New AWS Solutions, Google's Jib and IBM's Cloud-Native Progress

This week all the major cloud vendors get lots of new functionality, so I'm providing my shortlist below.

AWS

• AWS saw the introduction of AWS Solutions, the new catalog of reference architectures, and implementation templates.

• Elastic File System gets an infrequent access storage class, which enables a transparent move of rarely used files to cheaper storage.

Azure

Azure's IoT Edge Service, which provides a control plane for edge device lifecycle management, receives OOB support and Ubuntu virtual machines, allowing simplified development and performance testing of IoT workloads at scale.

Google Cloud

• Google Docs releases a new API, supporting document automated bulk creation, and content and workflow management.

• Google releases Jib, an open-source tool, purposed to streamline Java container development experience, pluggable to Maven/Gradle, and providing Skaffold integration.

• Scheduled snapshots are available in beta for Compute Engine persistent disk.

IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud continues polishes its cloud-native stack and announces beta-readiness for managed Istio and Knative services.

Startups

• Datadog improves it’s AI-driven monitoring capabilities with the acquisition of app-testing startup Madumbo.

• DevSecOps startup ShiftLeft raises $20 million for code analysis software that automatically patches vulnerabilities.

Good Reads

• GitOps using ArgoCD, flexible open-source continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes.

• A new practical example of managing workloads identity with by bundling SPIRE and Envoy service proxy.

• Illustrated comparison of traditional versus cloud networking challenges by Tom Taggard.