Apple Said to Build High-Speed Network for Fast Content Delivery

Apparently, Apple is assembling a high-speed network and upgrading how it builds data centers, a push to be more competitive with Amazon, Google and Microsoft in cloud services. Up to now, Apple has relied mostly on traditional network providers and technology suppliers to support consumer services such as iTunes for music and movies, iCloud for storing photos and other content and the Siri voice-activated assistant.

Apple will stick with most of its existing vendors, and is mainly seeking to bolster its current infrastructure. Apple is planning to introduce a streaming-music service at its developer conference in San Francisco (CA) on June 8, with TV possibly following later in in 2015. Apparently, it will need more efficient, faster infrastructure to ensure glitch-free delivery. Apple’s push to build a stronger cloud infrastructure combines two initiatives: Building out a faster network and upgrading data centers. While Apple hasn’t disclosed total costs, investments will run into the billions. Apple put $1 billion into data centers in 2014, according to Analysys, which pegged it as the seventh-largest cloud infrastructure spender in 2014.