Re:Backblaze S-1 IPO
by ksec on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:02PM
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>If one cloud provider becomes dominant, Apple loses.
Apple has been basically funding Azure Expansion. Microsoft needed Apple to scale their Cloud business in a multi-year contract. And Apple using Microsoft to drive AWS price down. I think for one reason or another ( politics, strategic, or technical ) they have avoided GCP. Apple also partner with other Cloud Services Provider in different Region. And they are doing exactly what you described as Multi Cloud. Even their CDN are split between Akamai, ( used to be Limestone and they switch to something else I cant remember ) and their own.
I would not be surprised if their next move is to fund Cloudflare R2 Storage services. ( Once it becomes mature enough )
Re:Backblaze S-1 IPO
by mkr-hn on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:23PM
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It's an interesting turn. Microsoft invested $150 million to save Apple long ago, now Apple is investing in Microsoft's services platform as they both try to transition into services companies.
Apple has been basically funding Azure Expansion. Microsoft needed Apple to scale their Cloud business in a multi-year contract. And Apple using Microsoft to drive AWS price down. I think for one reason or another ( politics, strategic, or technical ) they have avoided GCP. Apple also partner with other Cloud Services Provider in different Region. And they are doing exactly what you described as Multi Cloud. Even their CDN are split between Akamai, ( used to be Limestone and they switch to something else I cant remember ) and their own.
I would not be surprised if their next move is to fund Cloudflare R2 Storage services. ( Once it becomes mature enough )