SpainClouds Recomienda #6 - 30.5.2020

Trend Reports and Strategy:

• How COVID-19 has accelerated the move from a 'cloud first' to a 'cloud now' approach

https://betanews.com/2020/05/21/cloud-now/

• Businesses in Asia-Pacific Can Find Resilience and Growth in the Cloud

https://www.bcg.com/it-it/publications/2020/businesses-asia-pacific-find-resilience-growth-in-the-cloud.aspx

• Cloud Strategies Aren't Just About Digital Transformation Anymore

https://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-strategies-arent-just-about-digital-transformation-anymore/a/d-id/1337877

• McAfee Released Threat Report on Cloud Adoption by Work from Home Segment

https://smestreet.in/technology/mcafee-released-threat-report-on-cloud-adoption-by-work-from-home-segment/

• Securing the cloud for healthcare

https://betanews.com/2020/05/21/securing-the-cloud-for-healthcare/

• Kubernetes Study: Still Early, Still On-Premises

https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2020/05/13/state-of-kubernetes.aspx

Service Announcements / Updates:

• AWS Systems Manager Explorer now provides a multi-account, multi-region summary of AWS Compute Optimizer recommendations

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/05/aws-systems-manager-explorer-now-provides-multi-account-multi-region-summary-aws-compute-optimizer-recommendations/

• AWS Amplify Libraries for Android and iOS

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-amplify-libraries-for-android-and-ios/

• Amazon Network Load Balancer now supports TLS ALPN Policies

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/05/network-load-balancer-now-supports-tls-alpn-policies/

• Docker expands relationship with Microsoft to ease developer experience across platforms

https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2020/05/27/docker-expands-relationship-with-microsoft-to-ease-developer-experience-across-platforms/amp/

• Azure Lighthouse—managing cloud, hybrid, and edge environments at-scale through a single control plane

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-lighthouse-managing-cloud-hybrid-and-edge-environments-atscale-through-a-single-control-plane/

• Azure Backup now provides protection against accidental deletion of Azure file shares

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-backup-now-provides-protection-against-accidental-deletion-of-azure-file-shares/

• Azure IoT Hub virtual network support now available

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things/azure-iot-hub-virtual-network-support-now-available/ba-p/1353685

• Azure Private Link for Azure Monitor is now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/private-link-azure-monitor-is-now-available

• Azure server-side encryption with customer-managed keys now available for Azure Ultra Disks

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-serverside-encryption-with-customermanaged-keys-now-available-for-azure-ultra-disks/

• Azure Service Health - Emerging issues now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-service-health-emerging-issues-now-available/

• Azure Advisor recommendation digests now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-advisor-recommendation-digests-now-availab/

• Azure Database for MySQL support for intelligent performance with MySQL 8.0 is now available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/intelligent-performance-mysql-8/

• Introducing VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10

https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2020/05/26/introducing-vmware-cloud-foundation-3-10/

• Announcing Istio 1.6

https://istio.io/news/releases/1.6.x/announcing-1.6/

Architecture Related:

• Evolution of IT R&D Models Based on Cloud Architecture

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/evolution-of-it-r%26d-models-based-on-cloud-architecture_596237

• Keeping Customers Streaming — The Centralized Site Reliability Practice at Netflix

https://netflixtechblog.com/keeping-customers-streaming-the-centralized-site-reliability-practice-at-netflix-205cc37aa9fb

Security Related:

• Suppression rules for Azure Security Center alerts are now publicly available

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-security-center/suppression-rules-for-azure-security-center-alerts-are-now/ba-p/1404920

• Azure Key Vault bring your own key (BYOK) is now generally available

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/akv-byok-ga/

• Securing Docker with CIS Controls

https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2020/05/22/securing-docker-with-cis-controls/

•  Alibaba Cloud Security Center Launches a One-Click Anti-ransomware Feature

https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/alibaba-cloud-security-center-launches-a-one-click-anti-ransomware-feature_596243

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Best Practices:

• Best practices for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL cross-Region read replicas

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/best-practices-for-amazon-rds-for-postgresql-cross-region-read-replicas/

• Architecting Successful SaaS: Interacting with Your SaaS Customer’s Cloud Accounts

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/architecting-successful-saas-interacting-with-your-saas-customers-cloud-accounts/

Database Related:

• The Azure SQL family: Innovation and value in the cloud

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-azure-sql-family-innovation-and-value-in-the-cloud/

• General availability of Microsoft Connector for Oracle

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server-integration-services/general-availability-of-microsoft-connector-for-oracle/ba-p/1385558

Cost Management:

• Evolution, Not Revolution: Cost Optimization Still Tops Challenges of Cloud Computing

https://www.parkmycloud.com/blog/challenges-of-cloud-computing/

• Operate more efficiently and reduce your costs with the cloud, based on GCP

https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/solving-for-operational-efficiency-with-google-cloud

• Choosing between Google BigQuery on-demand and flat rate pricing

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/choosing-bigquery-pricing

• Optimize Google BigQuery costs with Flex Slots

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/optimize-bigquery-costs-with-flex-slots

• Effectively using Google BigQuery Reservations

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/effectively-using-bigquery-reservations

Cloud Certification Related:

• Announcing new role-based learning paths for AWS Media Services

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/announcing-new-role-based-learning-paths-for-aws-media-services/

• Level up with Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/community-blog-post.aspx?BlogId=8&Id=375308

• Extending OpenShift Operator Certification through Badges

https://www.openshift.com/blog/extending-openshift-operator-certification-through-badges

Kubernetes and Containers Related:

• 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/

• NIST 800-204A - Building Secure Microservices-based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-204A.pdf

• 5 open source projects that make Kubernetes even better

https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2020/5/kubernetes-5-open-source-projects-improve

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