Amazon’s decision to introduce Mac support via AWS illustrates Apple’s growing importance in enterprise IT, Michael Simon/IDG
Delay may be the deadliest form of denial, but Amazon’s decision to introduce Mac support via AWS illustrates Apple’s growing importance in enterprise IT, as vendors across the board follow the money.
Big Sur in the cloud
That importance is this week reflected by Amazon’s decision to offer macOS Big Sur in the cloud within AWS. The company originally confirmed plans to offer Big Sur support in early December when it first introduced support for Macs in the form of a fleet of Mac minis. Now, it seems those Macs have been upgraded and Amazon has introduced support for macOS Big Sur in its cloud.
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EC2 Mac instances allow customers to run on-demand macOS workflows from the AWS cloud. The new system is powered by Intel-based Mac mini devices. With EC2 Mac instances, developers creating apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Safari can provision and access macOS environments within minutes, dynamically scale capacity as needed, and benefit from AWS s pay-as-you-go pricing, Amazon says.
Additionally, Amazon added that customers can also access Amazon Elastic File Systems (EFS) from EC2 Mac instances running macOS Big Sur. That provides serverless elastic file systems for use with AWS services.
More information about Mac instances on AWS can be found on Amazon s website. Users can get started in the AWS Console, the Command Line Interface (CLI), or the AWS API.
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EC2 Mac instances allow customers to run on-demand macOS workflows from the AWS cloud. The new system is powered by Intel-based Mac mini devices. With EC2 Mac instances, developers creating apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Safari can provision and access macOS environments within minutes, dynamically scale capacity as needed, and benefit from AWS s pay-as-you-go pricing, Amazon says.
Additionally, Amazon added that customers can also access Amazon Elastic File Systems (EFS) from EC2 Mac instances running macOS Big Sur. That provides serverless elastic file systems for use with AWS services.
More information about Mac instances on AWS can be found on Amazon s website. Users can get started in the AWS Console, the Command Line Interface (CLI), or the AWS API.
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