Apple's iCloud to be powered by Microsoft, Amazon servers

[Ceyfer √]

Rumor: Apple's iCloud to be powered by Microsoft, Amazon servers

Apple's upcoming iCloud service is rumored to rely on both Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS for hosting, as the company has played to its strength of building a consumer-facing experience rather than becoming a cloud provider.

The Register reports that Apple has barred the two companies, which are also its competitors, from discussing the deal. The publication's sources have reportedly confirmed that iCloud will be hosted by Microsoft's Azure service and Amazon's AWS, with the data being striped between the two. None of the companies would comment on the rumor.

Apple may be hedging its bets with both Microsoft and Amazon in order to avoid any mishaps with the iCloud launch. Amazon has in recent months suffered a series of embarrassing outages that have shaken customer faith in its cloud services.

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[Bearcat]

An interesting development. Thanks for sharing this news Ceyfer!

[JayCub]

As always thank you for spreading the rumour Ceyfer, joking aside i like the set-up i have and appreciate the information been shared..