In deference to Canada Day and Independence Day, we thought it might be nice to keep it short, sweet and more digestible in sharing our June newsletter today.

As for us, June has been a paternal month under the wave here at Tidal Migrations and in the cloud community at large; check it out!

Feature Highlight

  • Organization Goals and Objectives: A good project starts with objectives that are clearly defined and communicated. Keep them front and center for the entire team throughout the project to help provide the context needed to make informed decisions.

See the changelog for more updates and keep those product ideas and feedback coming at info@tidalmigrations.com.

Upcoming Events

  • We’re planning another Migration Enablement Workshop this September in Toronto. If you’re interested in becoming a cloud migration ninja, send us a note at info@tidalmigrations.com and include WORKSHOP in your subject line - you can see what we did at the May workshop here.

TIDAL WEBINARS

  • If you’re looking to access our past webinars, they’re here and available on demand after you register.

CLOUD NEWS

  • The Future of Database Management Systems is Cloud! - Adam Ronthal of Gartner’s Data Management team cautions organizations to buckle up as DBMS move further away from on-prem. Ronthal cites that for AWS and Microsoft nearly 100% of their growth is from their cloud offerings, and these 2 vendors account for 75% of the overall growth of DBMS market.

  • The Five Pillars Of Secure Cloud Transformation - Amit Sinha lays out the key components for securing enterprise IT connectivity infrastructure. Namely, inline security, modern identity/access management, smart endpoint management, dynamic security information and event management (SIEM) and direct-to-cloud connectivity.

  • How to make cloud expectations meet reality - According to Adam Evans, there are 5 important themes for companies to consider to ensure that they accrue the benefits that moving to the cloud promises, while not getting caught up in the nitty gritty details of the transition.

  • Microsoft Inspire 2019 kicking off in Las Vegas June 14th-18th - There’s still time to pack your bags for Microsoft’s annual Inspire Conference next weekend, where you’ll rub elbows with the most brilliant minds in cloud computing today (besides you, of course).

  • Alphabet’s cybersecurity company Chronicle will join Google Cloud - Alphabet is strengthening the security offerings in Google Cloud Platform by folding Chronicle, an Alphabet company into its Google subsidiary. The result, a more complete range of security solutions to put your mind at ease throughout your voyage to the cloud.

That’s all for June 2019. If you’ve enjoyed reading this, please consider forwarding it and follow us on social media (links below) to stay up to date.

If you missed our May newsletter, you can read it here.

See you in July!

-Tidal Migrations

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