The fully managed service means that patching, upgrading, repairing and disaster recovery are all handled for you, leaving your application DevOps teams free to focus on operating your applications and not the underlying infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Get started now by creating an Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What the heck is MLOps I hear you cry. Well, Microsoft revealed all at their Build 2019 conference in May. MLOps<\/a> aka DevOps for machine learning, is the practice of collaboration and communication between data scientists and DevOps professionals to help manage the production of the ML lifecycle.<\/p>\n New features include<\/a>:<\/p>\n Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Yes, you read that right. Microsoft’s Azure Cost Management tool now integrates with AWS<\/a> to track spending across both cloud platforms. The cross-cloud support is currently available in preview and has been designed with customer’s multi-cloud strategies and need for a central cost management solution in mind. Create your first AWS connector<\/a> to explore the new capabilities of Azure Cost Management, including cost analysis, budgeting and alerts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In May, Microsoft shared that the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) was the fastest growing compute service in Azure\u2019s history. Now, Microsoft have announced that Windows Server containers can now be deployed and orchestrated in AKS<\/a> enabling new paths to migrate and modernise Windows Server applications in Azure. The preview means that we\u2019re now able to manage Windows and Linux containers side by side in the same Kubernetes cluster with the exact same APIs, tools and support.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At Build 2019 Microsoft announced Azure SQL Database Edge<\/a> to help address the requirements of data and analytics at the edge using the highly available and secure SQL engine. Azure SQL Database Edge offers:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Azure SQL Database Edge capabilities. Source: Microsoft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n While it might sound a bit of a mouthful, Kubernetes-based event-driven autoscaling (KEDA)<\/a> enables any container to scale from zero to potentially thousands of instances based on event metrics like the length of a Kafka stream or an Azure Queue.\u202fIt also\u202fenables\u00a0containers<\/span>\u00a0to consume events directly from the<\/span>\u00a0event<\/span>\u00a0source instead of\u00a0<\/span>decoupling with<\/span>\u00a0HTTP<\/span>. KEDA\u00a0<\/span>c<\/span>an drive the scale of any container and is extensible to add new event sources.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: GitHub<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hyperscale<\/a> is a new cloud-native solution purpose-built to address common cloud scalability limits with either compute, storage, memory or combinations of all three. Best of all, you can harness Hyperscale without rearchitecting your application.<\/p>\n In May Microsoft announced:<\/p>\n Advanced Threat Protection<\/a> (ATP) for Azure Storage provides an additional layer of security intelligence that detects unusual and potentially harmful attempts to access or exploit storage accounts. This layer of protection allows you to protect and address concerns about potential threats to your storage accounts as they occur, without needing to be an expert in security.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Azure ExpressRoute now generally available in 8 additional locations<\/a><\/p>\n Microsoft extends password limit from 16 characters to 256 characters<\/a><\/p>\n Microsoft to reduce Azure outages with Project Tardigrade<\/a><\/p>\n The deadline to take Microsoft Azure transition exams is fast approaching<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#e05206″ height=”5px” _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#e05206″ max_width=”85%” module_alignment=”center” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text module_id=”AmazonWebServices” _builder_version=”3.19.18″ text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#00a9e0″ header_2_text_color=”#e05206″ header_3_text_color=”#e05206″ header_4_text_color=”#e05206″]<\/p>\n Amazon Managed Blockchain<\/a> is a fully managed service that makes it easy and cost-effective to create, manage, and scale blockchain networks using the popular open source frameworks Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum. The managed service eliminates the overheard required to create the network, and automatically scales to meet the demands of thousands of applications running millions of transactions.<\/p>\n How Amazon Managed Blockchain works. Source: AWS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can use Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights<\/a>, now in preview, to monitor, isolate, and diagnose your containerised applications and microservices environments. With this preview, DevOps and Systems Engineers have access to automated dashboards summarising the performance and health of their Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS) and Kubernetes clusters by pod, node, namespace, and services.