News and announcements:
- Point-in-time recovery and continuous backup for Amazon RDS with AWS Backup
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/point-in-time-recovery-and-continuous-backup-for-amazon-rds-with-aws-backup/ - New – Lower Cost Storage Classes for Amazon Elastic File System
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-lower-cost-one-zone-storage-classes-for-amazon-elastic-file-system/ - AWS Proton now supports services without pipelines
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/aws-proton-supports-services-without-pipelines/ - AWS Security Hub adds 25 new controls to its Foundational Security Best Practices standard
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/aws-security-hub-adds-25-new-controls-to-foundational-security-best-practices-standard/ - Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports managed disaster recovery (DR) with Cross-Region Automated Backups
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-rds-for-postgresql-supports-managed-disaster-recovery-dr-with-cross-region-automated-backups/ - AWS Lambda adds four Trusted Advisor checks
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/aws-lambda-adds-four-trusted-advisor-checks/ - Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible edition supports simultaneous authentication with both Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-aurora-postgresql-compatible-edition-supports-simultaneous-authentication/ - Announcing General Availability of Amazon Redshift Cross-database queries
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/announcing-general-availability-of-amazon-redshift-cross-database-queries/ - Announcing General Availability of Amazon Redshift Data Sharing
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/announcing-general-availability-of-amazon-redshift-data-sharing/ - IAM Access Analyzer now enables you to validate public and cross-account access before deploying permissions changes
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/iam-access-analyzer-validate-access-before-deploying-permissions-changes/ - Amazon Transcribe supports word-level confidence scores for streaming transcription
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-transcribe-supports-word-level-confidence-scores-for-streaming-transcription/ - Amazon RDS for Oracle supports Oracle Management Agent (OMA) version 13.4 for Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 13cR4
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-rds-for-oracle-supports-oma-version-13-4-for-oracle-manager-cloud-control-13cr4/ - Amazon Elasticsearch Service now publishes events to Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EventBridge for service software updates
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-elasticsearch-service-publishes-events-to-amazon-cloudwatch-amazon-eventbridge/ - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling adds support for local time zones for scheduled scaling
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-ec2-auto-scaling-adds-support-for-local-time-zones-for-scheduled-scaling/ - Achieve up to 35% better price/performance with Amazon Aurora using new Graviton2 instances
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/achieve-up-to-35-percent-better-price-performance-with-amazon-aurora-using-new-graviton2-instances/ - Amazon CloudWatch Events and Metrics for AWS Backup
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/amazon-cloudwatch-events-and-metrics-for-aws-backup/ - Azure Active Directory External Identities is Generally Available
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-active-directory-identity/azure-active-directory-external-identities-is-generally/ba-p/2147080 - HDInsight Apache Kafka REST Proxy is now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/hdinsight-kafka-rest-proxy-is-now-generally-available/ - Azure Storage — Routing Preferences now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/routing-preferences-azure-storage-ga/ - Accelerated Networking with H-series VMs on Azure for older OS distributions
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-global/accelerated-networking-with-h-series-vms-on-azure-for-older-os/ba-p/2205464 - Node.js 14 in Azure Functions is now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/nodejs-14-in-azure-functions-is-now-generally-available/ - General availability: Azure Functions supports .NET 5 in production
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-azure-functions-supports-net-5-in-production/ - Python Durable Functions support in Azure Functions is now generally available
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/python-durable-functions-support-in-azure-functions-is-now-generally-available-2/ - Architect and optimize your internet traffic with Azure routing preference
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/architect-and-optimize-your-internet-traffic-with-azure-routing-preference/ - Scale your critical applications cost-effectively with Azure Disk Storage
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/scale-your-critical-applications-cost-effectively-with-azure-disk-storage/ - Azure Defender for Storage powered by Microsoft threat intelligence
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-defender-for-storage-powered-by-microsoft-threat-intelligence/ - Pittsburgh is upgrading its IT infrastructure with help from Google Cloud
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/pittsburgh-is-upgrading-its-it-infrastructure-with-help-from-google-cloud/ - Introducing Cloud Code Secret Manager Integration
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/introducing-cloud-code-secret-manager-integration - Google’s Cloud Healthcare Consent Management API now generally available
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/healthcare-life-sciences/google-cloud-healthcare-consent-management-api-generally-available - Mission Critical Services: for the most demanding enterprise environments
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/introducing-google-cloud-mission-critical-services - Announcing email-friendly notifications from Service Connector Hub
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/announcing-email-friendly-notifications-from-service-connector-hub - Announcing support for SMS notifications via Oracle Notifications Service
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/announcing-support-for-sms-notifications-via-oracle-notifications-service - Announcing general availability of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Application Performance Monitoring
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/announcing-general-availability-of-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-application-performance-monitoring - Oracle Banking Digital Experience on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oracle-banking-digital-experience-on-oracle-cloud-infrastructure
Trends and opinions:
- Flexera Releases 2021 State of the Cloud Report
https://www.flexera.com/about-us/press-center/flexera-releases-2021-state-of-the-cloud-report.html - Has the cloud been good for open source?
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3610720/has-the-cloud-been-good-for-open-source.html
Cost Management:
- Safely reduce the cost of your unused Amazon DynamoDB tables using on-demand mode
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/safely-reduce-the-cost-of-your-unused-amazon-dynamodb-tables-using-on-demand-mode/ - How we optimize EC2 costs at Intercom
https://dev.to/aws-builders/how-we-optimize-ec2-costs-at-intercom-2dac - How to Optimize Cloud Storage Costs
https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/how-optimize-cloud-storage-costs
Cloud Security:
- Looking Back and Ahead for Cloud Security Trends
https://blog.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma-cloud/looking-back-ahead-cloud-security-trends/ - Multi-Cloud Security Best Practices for Serverless Functions
https://www.cloudhealthtech.com/blog/cloud-security-serverless-functions - Demystifying KMS keys operations, bring your own key (BYOK), custom key store, and ciphertext portability
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/demystifying-kms-keys-operations-bring-your-own-key-byok-custom-key-store-and-ciphertext-portability/ - Transform data to secure it: Use Cloud DLP
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-cloud-dlp-can-modify-data-to-protect-it
Training and Certifications:
- Notes from my Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer Certification Exam
https://sathishvj.medium.com/notes-from-my-google-cloud-professional-machine-learning-engineer-certification-exam-2110998db0f5 - What’s the Best Microsoft Azure Certification Path For Me?
https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/which-azure-certification-is-right-for-me - New and improved AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials course to build your AWS Cloud knowledge
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/cloud-practitioner-essentials-digital-course/ - 10 study tips for the AWS Certified Database – Specialty Certification
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/10-study-tips-for-the-aws-certified-database-specialty-certification/ - AWS Architect Associate (SAA-C02)
https://dev.to/aws-builders/aws-architect-associate-saa-c02-4aha - 7 Best AWS EC2 [Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud] Online Courses for Beginners in 2021
https://medium.com/javarevisited/7-best-aws-ec2-amazon-elastic-compute-cloud-online-courses-for-beginners-in-2021-f7a1a55ea719 - Corey Quinn’s AWS Beta Certification Exam Report
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/corey-quinns-aws-beta-certification-exam-report/ - Level up with Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/level-up-with-microsoft-certified-azure-for-sap-workloads/ba-p/2189227
