Saturday, April 14, 2018

New Cloud Logos

Just observed Google Cloud Platform "fancy" new logo..



here is Amazon Web Service's, with Amazon's "A to Z" arrow
AWS Solution Provider Program

And here is Microsoft Azure's, stylized A triangle to match Microsoft's squares
Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Platform & Services
File:Microsoft Azure.svg

Even IBM Cloud has a "fancy" logo
IBM Cloud
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Only Oracle is not customizing (yet)
Oracle Cloud Platform Customer Momentum Accelerates Globally | Oracle Digital Experience Platform Blog


Azure Resource Explorer: cloud API management tool


Azure Resource Explorer: a new tool to discover the Azure API | Blog | Microsoft Azure

Azure Resource Explorer is a new web site where you can easily:

  • Discover the Azure Resource Management APIs
  • Get API documentation
  • Make actual API calls directly in your own subscriptions
Azure Resource Explorer


Introducing Azure Resource Explorer for the Azure Resource Management APIs - Scott Hanselman
"To be clear, this is NOT a new Portal, and it IS very low level. This is a tool for folks who want to know what's really going on when an Azure API is called."
https://resources.azure.com/

GitHub - projectkudu/AzureResourceExplorer: Azure Resource Explorer - a site to explore and manage your ARM resources in style

1.1.1.1: privacy-first DNS service from CloudFlare

Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service

"Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. We're excited today to take another step toward that mission with the launch of 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service. This post will talk a little about what that is and a lot about why we decided to do it. 
...
The problem is that these DNS services are often slow and not privacy respecting. What many Internet users don't realize is that even if you're visiting a website that is encrypted that doesn't keep your DNS resolver from knowing the identity of all the sites you visit. That means, by default, your ISP, every wifi network you've connected to, and your mobile network provider have a list of every site you've visited while using them."