The Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators
Apple
| Founded | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Investors | Public Company |
| Structure50 Topic | Networking |
| Description | Apple is arguably the world’s largest and most innovative consumer electronics company and soon will be the provider of a suite of consumer-focused cloud services. |
| GigaOM’s Take | Apple doesn’t sell enterprise cloud software, hardware or services, but its consumer products are having a profound impact on those that do. The ease with which consumers can shoot high-quality photos and video, as well as download and stream music files, has sparked innovation in fields such as cloud-based video encoding, network performance and scale-out file storage. |