Episode 13 – The Cloud Pod goes all in on AWS, Azure and GCP

Lyft goes all in on AWS and commits big money to AWS in their IPO.  Several new solutions for security from the cloud vendors at RSA this week, and Jeff Barr stops by Reddit to tell us all about cloud formation! Plus the lighting round and cool tools with Jonathan.

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Show Topics:

Lyft goes all in on AWS

Google Releases csp config management for k8

GCP introduces new KMS client libraries

Instantly restore your machines with Azure Backup

SuperMicro hardware weakness lets researches backdoor into an ibm cloud server

RightScale state of the cloud reports indicates Azure gaining on AWS

• https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1100893328348831745

Maria DB ceo accuses hyperscalers of strip mining open source

Azure announces preview of sentinel security

Azure GA of Lab Services

Jeff Barr stops by Reddit to drop a quick cloudformation update

• Original Thread

Azure Security Center new Capabilities

Azure announces new firewall capabilities

Lightning Round:

Amazon Worklink now works with Android Phones –

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-worklink-now-works-with-android-phones/

Aurora Serverless now publishes logs to cloudwatch – https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/amazon-aurora-serverless-publishes-logs-to-amazon-cloudwatch/

Amazon Document DB now supports aggregations in arrays and indexing – https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/Amazon-DocumentDB-new-features-for-aggregations-arrays-and-indexing/

AWS SSM now supports document sharing across accounts – https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/aws-systems-manager-state-manager-enables-document-sharing-across-accounts/

AWS Performance insights now supports T2 and T3 instances – https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/02/performance-insights-supports-T2-and-T3/

Amazon Quicksight now supports row level security enabled email reports and new analytics capabilities –

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/amazon-quickSight-supports-row-level-security-enabled-email-reports-new-analytical-capabilities-and-more/

Cool Tools:

https://github.com/genevieve/leftovers