A New Cost Management blog, APAC gets a new AWS region and Docker Hub gets hacked. Plus Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon all release earnings and we break out the highs and lows. With special guest, Ian Mckay @iann0036 talks about his new AWS tool www.former2.com Sponsors: Foghorn Consulting - https://fogops.io/thecloudpod Follow Up * Apple actually reducing dependence on Amazon Cloud services

Topics * Ford Partners with Amazon to build cloud service connected cars * New AWS cost management blog launches * New Query for AWS Regions, Endpoints, and More using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store * Earnings Season + Microsoft beats Wall street expectations, posting $30.6B in revenue, powered by cloud division + AWS revenue approaches $8 Billion in Q1, up 41% compared to last year + Despite Cloud growth, slowing revenue at Alphabet sends investors fleeing * AMD EPYC-Powered Amazon EC2 T3a instances * Now Open - AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region * Slack renegotiated its deal with AWS in 2018, will spend 212 million more through 2023 * 190,000 user accounts exposed in hack of Docker Hub Database * Microsoft container registry unaffected by recent docker hub data exposure * VMWare brings its virtualization software to Microsoft Azure * AWS Deep Racer League Virtual Circuit is now Open

Lightning Round * AWS Single Sign-On now offers certificate customization to support your corporate policies