EuropeClouds Recommends #4 - 10.5.2020 - 16.5.2020

‍Service Announcements / Updates:

• Reinventing Enterprise Search – Amazon Kendra is Now Generally Available

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/reinventing-enterprise-search-amazon-kendra-is-now-generally-available/

• AWS and Red Hat extend collaboration: announcing a new managed Red Hat OpenShift service on AWS

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/aws-and-red-hat-extend-collaboration-annoucing-new-managed-red-hat-openshift-service-on-aws/

• Announcing the general availability of Azure Spot Virtual Machines

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-general-availability-of-azure-spot-virtual-machines/

• Microsoft announces definitive agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks, expanding approach to empower operators and partner with network equipment providers to deliver on promise of 5G

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/05/14/microsoft-announces-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-metaswitch-networks-expanding-approach-to-empower-operators-and-partner-with-network-equipment-providers-to-deliver-on-promise-of-5g/

• Azure Site Recovery - Zone-to-zone disaster recovery now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/zone-to-zone-disaster-recovery-now-available-through-azure-site-recovery/

• Microsoft Adds OpenShift and RHEL Support to Azure Arc, Its Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Platform

https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/microsoft-adds-openshift-and-rhel-support-azure-arc-its-hybrid-and-multi-cloud-platform

• Microsoft Announces Improvements to Azure AD Conditional Access

https://www.petri.com/microsoft-announces-improvements-to-azure-ad-conditional-access

• New WAF capabilities in Google Cloud Armor for on-prem and cloud workloads

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/new-waf-capabilities-in-cloud-armor

Best Practices:

•  The Evolution of Enterprise Security Systems and Best Practices by Alibaba

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/the-evolution-of-enterprise-security-systems-and-best-practices-by-alibaba_596206

• Google Architecture Framework

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/new-google-cloud-architecture-framework-guide

Security Related:

• Automating cybersecurity guardrails with new Zero Trust blueprint and Azure integrations

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/automating-cybersecurity-guardrails-with-new-zero-trust-blueprint-and-azure-integrations/

• Azure SQL Auditing to storage account behind Virtual Network and firewall now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-sql-auditing-to-storage-account-behind-virtual-network-and-firewall-now-generally-available/

Trend Reports:

• The State of Cloud Native Development

https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/State-of-Cloud-Native-Development_CNCF_FINAL.pdf

• Why firms are wasting their cloud spending

https://www.raconteur.net/technology/cloud-waste-digital-transformation

Hardware Announcements:

• New – Amazon EC2 M6g Instances, powered by AWS Graviton2
• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-m6g-ec2-instances-powered-by-arm-based-aws-graviton2/

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