analytics Architecture (AERAA)

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-synapse-analytics/azure-enterprise-ready-analytics-architecture-aeraa/ba-p/1512447

• Choose to allow or disallow blob public access on Azure Storage accounts

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/choose-to-allow-or-disallow-blob-public-access-on-azure-storage-accounts/

• Azure Files support and new updates in advanced threat protection for Azure Storage

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-files-support-and-new-updates-in-advanced-threat-protection-for-azure-storage/

• Announcing general availability of the new version of Microsoft Secure Score

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-and/announcing-general-availability-of-the-new-version-of-microsoft/ba-p/1515463

• Introducing Google Cloud Confidential Computing with Confidential VMs

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-google-cloud-confidential-computing-with-confidential-vms

• Compliance without compromise: Introducing Assured Workloads for Government, based on GCP

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/assured-workloads-for-government-compliance-without-compromise

• Bringing multi-cloud analytics to your data with BigQuery Omni

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-bigquery-omni

• Google Cloud’s new BigQuery Omni will let developers query data in GCP, AWS and Azure

https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2020/07/14/google-clouds-new-bigquery-omni-will-let-developers-query-data-in-gcp-aws-and-azure/amp/

• Google Has a New Solution to Win More Government Cloud Contracts

https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/google-has-new-solution-win-more-government-cloud-contracts

• Global HTTP(S) Load Balancing and CDN now support serverless compute

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/better-load-balancing-for-app-engine-cloud-run-and-functions

• Google Partners with NetApp on New Bare Metal Solution in the Cloud

https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/gcp-cvo-blg-google-partners-with-netapp-on-new-bare-metal-solution-in-the-cloud

• OpenShift 4.5 arrives, bringing new supported installations

https://www.openshift.com/blog/openshift-4.5-arrives-bringing-new-supported-installations

• SUSE Buys Rancher Labs to Up Its Kubernetes Game

https://www.itprotoday.com/containers/suse-buys-rancher-labs-its-kubernetes-game

• Linux Foundation Partners With CNCF on Kubernetes Certs, Training 

https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-management/linux-foundation-partners-with-cncf-on-kubernetes-certs-training/

• GitLab Offers CI/CD Platform as Hardened Container Image

https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-ecosystems/gitlab-offers-ci-cd-platform-as-hardened-container-image/

Customer Stories:

• How Liberty Mutual is transforming its IT using serverless computing

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-liberty-mutual-is-transforming-its-it-using-serverless-computing/

• Facebook uses Amazon EC2 to evaluate the Deepfake Detection Challenge

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/facebook-uses-amazon-ec2-to-evaluate-the-deepfake-detection-challenge/

• Azure Lab Services Enable remote hands-on learning – story from DeVry Univeristy

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/azure-lab-services-enable-remote-hands-on-learning-story-from/ba-p/1521891

• Powering past limits with financial services in the cloud

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/keybank-migrates-to-bigquery-cloud-data-warehouse

Trend Reports:

• Microservices Adoption in 2020

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/microservices-adoption-in-2020/

• The State of Cloud Security 2020

https://secure2.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/pdfs/whitepaper/sophos-the-state-of-cloud-security-2020-wp.pdf

Best Practices:

• Best practices from Delhivery on migrating from Apache Kafka to Amazon MSK

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/best-practices-from-delhivery-on-migrating-from-apache-kafka-to-amazon-msk/

• What is Cloud Architecture and How to Build One?

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/what-is-cloud-architecture-and-how-to-build-one_596410

• Cloud-Native: Best Practices for Container Technology Implementation

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/cloud-native-best-practices-for-container-technology-implementation_596411

• 10 Tips To Fail AWS Cloud Migration

https://blog.codonomics.com/2020/07/10-tips-to-fail-aws-cloud-migration.html

• GKE best practices: Designing and building highly available clusters

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/best-practices-for-creating-a-highly-available-gke-cluster

• GKE best practices: Exposing GKE applications through Ingress and Services

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/exposing-services-on-gke

•  10 Steps to Create a Successful Cloud and AI Strategy 

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/10-steps-to-create-a-successful-cloud-and-ai-strategy

• Migrating on-premise to the Cloud – Check List

https://www.scholarwebservices.com/news/migrating-on-premise-to-the-cloud-check-list/

• Best practices for an effective remote team in the world of cloud delivery

https://ubuntu.com/blog/best-practices-for-an-effective-remote-team-in-the-world-of-cloud-delivery

• How to Use Azure Spot to Reduce Azure Virtualization Costs

https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/azure-spot-virtualization-costs/

Strategy:

• What Next-Generation Hybrid Cloud Means for Colocation Data Centers

https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/what-next-generation-hybrid-cloud-means-colocation-data-centers

• Federal Cloud Computing Strategy

https://cloud.cio.gov/

• Build your cloud transformation plan with comprehensive skills training

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/build-your-cloud-transformation-plan-with-comprehensive-skills-training/

• Is your on-premises data center weighing you down? Accelerate your cloud journey with these cost-savings strategies

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/on-premises-data-center-weighing-down-accelerate-cloud-journey-cost-savings-strategies/

• Overcome your cloud skills gaps earlier by training your own talent first

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/overcome-your-cloud-skills-gaps-earlier-by-training-your-own-talent-first/

• Develop an application migration methodology to modernize your data warehouse with Amazon Redshift

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/develop-an-application-migration-methodology-to-modernize-your-data-warehouse-with-amazon-redshift/

• Managing the Impact of Cloud Computing

https://www.cpajournal.com/2020/07/13/managing-the-impact-of-cloud-computing/

Security Related:

• 5 Risks You Need to Remember When Securing Your Containers

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/5-risks-securing-containers/

• ​Understanding Common Risks in Hybrid Clouds

https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2020/07/14/understanding-common-risks-in-hybrid-clouds/

• Best Practices for Securing a Kubernetes Environment

https://www.intezer.com/container-security/best-practices-for-securing-a-kubernetes-environment/

• How to retroactively encrypt existing objects in Amazon S3 using S3 Inventory, Amazon Athena, and S3 Batch Operations

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-retroactively-encrypt-existing-objects-in-amazon-s3-using-s3-inventory-amazon-athena-and-s3-batch-operations/

• Must-know best practices for Amazon EBS encryption

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/must-know-best-practices-for-amazon-ebs-encryption/

• Why Your Cloud Apps Deserve Better Data Protection

https://securityboulevard.com/2020/07/why-your-cloud-apps-deserve-better-data-protection/

• Creating an Integrated Security System with the CSA STAR Program

https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2020/07/13/creating-an-integrated-security-system-with-the-csa-star-program/

• How to Secure Containers for Cybersecurity

https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-security/how-to-secure-containers-for-cybersecurity/

• Security & Compliance Certifications on Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Single Server

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-database-for-postgresql/security-amp-compliance-certifications-on-azure-database-for/ba-p/1503450

Privacy Related:

• In a victory for privacy, the EU Court of Justice bins EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.accessnow.org/in-a-victory-for-privacy-the-eu-court-of-justice-bins-eu-us-privacy-shield/

• EU Court of Justice Decision - Privacy Shield Invalidated; Standard Clauses Challenged​​

https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2020/07/16/eu-court-of-justice-decision-privacy-shield-invalidated/

• Assuring customers about EU cross-border data flows

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2020/07/16/eu-cross-border-data-ruling/

Architecture Related:

• AWS Architecture Monthly Magazine: Advertising & Marketing

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/architecture-monthly/AWS-Architecture-Monthly-July-2020.pdf

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