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Starting from May, Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports up to a maximum of 100 databases per database instance<\/a>, a whopping increase from the original database limit of just 30. The increase allows users to consolidate databases into a single database instance and simplify database management. It’s worth noting that the Microsoft system databases don\u2019t count toward this limit, and existing database instances can support up to 100 databases without any downtime. Find out more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As of August 2019, pricing for AWS Config rules will be changing<\/a>. The changes mean that come August you\u2019ll be charged based on the number of AWS Config rules evaluations recorded, instead of the number of active rules in your account per region. The new pricing is designed to provide \u2018almost all\u2019 current AWS Config rules customers with a significant reduction in Config rules cost. Find out more about the changes you can expect here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ground Station<\/a> was launched in preview back in November but last month AWS announced<\/a> it\u2019s now open to any user. The service is designed to help AWS cloud customers access and manage data from satellites. How does it work? It\u2019s pretty simple actually\u2026 all you have to do is schedule antenna access time through AWS Management Console. You pay for the antenna time you need, and nothing more. No contracts. No hassle. Interested? Get started here<\/a>.<\/p>\n How AWS Ground Station works. Source: AWS<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fraud Detection Using Machine Learning\u00a0<\/a>is a solution that automates the detection of potentially fraudulent activity and flags that activity for review. The solution is easy to deploy and contains an example dataset of credit card transactions. But, you can modify the solution to use your own dataset.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Amazon RDS for MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL increase max storage size to 64 TiB<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Always On Availability Groups for SQL Server 2017<\/a><\/p>\n AWS Get IT: inspiring girls in the UK to consider a career in tech<\/a><\/p>\n 49 million Instagrammers private data leaked via AWS<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_color=”#e05206″ color=”#e05206″ height=”4px” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.18″ text_font_size=”17px” header_4_text_color=”#e05206″ header_3_text_color=”#e05206″ module_id=”Chat”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you enjoyed the latest edition of CloudStack{d} pop your details into the form below and we’ll send you future editions<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.18″]<\/p>\n \n[123-contact-form i1243466]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.12.2″ background_color=”#e05206″ color=”#e05206″ height=”4px” \/][et_pb_team_member _builder_version=”3.17.6″ name=”Izzi Fuller” position=”Digital Marketer” linkedin_url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/isobel-fuller-5070b880\/” image_url=”http:\/\/content.n4stack.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Izzi-Fuller_GW.png” saved_tabs=”all” global_module=”54024″]<\/p>\n Izzi heads up the N4Stack Marketing function and loves getting stuck into writing – whether its a blog, collateral or website content.<\/p>\n She took a leap into the world of Data, DevOps and Cloud\u00a0after previously working with SaaS in the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare prior to that.<\/p>\n Get to know more about Izzi here<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I'M INTERESTED IN AZURE I'M INTERESTED IN AWS \u00a0 MICROSOFT AZURE GENERALLY AVAILABLE: AZURE RED HAT OPENSHIFT Azure Red Hat OpenShift was announced last year at Red Hat Summit 2018. The one-of-a-kind solution offers the best of OpenShift with 24×7 management and support from both Microsoft and Red Hat. This year, at Red Hat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":55461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" \u00a0<\/em><\/p> For the first time ever, Microsoft\u2019s Azure revenue has exceeded AWS revenue after jumping a whopping 89 percent in the last financial quarter! In terms of market share however, AWS is still very much in the lead, commanding 33% of public cloud market with Azure following in 2nd<\/sup> place with 13%.<\/p> After receiving feedback<\/a> that the current Azure exams are \u2018too broad, covering a range of skills that very few individuals, even experts in the area, would have\u2019 Microsoft have taken it upon themselves to take another look at their certifications. The result? They\u2019ll be assessing the skills you actually need to be successful \u2013 we think that\u2019s an excellent idea!