Welcome to our first edition of The Radar, bringing you all the latest happenings in the cloud.

We source and compile the very best news, updates and tips for general cloud, AWS, Azure and GCP. We focus on more general news rather than the 100's of detailed product release notes released every month to make it more consumable for the average reader. Here's this months links:

AWS

 
AWS announces 80% price reduction for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
Today, we are reducing the price of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery by 80% to $0.028 per hour per server, or an estimated $20 per month per server.

x https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/01/aws-announces-price-reduct...
 
AWS Compute Optimizer arrives in Sydney region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has brought its Compute Optimizer service to the Asia Pacific (Sydney region).

x https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/670774/aws-compute-optimizer-arrives-sydney...
 
How many services does AWS actually have?
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m here to ask and answer one simple question: Do you know how many services Amazon Web Services currently offers?

x http://mypowershell.space/index.php/2020/01/07/how-many-services-does-aws-act...
 
The Amazon Builders' Library
There’s no question the world will be a better place if everyone can innovate more quickly and efficiently.

x https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/?cards-body.sort-by=item.additionalFi...
 
Urgent & Important – Rotate Your Amazon RDS, Aurora, and Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) Certificates
You need to download & install a fresh certificate, rotate the certificate authority (CA) for the instances, and then reboot the instances.

x https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/urgent-important-rotate-your-amazon-rds-auro...

AZURE

 
Azure Cost Management 2019 year in review
When we talk about cost management, we focus on three core tenets: Ensuring cost visibility, Driving accountability, and Continuous cost optimization...

x https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-cost-management-2019-year-in-rev...
 
Five Steps to Better Security in Microsoft Azure

x https://www.cloudtp.com/doppler/five-steps-to-better-security-in-microsoft-az...
 
Microsoft's Q2 surges, commercial cloud hits $50 billion annual run rate, Azure revenue up 62%
The company reported second quarter earnings of $11.6 billion, or $1.51 a share, on revenue of $36.9 billion, up 14% from a year ago.

x https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-q2-surges-commercial-cloud-hits-50-b...
 
The 2010s: Microsoft, the cloud company
Microsoft made substantial headway in its goal to morph from the Windows company to a cloud company over the past decade.

x https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-2010s-microsoft-the-cloud-company/

GCP

 
10 questions to ask yourself when migrating to Google Cloud
In this blog article, I summarize some of the big questions to ask yourself when migrating to Google Cloud.

x https://medium.com/@tjwebb/10-questions-to-ask-yourself-when-migrating-to-goo...
 
Google Cloud targets mainframe migrations with Cornerstone acquisition
Google Cloud has acquired Dutch mainframe migration specialist Cornerstone Technology, which it claims will become a central element in its efforts to drag mainframe workloads onto its cloud platform.

x https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/671202/google-cloud-targets-mainframe-migra...
 
Google completes Looker acquisition
Today, hundreds of joint customers already rely on Google Cloud and Looker to make smarter business decisions. And by joining together, we believe we will be uniquely positioned to address the data analytics and business intelligence demands ...

x https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/google-completes-loo...
 
New Anthos training: a masterclass in hybrid cloud architecture and management
Anthos, Google Cloud’s open application modernization platform, can help you modernize your existing applications, making them more portable, maintainable, scalable and secure.

x https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/training-certifications/new-anthos-train...
 
Snowflake announces general availability on Google Cloud
Snowflake, the cloud data platform, announced general availability on Google Cloud, bringing together Snowflake’s cloud-native data platform with Google Cloud’s capabilities in AI, ML and analytics.

x https://www.snowflake.com/news/snowflake-announces-general-availability-on-go...

General

 
6 ways to optimize cloud costs
In order to get the most efficiency out of cloud, it is important that companies are building the right foundation and organisational governance approaches for cloud management.

x https://www.cloudmill.com.au/cloud-insights/6-ways-to-optimize-cloud-costs
 
Benefits and Challenges of Multi-Cloud
There is no denying it. We are in a hybrid and multi-cloud world. IT departments have moved far beyond binary cloud-or-no-cloud decisions and are now more interested in learning which applications to use with specific cloud systems or leave on premises.

x https://www.cloudmill.com.au/cloud-insights/benefits-and-challenges-of-multi-...
 
Exposing 2 cloud and AI myths
In tech circles, we have two primary faults: we’re overly eager to usher in the future and ironically too quick to disregard it when it doesn’t come as fast as we projected.

x https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/670447/2-cloud-ai-myths-shouldn-t-believe/
 
Security Strategies for Hybrid IT, Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Environments
For years, enterprises moving to the cloud have been concerned with the security of their data and applications — and they should be! Cloud transformations are complex, and there is a lot on the line.

x https://www.cloudtp.com/doppler/security-strategies-for-hybrid-it-hybrid-clou...

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