Alibaba Cloud Platform
An Alibaba Cloud Platform is a Cloud Computing Platform.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be operated by Alibaba Cloud Corp. (a subsidiary of Alibaba Group).
- It can (typically) Alibaba Cloud Services, such as:
- Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS), providing scalable cloud servers.
- Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS), offering secure, cost-effective cloud storage solutions.
- Alibaba Cloud Relational Database Service (RDS), facilitating easy setup, operation, and scaling of a relational database in the cloud.
- Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN), ensuring fast and reliable content delivery worldwide.
- Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Analytics, enabling big data processing and analytics without the need for infrastructure management.
- Alibaba Cloud Machine Learning Platform for AI, offering a suite of AI services to develop smarter applications and services.
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- It can (typically) be supported by Alibaba Data Centers located across various regions to ensure global coverage and high availability.
- It can (often) offer Security and Compliance Solutions.
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- Example(s):
- Alibaba Cloud, 2010, marked its global expansion efforts, focusing on providing cloud services beyond China.
- Alibaba Cloud, 2014, when it became the official cloud services partner of the Olympics, showcasing its capability to support large-scale events.
- Alibaba Cloud, 2018, introduced the Alibaba Cloud Blockchain as a Service, reflecting its commitment to emerging technologies.
- Alibaba Cloud, 2022, announced a significant investment in global data centers, emphasizing its dedication to expanding its cloud infrastructure.
- Alibaba Cloud, 2023, launched new Alibaba AI Services and Alibaba Machine Learning Services (including Qwen LLMs).
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading global cloud computing platform not affiliated with Alibaba Group.
- Microsoft Azure, another major cloud computing service provider operating globally.
- Google Cloud Platform, a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products.
- See: Infrastructure as a Service, Subsidiary, Jack Ma, Chairman#Executive Chairman, President (Corporate Title), Cloud Computing, Web Service, Alibaba Group, e-Commerce, Singapore, Elasticity (Cloud Computing), Data Storage.
References
2024
- (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Cloud Retrieved:2024-3-13.
- Alibaba Cloud, also known as Aliyun (), is a cloud computing company, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group. Alibaba Cloud provides cloud computing services to online businesses and Alibaba's own e-commerce ecosystem. Its international operations are registered and headquartered in Singapore. Alibaba Cloud offers cloud services that are available on a pay-as-you-go basis, and include elastic compute, data storage, relational databases, big-data processing, anti-DDoS protection and content delivery networks (CDN). It is the largest cloud computing company in China, and in Asia Pacific according to Gartner. Alibaba Cloud operates data centers in 24 regions and 74 availability zones around the globe. As of June 2017, Alibaba Cloud is placed in the Visionaries' quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure as a service, worldwide.