<\/p> Microsoft are even offering an 80% discount on their Azure Administrator beta exams for the first 300 people who register! 3\u20262\u20261\u2026go!<\/p> Microsoft\u2019s Azure Dev Spaces<\/a> is now in public review. The cloud-native development experience can be used with Azure Kubernetes Services<\/a> (AKS) and is designed to help developers work with cloud native code \u2013 making it easier to make the jump into container development.<\/p> To get started click here<\/a>.<\/p> Microsoft recently announced<\/a> that Azure SQL Data Warehouse customers will benefit from \u2018at least 2x faster query performance from their workloads, cementing it as the fastest data warehouse in the cloud\u2019. In the announcement they explained the speed boost was made real by brand spanking new instant data movement capabilities<\/a> which makes the movement between data warehouse computer notes more efficient than ever before. Well, it\u2019s certainly peaked our interest!<\/p> Looking for visibility into the security of your cloud platform? Great news \u2013 Azure Security Center is now available in public preview and has been integrated into the subscription package so that customers can assess the security state of resources and ensure data is protected and not vulnerable to attacks.<\/p> Find out more here<\/a>.<\/p> In July Microsoft announced<\/a> the release of their Azure Service Fabric Mesh to public preview. The fully-managed service supports both Windows and Linux containers and is designed to enable developers to \u2018deploy and operate containerised applications without having to manage VMs, storage or networking configuration\u2019.<\/p> You can get started with it here<\/a>.<\/p> In May 2017, Microsoft announced its new database service, Azure Cosmos DB<\/a>, designed to deliver high performance for large scale applications. This month Microsoft announced that Cosmos DB is getting an upgrade. Introducing the new and improved Cosmos DB Explorer<\/a>, described by Microsoft as \u2018a full screen standalone web-based version of the Data Explorer many of you already use in Azure Portal for Cosmos DB\u2019.<\/p> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p> \u00a0<\/em><\/p> Following the success of AWS Greengrass<\/a> in 2017, Amazon has added more edge computing capabilities to its AWS services. Not only will this allow customers to analyse and move data at the site where its created, the introduction of their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to their Snowball Edge<\/a> system, cuts down processing delays and reduces the amount of data customers need to store in the cloud.<\/p> Take a look at Amazon\u2019s announcement here<\/a>.<\/p> A political autodial company has come under fire after exposing the personal data of 2,600 voters in the US after failing to properly secure their AWS S3 bucket. Unfortunately, this is becoming a pretty common issue despite Amazon offering up a solution<\/a> in November 2017 with the introduction of five new encryption and security features, including dashboard warning lights.<\/p>INTRODUCING MLOPS<\/h4>\n
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AZURE SQL DATABASE EDGE IN PREVIEW<\/h4>\n
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ADVANCED THREAT PROTECTION FOR AZURE STORAGE NOW GENERALLY AVAILABLE<\/h4>\n
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AWS ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF AMAZON MANAGED BLOCKCHAIN<\/h4>\n
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AMAZON RDS FOR SQL SERVER INCREASES THE DATABASE LIMIT PER DATABASE INSTANCE UP TO 100<\/h4>\n
PRICING FOR AWS CONFIG SET TO CHANGE<\/h4>\n
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MICROSOFT AZURE<\/strong><\/h1>
Microsoft has had a busy month releasing new tools and services into public review. They\u2019ve also improved their Azure certifications AND for the first time ever have exceeded Amazon\u2019s AWS cloud revenue! Well done to Microsoft Azure.<\/em><\/h4>
MICROSOFT<\/strong> EXCEEDS AMAZON\u2019S CLOUD REVENUE<\/strong><\/h2>
AZURE CERTIFICATIONS RECONSIDERED<\/strong><\/h2>
MICROSOFT ADDS KUBERNETES TOOLS TO AZURE<\/strong><\/h2>
AZURE SQL DATA WAREHOUSE GETS A SPEED BOOST<\/strong><\/h2>
MICROSOFT INTEGRATES AZURE SECURITY CENTER INTO SUBSCRIPTION EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/h2>
AZURE SERVICE FABRIC MESH NOW AVAILABLE AS PUBLIC PREVIEW<\/strong><\/h2>
AZURE COSMOS DB GETS AN UPGRADE<\/strong><\/h2>
AMAZON WEB SERVICES<\/strong><\/h1>
July was a big month for Amazon Web Services. They introduced a couple of new instances and even found themselves some Greek gods!<\/em><\/h4>
AMAZON INTRODUCES EC2 INSTANCES TO THEIR AWS SNOWBALL EDGE SYSTEM<\/strong><\/h2>
2,600 PERSONAL DATA FILES EXPOSED DUE TO OPEN AWS S3 BUCKET<\/strong><\/h2>
AWS ANNOUNCES THREE NEW INSTANCES\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>