Apple Spending $30 Million Per Month on Amazon Cloud Services

[itguy06]

I'm very shocked that Apple is using their competitor for compute and/or storage. You would think they would go MS, IBM, or even just buy Rackspace or Nutanix.

Tim should get out of the AWS abyss ASAP and stop finding their competition.

 

[Romey-Rome]

Usually, when big companies get multi-year contracts with AWS, the price gets jacked up after that sweetheart deal expires. Some decide to bring it pack on-prem.

 

[cyberlocke]

So very true. I was about to say the same but you said it all. I’ve seen it too many times over the years.

Of course. And while there are efficiency and technological benefits to each new iteration, let's be honest, you gotta change it up every so often to keep the customer coming back and the growth on the upward trend. As "there's nothing new under the sun" we're seeing the same ideas recycled again and again. If in doubt, walk into your nearest clothing store. I digress . . .

 

[itguy06]

Usually, when big companies get multi-year contracts with AWS, the price gets jacked up after that sweetheart deal expires. Some decide to bring it pack on-prem.

Amazon is nobody's friend.

I've been in those discussions and the assumptions AWS makes is crazy. They are rarely cheaper for all but the small stuff.

 

[I7guy]

Amazon is expensive, buts it’s more expensive to build and support a data center for your companies highest load. Amazon let’s its subscribers dynamically build out their capacity requirements.