Amaya Toman Namuhla, sibona inkundla ye-iCloud njengengxenye ebalulekile ye-ecosystem ye-Apple. Kodwa iCloud yayingekho kusukela ekuqaleni. I-Apple yethule ngokusemthethweni ukusebenza kwalesi sigcawu phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-Okthoba 2011, lapho ngesikhathi esifanayo kwakukhona ukuguqulwa okuqondile kusuka kumakhompiyutha njengendlunkulu yedijithali kuya kusixazululo sefu.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukwethulwa kwe-iCloud kwavumela abasebenzisi bamadivayisi we-Apple ukuthi bagcine ngokuzenzakalelayo futhi "ngaphandle kwezintambo" okuqukethwe, okwabe kwenziwa kwatholakala kuyo yonke imikhiqizo yabo ehambisana ne-iCloud. Inkundla ye-iCloud yethulwa nguSteve Jobs ngesikhathi ethula engqungqutheleni yonjiniyela, kodwa ngeshwa akaphilanga ukuze ayibone yethulwa ngokusemthethweni.
Iminyaka eminingi, umbono weMisebenzi wendlunkulu yedijithali wagcwaliseka yi-Mac njengendawo yokugcina imithombo yezindaba nokunye okuqukethwe. Izinto zaqala ukushintsha kancane ngokufika kwe-iPhone yokuqala ngo-2007. Njengesisetshenziswa esisebenza ngezindlela eziningi futhi esinekhono lokuxhuma ku-inthanethi ngokuqhubekayo, i-iPhone imele okungenani ukushintshwa okuyingxenye kwekhompyutha kubasebenzisi abaningi ngenombolo. wezindlela. Kungekudala ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala, Imisebenzi yaqala ukwenza umbono wayo wesixazululo samafu ngokuyikho nangokwengeziwe.
Igwinya lokuqala kwakuyinkundla ye-MobileMe, eyethulwa ngabakwa-Apple ngo-2008. Abasebenzisi babekhokha u-$99 ngonyaka ukuze bayisebenzise, kanti i-MobileMe yasetshenziselwa ukugcina izikhombisi-ndlela, imibhalo, izithombe nokunye okuqukethwe efwini, kusukela lapho abasebenzisi bengalanda khona lokhu okuqukethwe baye kubo. Amadivayisi we-Apple. Ngeshwa, i-MobileMe iphenduke isevisi engathembeki kakhulu, ecasula ngokuqondakalayo ngisho noSteve Jobs ngokwakhe ngemva nje kokwethulwa kwayo. Ekugcineni, uJobs wanquma ukuthi iMobileMe idicilele phansi isithunzi sika-Apple kabuhlungu futhi yanquma ukuyiqeda unomphela. U-Eddy Cue bekufanele engamele ukwakhiwa kwenkundla yamafu entsha, engcono.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Nakuba i-iCloud yavuka ngendlela emlotheni owasala ngemva kokushiswa kwesiteji se-MobileMe, yayingcono ngokungenakuqhathaniswa ngokwekhwalithi. USteve Jobs ngokuncokola wathi iCloud empeleni "i-hard drive efwini". Ngokusho kuka-Eddy Cu, i-iCloud bekuyindlela elula yabasebenzisi be-Apple yokuphatha okuqukethwe: "Akudingeki ucabange ngokuvumelanisa amadivaysi akho ngoba kwenzeka mahhala futhi ngokuzenzakalelayo," esho esitatimendeni sabezindaba ngaleso sikhathi.
Igalari yezithombe
Vele, ngisho nenkundla ye-iCloud ayinasici ngo-100%, kodwa ngokungafani ne-MobileMe eshiwo ngenhla, ngeke kuthiwe iyiphutha elicacile. Kodwa phakathi neminyaka yokuba khona kwayo, ikwazile ukuba ngumsizi obalulekile kubanikazi bemishini ye-Apple, kuyilapho i-Apple isebenza njalo hhayi nje ekuthuthukiseni i-iCloud ngokwayo, kodwa futhi nasezinsizeni ezihlukahlukene ezixhunywe kuyo.
