Episode 39: Recorded on September 10th, 2019. Show Title: The Cloud Pod goes Quantum

This week AWS releases the Quantum Ledger Database, Google gets shielded GKE nodes and Microsoft gets a new shiny datacenter in Germany Sponsors: * Foghorn Consulting - fogops.io/thecloudpod

Follow Up * Slack stock plunges on bigger-than-expected loss forecast

Topics AWS * Introducing Fine-Grained IAM Roles for Service Accounts * Optimize Storage Cost with Reduced Pricing for Amazon EFS Infrequent Access * Building Spinnaker Features for Amazon ECS * Amazon EKS now supports K8 1.14 * Use AWS Config Rules to Automatically Remediate Non-compliant Resources * Now Available - Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)

Google * Announcing the general availability of 6 and 12 TB VMs for SAP HANA instances on Google Cloud Platform * Exploring container security: Bringing Shielded VMs to GKE with Shielded GKE Nodes

Azure * Microsoft acquires infrastructure visibility provider Movere * Azure HPC Cache: Reducing latency between Azure and on-premises storage * Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany * Satellite connectivity expands reach of Azure ExpressRoute across the globe * Building cloud-native applications with Azure and HashiCorp

Lightning Round (Jonathan 8, Justin 15, and Guest 4): * Introducing Analyzing Text with Amazon Elasticsearch Service and Amazon Comprehend