202: The Bing is dead! Long live the Bing

On this episode of The Cloud Pod, the team talks about the possible replacement of CEO Sundar Pichai after Alphabet stock went up by just 1.9%, the new support feature of Amazon EKS for Kubernetes, three partner specializations just released by Google, and how clients have responded to the AI Powered Bing and Microsoft Edge. 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: The new Amazon EKS release: the “combiner”. GCP: Google rolls out new partner specializations Azure: Microsoft releases AI-Powered Bing and Microsoft Edge. Top Quotes “It’s always going to be a race for these cloud providers to manage every software, in general, to stay up to date because it’s challenging” AWS: The new Amazon EKS release: the “combiner”.. Amazon EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.25 ️️ The most notable change in version 1.25 is the removal of Pod Security Policies PSPs. GCP: Google rolls out new partner specializations. 0️⃣ Three new Specializations help partners digitally transform customers These new specializations are Datacenter modernization services, DevOps services and Contact Center AI services. Azure: Microsoft releases AI-Powered Bing and Microsoft Edge. 0️⃣ The new Bing preview experience arrives on Bing and Edge Mobile apps; introducing Bing now in Skype With positive feedback, they will be launching the Bing and Edge mobile apps. Other Headlines Mentioned: Alphabet Needs to Replace Sundar Pichai Announcing Amazon ECS Task Definition Deletion New – Amazon Lightsail for Research with All-in-One Research Environments Microsoft Azure innovation powers leading price-performance for SQL Server AWS Security Hub launches 7 new security best practice controls AWS App Runner introduces web application firewall (WAF) support for enhanced security