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The Google infrastructure now powers a chunk of icloud. I don't see apple killing the revenue stream that feeds their bottomless pool of capacity.
by bobdole1234 11y ago
The Google infrastructure now powers a chunk of icloud.
I don't see apple killing the revenue stream that feeds their bottomless pool of capacity.
- mc32 11y agoThey are far from the only game in town, so why would Apple care if its a casualty of some business Realpolitik.
- threeseed 11y agoApple has been rumored to be moving away from cloud providers for a while now. Have been wondering for a while they are building an internal cloud e.g. using FoundationDB acquisition as their DBaaS.
- srunni 11y agoThe Information recently reported on Apple's cloud efforts. They don't seem to be going well: Infighting Slows Apple’s Cloud Engineering Efforts: http://go.theinformation.com/2c8e01 http://go.theinformation.com/2c8e01 > Two engineering teams working on new internal cloud-computing infrastructure to power Apple’s Web services are in open conflict, the people say. Already, the infighting has sparked at least one key employee departure, with more expected soon. Inside Apple’s Cloud Infrastructure Troubles: http://go.theinformation.com/d716c4 http://go.theinformation.com/d716c4 > Despite years of trying, Apple has failed to develop infrastructure to handle traffic for its Internet services, which include iTunes, Apple Maps, iMessage and backups of images and videos stored on the iPhone.