EuropeClouds Recommends #7 - 6.6.2020

Service Announcements / Updates:

• Azure Text Analytics v3 is now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/text-analytics-v3-is-now-generally-available/

• New – SaaS Contract Upgrades and Renewals for AWS Marketplace

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-saas-contract-upgrades-and-renewals-for-aws-marketplace/

• Announcing AWS Cloud Champion: An online, gamified tutorial on working, teaching, and engaging remotely

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/announcing-aws-cloud-champion-gamified-tutorial-working-teaching-engaging-remotely/

• Announcing Cross-Cluster Search support for Amazon Elasticsearch Service

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/06/announcing-cross-cluster-search-support-for-amazon-elasticsearch-service/

• AWS Direct Connect enables Failover Testing

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/06/aws-direct-connect-enables-failover-testing/

• Introducing AWS CloudEndure Migration Factory Solution

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/06/introducing-aws-cloudendure-migration-factory-solution/

• Amazon licenses Slack for all employees, while Slack adopts AWS video-calling tech

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/06/04/amazon-licenses-slack-for-workers-as-slack-adopts-aws-video-call-tech.html

• GigaDevice GD32 MCU and Amazon AWS Launch New Embedded Cloud Platform

https://www.design-reuse.com/news/48076/gigadevice-gd32-mcu-amazon-aws-embedded-cloud-platform.html

• New Azure Virtual Machines with high-performance local SSD are now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/new-azure-virtual-machines-with-highperformance-local-ssd-are-now-generally-available/

• Azure Shared Image Gallery features are now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/shared-image-gallery-improvements/

• Introducing the Management Hub to Azure Data Factory

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-data-factory/introducing-the-management-hub-to-azure-data-factory/ba-p/1438557

• Google Cloud adds smart analytics frameworks for AI Platform Notebooks

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/enterprise-notebooks-for-ai-ml-analytics

• Google Cloud and the UK government sign MoU to boost cloud innovation 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/google-cloud-and-the-uk-government-sign-mou-to-boost-cloud-innovation-301068859.html

• NetApp to Acquire Spot

https://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-releases/news-rel-20200603-954373.aspx

• Deploy Any Resource With The New Kubernetes Provider for HashiCorp Terraform

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/deploy-any-resource-with-the-new-kubernetes-provider-for-hashicorp-terraform/

Best Practices:

• AWS Migration Ramp-Up Guide

https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/ramp-up-guides/RampUp_Migration_5-2020.pdf

• Best practices for configuring your Amazon Elasticsearch Service domain

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/best-practices-for-configuring-your-amazon-elasticsearch-service-domain/

• Performance tuning best practices for Memorystore for Redis, based on GCP

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/performance-tuning-best-practices-for-memorystore-for-redis

• Best Practices for Building Secure Global Networks (Internal and External)

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/best-practices-for-building-secure-global-networks-internal-and-external_596262

Trend Reports and Strategy:

• Is Your Cloud Journey Stuck in the Value Gap?

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/is-your-cloud-journey-stuck-in-the-value-gap/

• Infographic: The Risk of Excessive Cloud Access Permissions

https://ermetic.com/resources/infographics/idc-infographic-excessive-cloud-access-permissions/

• Four resources to help launch your cloud journey

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/four-resources-launch-cloud-journey/

• 74% of organisations fail to complete legacy system modernisation projects, new report from Advanced reveals

https://www.oneadvanced.com/news-and-opinion/74-percent-of-organisations-fail-to-complete-legacy-system-modernisation-projects-new-report-from-advanced-reveals/

• Stack Overflow Survey Reconfirms Developer Love for Docker

https://www.docker.com/blog/stack-overflow-survey-reconfirms-developer-love-for-docker/

Security Related:

• How to perform automated incident response in a multi-account environment, based on AWS

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-perform-automated-incident-response-multi-account-environment/

• Changing your Amazon S3 encryption from S3-Managed to AWS KMS

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/changing-your-amazon-s3-encryption-from-s3-managed-encryption-sse-s3-to-aws-key-management-service-sse-kms/

• Cryptomathic First to Launch Full Lifecycle & HSM-Agnostic ‘Bring Your Own Key’ Solution for Microsoft Azure Key Vault

https://www.cryptomathic.com/news-events/news/cryptomathic-first-to-launch-full-lifecycle-hsm-agnostic-bring-your-own-key-solution-for-microsoft-azure-key-vault

• Securing SaaS applications for a remote workforce

https://betanews.com/2020/06/04/saas-remote-work-security-qa/

• How can Cloud Solutions Transform Network Security?

https://blog.eccouncil.org/how-can-cloud-solutions-transform-network-security/

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