{"id":158873,"date":"2016-03-17T09:14:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T07:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=158873"},"modified":"2016-03-17T09:17:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T07:17:03","slug":"apple-now-using-google-cloud-for-some-icloud-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/158873-apple-now-using-google-cloud-for-some-icloud-data.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple now using Google Cloud for some iCloud data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple recently started storing some of its iCloud and services data on Google\u2019s cloud platform, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/recode.net\/2016\/03\/16\/google-gets-apple-to-jump-aboard-its-cloud-business-though-it-may-not-last\/\" target=\"_blank\">Re\/code<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/news\/cloud\/300080062\/cloud-makes-for-strange-bedfellows-apple-signs-on-with-google-cuts-spending-with-aws.htm\" target=\"_blank\">CRN<\/a><\/strong> have reported.<\/p>\n<p>Re\/code said that much of iCloud is hosted with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and some with Microsoft\u2019s Azure platform.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CRN report, Apple has added Google Cloud as a provider to reduce its reliance on AWS.<\/p>\n<p>Re\/code also reported that while Apple is adding another cloud provider to the mix, it is also working on breaking its dependence on rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Stanley stated that Apple will open three data centres soon, after\u00a0spending an estimated $1 billion on AWS in 2015.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Apple news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/158731-hacker-explains-how-he-got-into-celebrities-apple-and-google-email-accounts.html\"><strong>Hacker explains how he got into celebrities\u2019 Apple and Google email accounts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/158579-how-apple-could-be-more-honest-about-iphone-security-john-oliver.html\"><strong>How Apple could be more honest about iPhone security: John Oliver<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/158287-watch-ali-g-star-rip-off-apples-launch-events.html\"><strong>Watch Ali G star rip off Apple\u2019s launch events<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/158271-apples-march-event-confirmed-new-iphone-ipad-expected.html\"><strong>Apple\u2019s March event confirmed \u2013 new iPhone, iPad expected<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media reports suggest that Apple has started using Google Cloud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":128596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,18],"tags":[36,723,27543,605,167,33897,607,123,24957,8463],"class_list":["post-158873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-hosting","category-internet","tag-active","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-web-services-aws","tag-apple","tag-google","tag-google-cloud","tag-icloud","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-azure","tag-morgan-stanley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158875,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158873\/revisions\/158875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}