iCloud服務器太差 蘋果放棄亞馬遜轉投谷歌
It has emerged that Apple is storing some of its users' iCloud data on Google's computer servers.
近日有消息表示，蘋果將在谷歌的電腦服務器上儲存一些用戶的iCloud數據。Apple had previously acknowledged using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure's rival cloud computing platforms in addition to its own data centres.
蘋果之前承認過除在其自身的數據中心以外，還使用亞馬遜網絡服務器和微軟Azure的雲計算平臺。The deal is a coup for Google, which lags behind Amazon and Microsoft in the market for powering third-parties' online services.
這是谷歌的一大策略改變，因爲其在第三方線上服務器的市場較量中落後於亞馬遜和微軟。
"The iCloud information is not at risk of being breached or otherwise observed by the ultimate owners of the platforms it resides on because of the very heavy encryption and partitioning technologies used," commented Chris Green, a tech expert at the consultancy Lewis.
來自劉易斯諮詢的技術專家克里斯·格林對此評論道：“iCloud的信息沒有受到被侵犯的危險，也不會被所在平臺的終端擁有者看到，這要歸功於非常嚴密的加密技術和分區技術。”
The news site CRN was first to report the deal. It said Apple sealed the agreement with Google's Cloud Platform division late last year. Both tech giants declined to comment, however the BBC was able to independently confirm the arrangement.
CRN最先報道了這項交易。稱蘋果公司和谷歌雲平臺部門在去年年底達成了該協議。雖然兩家科技巨頭公司都拒絕給予評論，但是BBC確認了該協議確有發生。It may seem surprising to those who view the two companies as bitter rivals. But Apple still puts Google as the default search engine on its mobile devices and has previously shown willingness to have business dealings with other competitors as well, not least Samsung which makes some of its components.
這一消息對把這兩家公司看作是死對頭的人來說着實有些驚訝。其實蘋果公司在移動設備上仍然把谷歌設置爲默認搜索引擎，並曾表示過有意願和其他競爭對手進行商業合作，尤其是與爲其製造配件的三星公司。The news may, however, cause concern for investors in Amazon since it follows the announcements that Spotify and Dropbox recently moved operations off AWS.
但是這條新聞可能會令亞馬遜的投資者產生擔憂，因爲在Spotify和Dropbox相繼將運營業務從亞馬遜雲計算平臺AWS上移除之後不久，這條消息就馬上傳了出來。Amazon, however, has played down the latest development. "Vendors who understand doing business with enterprises respect non-disclosure agreements with their customers and don't imply competitive defection where it doesn't exist," it told CRN.
不過亞馬遜方面對這一最新進展則輕描淡寫。該公司對CRN表示：“懂得與企業做生意的供應商會尊重他們客戶的保密協議，並且這並不表明包含着本來就不存在的競爭性背叛。”
