On this episode of The Cloud Pod, the team talks about the new AWS Melbourne Region in Australia, the layoff of employees by Microsoft and Google, the mutually beneficial expansion of the partnership between AWS and Stripe, as well as the role of security and GRC in the CCOE.
A big thanks to this week’s sponsor, 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
AWS: AWS opens new Melbourne Region infrastructure in Australia GCP: Google lays off 12,000 employees, 6% of its workforce. Azure: Microsoft announced the layoff of 10,000 employees; 5% of their workforce. “If you want that velocity you really have to democratize your access to cloud and your usage of cloud, and with that, you have to expand out the list of responsible parties to people with the proper business context” “There’s all kinds of mistakes you can make; many more mistakes I think you can make by deploying incorrectly or insecurity in the cloud than you can do in the private data center” “I think it’s important to keep the context of why you are shifting to the cloud; what is important to the business in terms of value”AWS: AWS opens new Melbourne Region infrastructure in Australia.
Now Open — AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region in Australia️️ This is the second infrastructure in Australia, offering an alternative to Perth.GCP: Google lays off 12,000 employees; 6% of its workforce.
0️⃣ Alphabet to let go 12,000 employees amid broader tech layoffsAlphabet Chief notes that hiring was aimed at an economy different from current realities..Azure: Microsoft announced the lay of 10,000 employees; 5% of their workforce.
0️⃣ Subject: Focusing on our short- and long-term opportunityEven with the severance cost of 1.2 billion dollars, while laying off workers in certain roles, they will be hiring in others.The Cloud Journey Series; The Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE)
GRC needs to address security based on the initial principles behind their typical security practices rather than trying to simply replicate old practices in the new cloud space.There is credibility to the concern security teams have for the higher risk of mistakes when deploying incorrectly or insecurely in the cloud.Summarily, the goal of the shift to the cloud will determine the approach to defining security standards, and with the way the cloud works, security teams need to get actively involved with the implementation of security protocols..Other Stories
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