EuropeClouds Recommends #5 - 17.5.2020 - 23.5.2020

Trend Reports:

• O’Reilly Cloud Adoption in 2020

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

• Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2020

https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/cloud/oracle-cloud-threat-report-2020.pdf

• Security and Cloud Drive IoT Spending

https://blog.451alliance.com/security-and-cloud-drive-iot-spending/

Service Announcements / Updates:

• New Responsible ML innovation in Azure Machine Learning

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-responsible-ml-innovation-in-azure-machine-learning/

• Microsoft announces Cloud for Healthcare, its first industry-specific cloud offering

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-cloud-for-healthcare-its-first-industry-specific-cloud-offering

• New Azure Cognitive Services capabilities are now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-cognitive-services-2/

• Microsoft announces new supercomputer, lays out vision for future AI work

https://blogs.microsoft.com/ai/openai-azure-supercomputer/

• New Azure IoT Central features are now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-azure-iot-central-features-are-now-available/

• Azure Container Registry diagnostic logs now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-container-registry-diagnostic-logs-now-generally-available/

• Azure Key Vault service enhancements now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-key-vault-service-enhancements-now-available/

• Azure Monitor enhancements are now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-monitor-enhancements-are-now-available/

• Announcing Google Cloud VMware Engine: Accelerating your cloud journey

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/announcing-google-cloud-vmware-engine

• Google Cloud and NVIDIA’s enhanced partnership accelerates computing workloads

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/partners/google-cloud-supports-ampere-architecture-and-a100-tensor-core-gpu

• Dell Technologies Cloud OneFS for Google Cloud, now generally available

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/storage-data-transfer/dell-technologies-cloud-onefs-for-google-cloud-now-ga

• Oracle Announces NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU Availability, Startup Program Collaboration, Data Science VMs, and More

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oracle-announces-nvidia-a100-tensor-core-gpu-availability%2c-startup-program-collaboration%2c-data-science-vms%2c-and-more

• OpenStack Ussuri Enhances Open Source Cloud Platform

https://www.itprotoday.com/iaaspaas/openstack-ussuri-enhances-open-source-cloud-platform

Cost Optimization:

• Cloud cost optimization: principles for lasting success, based on GCP

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/cost-management/principles-of-cloud-cost-optimization

Best Practices:

• Introducing the Well-Architected Framework for Machine Learning

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/introducing-the-well-architected-framework-for-machine-learning/

• Best practices for organizing larger serverless applications

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/best-practices-for-organizing-larger-serverless-applications/

• Amazon EKS Best Practices Guide for Security

https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/

Security Related:

• Encryption at rest with customer-managed keys on Azure Cosmos DB now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/encryption-at-rest-with-customermanaged-keys-on-azure-cosmos-db-now-generally-available/

• Technologies in all layers of the cloud stack are at risk

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/05/20/cloud-stack-risk/

Database Related:

• Azure Cosmos DB Python SDK 4.0 now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-cosmos-db-python-sdk-40-now-available/

• Azure Private Link for Azure Cosmos DB now in general availability

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-private-link-for-azure-cosmos-db-now-in-general-availability/

• Autoscale provisioned throughput for Azure Cosmos DB

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/autoscale-provisioned-throughput-for-azure-cosmos-db/

• Azure Active Directory support in Azure Database for MySQL now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-active-directory-support-in-azure-database-for-mysql-now-available/

• Azure Active Directory support in Azure Database for PostgreSQL—single server now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-active-directory-support-in-azure-database-for-postgresql-single-server-now-available/

Data Analytics:

• Azure Analytics: Clarity in an instant

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-analytics-clarity-in-an-instant/

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