Guess What: iCloud Uses Windows Azure Services For Hosting Data
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#2Just thinking – couldn't this be a temporary pre-launch solution because Apple's huge NC data center isn't fully operational yet?
Re: Guess What: iCloud Uses Windows Azure Services For Hosting Data
#3Just thinking – couldn't this be a temporary pre-launch solution because Apple's huge NC data center isn't fully operational yet?
And Apple is building Azure- or AWS-compatible APIs for iCloud to use in the new DC?
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#4While this may just be temporary, I don't see why it would matter if it wasn't. Apple probably also uses Linux and FreeBSD for things.
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#5Wouldn't this make a successful iCloud even more embarrassing for Microsoft? They have the technology, but can't market it or make it easy for consumers to use?
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#6Wasn't the big idea of cloud that you aren't tied to provider and can move your services anywhere?
Anyway, what other big cloud providers are out there -- ones that aren't direct competitors to Apple? Amazon's AWS is out of the question, as Amazon competes directly on those hot multimedia and e-book markets with Apple. Google's stuff, too, as Google is a major competitor on mobile and multimedia markets. Microsoft doesn't seem to directly compete with Apple in the hot markets -- at least not until they squeeze some Windows Phones from Nokia.
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#7Wouldn't this make a successful iCloud even more embarrassing for Microsoft? They have the technology, but can't market it or make it easy for consumers to use?
And how bad would it be if it wasn't so successful? Apple gets to point fingers at Microsoft for not being able to keep up if things go south.
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#8Does it really matter what cloud services Apple uses? Yes, they have their own data centers but why should it be surprising if they also utilize others as well?
Microsoft is, in many ways, lots of little companies that all live together. If the Azure business unit makes money from Apple, it doesn't really matter if the Windows Live teams are failing in their products.
The oft-mentioned great thing about cloud services is not having to worry about managing hardware. Leave that to the people that are really good at it, and build your business on top.
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#9This is a win all the way around. Azure needs customers and who better than Apple to stress it and force them to make it better. But I'd hate to be the Azure VP if Jobs calls you because something isn't to his liking.
At the same time Apple wins because they can focus on their core competency, UX, not cloud plumbing.
Is Apple or Samsung embarrassed because the chips, flash, and display are sourced from Samsung? Of course not. Samsung is proud that their parts are the ones Apple choose, and Apple sells the experience, not a collection of parts.
Re: Guess What: iCloud Uses Windows Azure Services For Hosting Data
#10Wasn't the big idea of cloud that you aren't tied to provider and can move your services anywhere? Anyway, what other big cloud providers are out there -- ones that aren't direct competitors to Apple? Amazon's AWS is out of the question, as Amazon competes directly on those hot multimedia and e-book markets with Apple. Google's stuff, too, as Google is a major competitor on mobile and multimedia markets. Microsoft do…
Read the article, it says it uses AWS too...