News and announcements:
- AWS Teams with the National Hockey League to be the Official Cloud Infrastructure Provider of the NHL
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-teams-national-hockey-league-be-official-cloud
- AWS and Bundesliga Enhance Real-Time Game Analysis with New Performance Stats for 2021 Season
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-and-bundesliga-enhance-real-time-game-analysis-new
- Application Load Balancer now supports Application Cookie Stickiness
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/application-load-balancer-supports-application-cookie-stickiness/
- Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring is now supported on select non-Nitro instance types
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/amazon-vpc-traffic-mirroring-supported-select-non-nitro-instance-types/
- Introducing Amazon VPC Endpoints for AWS CloudHSM
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/introducing-amazon-vpc-endpoints-aws-cloudhsm/
- Introducing Serverless Image Handler v5.2
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/introducing-serverless-image-handler-v5-2/
- Announcing AMD instance support for Amazon GameLift FleetIQ
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/announcing-amd-instance-support-amazon-gamelift-fleetiq/
- AWS WAF adds support for JSON parsing and inspection
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/aws-waf-support-json-body-inspection/
- Now Launch Amazon SageMaker Studio using AWS CloudFormation
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/now-launch-amazon-sagemaker-studio-aws-cloudformation/
- Connecting Azure to the International Space Station with Hewlett Packard Enterprise
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/connecting-azure-to-the-international-space-station-with-hewlett-packard-enterprise/
- Azure Backup for SAP HANA: Soft limit increased from 2 TB to 8 TB
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-backup-for-sap-hana-soft-limit-increased-from-2-tb-to-8-tb/
- Microsoft Azure Attestation is now generally available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-and/microsoft-azure-attestation-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/2119438
- New, Simplified Pricing for Azure DDoS Protection Standard
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security/new-simplified-pricing-for-azure-ddos-protection-standard/ba-p/2119336
- General availability: Soft delete for Azure file shares is now on by default for new storage accounts
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-soft-delete-for-azure-file-shares-is-now-on-by-default-for-new-storage-accounts/
- Azure Defender for App Service introduces dangling DNS protection
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-defender-for-app-service-introduces-dangling-dns-protection/
- Global Payments and Google Form Strategic Partnership to Reimagine Digital Payments
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0208/globalpaymentsgooglereimaginedigitalpayments
- TELUS and Google Form Strategic Alliance to Bring Digital Transformation to Key Industries, Including Communications Technology, Healthcare, and Agriculture
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0209/google-cloud-telus
- Sigfox Collaborates with Google Cloud to Accelerate its Global IoT Strategy
https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2021/0210/sigfox-google-cloud
- First principles: L2 network virtualization for lift and shift
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/first-principles-l2-network-virtualization-for-lift-and-shift
Trends and opinions:
- IBM study: 70% prefer open source to proprietary cloud technologies
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ibm-study-70-prefer-open-source-to-proprietary-cloud-technologies/
- Cloud lock-in: Why the microservices cure might be worse than the problem
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/cloud-lock-in-why-the-microservices-cure-might-be-worse-than-the-problem/
- Should you be worried about cloud lock-in?
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4027073/deskflix-cloud-lock-in
- 93.7% of global businesses see cloud as critical to meeting immediate business needs amongst pandemic uncertainty
https://hello.global.ntt/en-us/newsroom/global-businesses-see-hybrid-cloud-as-critical-to-meeting-business-needs
- AWS, IBM, Google, and Microsoft are taking AI from 1.0 to 2.0, according to Forrester
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/aws-ibm-google-and-microsoft-are-taking-ai-from-1-0-to-2-0-according-to-forrester/
- 42% of SaaS users suffer poor performance – three things you can do to fix it
https://hello.global.ntt/en-us/insights/blog/saas-users-suffer-poor-performance
- Hybrid cloud: an idea whose time has come
https://www.computing.co.uk/research/4026963/hybrid-cloud-idea
- Retaining Productivity During Cloud Service Outages
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/uptime/retaining-productivity-during-cloud-service-outages
- 'Big 3' Public Cloud Providers Continue Their Explosive Growth
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/big-3-public-cloud-providers-continue-their-explosive-growth
- Five Cloud-Based Solutions for Your Biggest Fintech Challenges in APAC
https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/five-cloud-based-solutions-for-your-biggest-fintech-challenges-in-apac_597281
- This cutting-edge cloud-computing service is helping researchers track COVID's spread
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-cutting-edge-cloud-computing-service-is-helping-researchers-track-covids-spread/
- 5 approaches to cloud automation
https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/2/cloud-automation-5-approaches
Cost Management:
- 7 Challenges with AWS Costs
https://dev.to/microtica/7-challenges-with-aws-costs-1hob
- Protect your Google Cloud spending with budgets
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/protect-your-google-cloud-spending-budgets
Security Related:
- Mapping between Azure Security Benchmark & CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations Benchmark available now!
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-security-center/mapping-between-azure-security-benchmark-amp-cis-microsoft-azure/ba-p/2114301
- Netwrix - 2021 Cloud Data Security Report – Government
https://www.netwrix.com/download/documents/2021_Netwrix_CDSR_Government.pdf
- Top five data security principles to follow when moving to the cloud
https://www.itproportal.com/features/top-five-data-security-principles-to-follow-when-moving-to-the-cloud/
- A Key Step in Preventing a Future SolarWinds
https://www.justsecurity.org/74574/a-key-step-in-preventing-a-future-solarwinds/
- Trend Micro Details Attack Against Containers
https://containerjournal.com/features/trend-micro-details-attack-against-containers/
- Cloud Security Threats for 2021
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/cloud-security-threats-for-2021/a/d-id/1339454
Training and Certifications:
- How I Passed the Azure DevOps AZ-400 Exam
https://cloudacademy.com/blog/how-i-passed-the-azure-devops-az-400-exam/
- Level up with Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/level-up-with-microsoft-certified-azure-security-engineer/ba-p/2107662
