Episode 105: The Cloud Pod’s heart is a Flutter with Space Edge
On The Cloud Pod this week, Jonathan is getting his beauty sleep so you’ll have to make do with the comic stylings of Justin, Peter and Ryan. A big thanks to this week’s sponsors: Foghorn Consulting, which provides full-stack cloud solutions with a focu
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Show Notes
On The Cloud Pod this week, Jonathan is getting his beauty sleep so you’ll have to make do with the comic stylings of Justin, Peter and Ryan.
A big thanks to this week’s sponsors:
- Foghorn Consulting, which provides full-stack cloud solutions with a focus on strategy, planning and execution for enterprises seeking to take advantage of the transformative capabilities of AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
This week’s highlights
- Like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Amazon is turning into a beautiful butterfly.
- Google is helping to monetize Jonathan’s beauty sleep.
- It’s the end of the world, we can Azure you.
Amazon Web Services: The Weird Kid in Class
- AWS announces Amplify Flutter is now generally available. Get your flutter on in the cloud.
- Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.19. Weird use case, but OK.
- AWS Direct Connect announces native 100 Gbps dedicated connections at select locations. No discount for more data — well done, Amazon.
Google Cloud Platform: Jonathan’s Money Maker
- Easily build Kubernetes applications that span multiple clusters with Google’s new multi-cluster services (MCS). Now you can have your cake and eat it, too!
- Google announces general availability of Service Directory. Now Jonathan makes money while he sleeps.
- Google announces 9TB SSDs to bring ultimate IOPS per dollar to Compute Engine VMs. Still not that exciting.
Azure: Lost in Space
- Azure announces Firewall Premium is now in preview. No more excuses for sticking with standard firewall protection.
- Microsoft will establish its next U.S. datacenter region in Georgia’s Fulton and Douglas Counties. Not only did Georgia go blue, they went Azure blue.
- Azure announces partnership with HPE and the upcoming launch of the Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2). Also known as SkyNet.