Last week here at CloudGenera, we kicked off a regular series of updates to keep you in the loop on the least you need to know. If you have trouble keeping up with all the relevant updates in Cloud Computing and adjacent spaces, this will be a great place to get a collection of the information worth exploring further.
Google
- Hardware release event for new Pixel 2 phone, new versions of Google Home, and an all new Clips camera, Buds headphones, and high-end Pixel laptop (link)
- Releases custom identity roles into Beta for Google Cloud (link)
- Launches Cloud Firestore, document database for app developers (link)
- Now offering machine types in Compute Engine with up to 96 vCPU and 624 GB memory – up 50% (link)
- Partners with Scale Computing to make datacenter backups to Google Cloud easier with Cloud Unity product (link)
Microsoft
- Chosen by Bank of America for digital transformation platform with Azure and O365 (link)
- Opens testing of Azure Data Box, similar to data transfer devices now offered by Amazon, Google, IBM (link)
- Adds Java support for serverless-compute to Azure Functions (link)
- Gains Azure support with Dell EMC and Veeam (link)
- Adds native NFS on Azure Stack with NetApp Ontap (link)
- Explains 7hr outage in Europe on Sept 29 caused by accidental fire suppression gas release (link)
Amazon
- EC2 now supports SQL Server 2017 (link)
- Expands ECS container service to Seoul region (link)
- Bringing Echo to India now and Japan soon (link)
- Adds API support to Cloudwatch dashboard (link)
- Adds CloudTrail S3 Data Events to GovCloud (link)
Oracle
- Debuts their new “self-driving” database (link)
- Larry Ellison criticizes AWS (link) and Amazon fires back (link)
- How does Oracle vs AWS or Microsoft offerings? (link)
- Accenture expands alliances with Oracle (link)
More
- HP announces new HPE SimpliVity 380 hyperconverged hardware (link)
- Khazna to double cloud capacity in Dubai as AWS enters region (link)
- Scality bridges Amazon S3 and Azure Blob Storage with SDS offering (link)
- Will per-second billing (now offered by AWS and Google) really save you money? (link)