160: The Cloud Pod Goes Fishing on Google BigLake

Google Biglake takes the feature of the week with the ability to federate data from multiple data lakes. On The Cloud Pod this week, the team discusses the most expensive way to run a VM (Oracle wins). Plus some exciting developments, an AWS OpenSearch 1.2 update with several new features, and Azure’s having a party, so bring your own IP addresses (BYOIP). 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 The Cloud Pod goes fishing on Google BigLake with a new tackle box and a whole lot of data. AWS opens up the market with its OpenSearch 1.2 update boasting several new features and which could attract more customers. Azure implements a fancy new bring your own IP addresses (BYOIP) policy. Top Quotes   “Are they saving BigOcean for the next layer of unification above when we need to aggregate multiple BigLakes?” “It is good to be able to do it, and I still pity the poor companies who need to migrate IP addresses and anchor their IPs to a provider in order to get their DVR functionality. So this now makes that possible, however bad a pattern that is in the cloud.” General News: Decisions, Decisions ️ VentureBeat discusses how to choose the right AWS region for your business, but they seem to be missing a few considerations (sovereignty, anyone?). Also, picking a region isn’t a great idea for a business (like an e-commerce site) that needs to be multiregional to survive if things go sideways. AWS: Opening up the Search Nice and Wide  Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes 1.22 — maybe AWS bribed the Kubernetes governance board because they were tired of trying to keep up with Kubernetes’ quarterly patch releases. ‍ Good news for console users who no longer have to click through five separate pages of configurations, with the new and improved Amazon EC2 console launch experience. Cue applause track: