Apple Introduces iCloud

Apple Introduces iCloud

June 6^th, 2011

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/06/06Apple-Introduces-iCloud.html

The ongoing challenges in today’s fast-moving world are the ability to obtain information and files as quickly as possible. Many companies have created different applications to allow remote access such as, Dropbox and LogMeIn. While these are great sites that allow you to be able to access different computers and files, I believe that the new iCloud that will be introduced this fall will blow these other companies out of the water. Apple has a reputation for doing something, and doing it bigger and better than any other company who has done it previously. Hence why Apple has become a household name all over the world.

The new iCloud is a complex system that very few people in the world will ever truly be able to understand; yet anyone will be able to use it, and use it successfully. Due to Apples great success, it has been able to save up roughly around $70 Billion dollars in reserves to use at their own discretion. With this money they decided to start at the first step possible to create the iCloud feature. They have been able to create a massive data center in North Carolina that will be one of the main headquarters where the iCloud software will be housed. This article not only explains the logistics within the center, but also has a video of the areal view of how large it truly is. With Apple being prepared sufficiently, I believe they will truly be able to launch the iCloud and expand even further from what capabilities it currently has available within it.

With Apple having the truly needed base to be prepared for iCloud to work, they are already headed in the right direction. They have the middle section of the circle we discussed in class needed to succeed fully established. Now it is time for them to establish their operating devices to work correctly with that hardware they have. This is a no brainer in the technology world that it will work for them. Apple has a huge track record of creating new and expanding iOS software to improve on what is already available. They currently have in their 4.3 iOS a tease of what iCloud will bring. You can at any time, anywhere, on any iOS device, download any previously purchased material directly to the device you have in hand at no additional cost. This is where they will crush their competition. They have given any apple customer the ability to access their information quickly and easily on the go. I personally have used this ability numerous times just riding in my car and wanted to listen to a song that wasn’t on my iPhone. I just went to my iTunes app and downloaded the song that was on my computer and it downloaded on my phone in seconds and was able to listen to it. This is an example of how iTunes in the Clouds works. Not only will this work with music, but Apple is also allowing people to load documents on any device to the “Cloud” and then be able to access it on any other device. This is really important to me as it will allow me to be able to type up my notes on my iPad in class, sync it to the Cloud and then be able to print it off on my computer when I return to my room. It helps to cut out the middle step of having to email it to myself and makes it easier. Here is a longer video of how iOS 5 is going to work.

In conclusion, Apple being able to allow its customers these advantages and capabilities not only puts Apple above its competitors, but also it creates a major advantage to everyday people and college students, and not just big businesses. It will be breaking news when the iCloud is launched and the new iOS 5 software is released. I know I will be one of the first people to get it, as the possibilities are endless for them.