Apple’s iCloud to Run on Google’s Cloud
March 16th, 2016Via: Business Insider:
It’s been only four months since Google convinced enterprise queen Diane Greene to lead its fledgling cloud-computing business, but she’s already scored a second huge coup for Google: landing Apple as a customer which is not good news from Amazon.
Apple has reportedly signed a contract worth between $400 million and $600 million to use Google’s Cloud Platform, reports CRN’s Kevin McLaughlin and Joseph Tsidulko.
It’s not clear if that’s the annual or total value of the contract, or if the money will be taken directly away from what Apple spends on Amazon Web Services (AWS) or not. While Apple won’t quit using AWS altogether, if it is a shift in budget, this could cut Apple’s spending on AWS by as much as half.
The secretive Apple has never publicly talked about being an AWS customer, but its use of it, as well as Microsoft’s cloud, Azure, has been widely reported since at least 2011 and was confirmed by Apple in a security document. Apple uses AWS and Azure for parts of its iCloud services, The New York Times reported.
