Alibaba Cloud Opens Indonesian Data Center
Alibaba Cloud commenced operations in its first data center in Indonesia. The data center, which is described as the first global cloud hosting facility…
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Alibaba Cloud launches services in Europe
Alibaba Cloud launched eight cloud services for European markets. The services, which were introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, range from big data…
Alibaba Cloud plugs into CoreSite Silicon Valley and No. Virginia
CoreSite is now offering private connectivity to Alibaba Cloud Open Cloud Exchange data centers in Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia. Customers can now get…
Alibaba to crank up its research activities
Alibaba expects to invest more than US$15 billion in research and development over the next three years. The expanded R&D efforts includes the launch…
Mellanox Supplies Network Adapters for Alibaba’s 25G RoCE Ethernet Cloud
Mellanox Technologies confirmed that its 25GbE and 100GbE ConnectX®-4 EN family of Ethernet adapters has been deployed in Alibaba’s data centers. Key capabilities of…
Alibaba’s Q2 cloud revenue rises 96% to US$359 million
Alibaba Group reported that Q2 2017 revenue from cloud computing reach RMB2,431 million (US$359 million), up 96% year-over-year. Alibaba said the number of paying…
Keeping an eye on Alibaba Cloud, Aliyun – Part 3
In the days before President Trump’s inauguration in January, Alibaba’s Jack Ma was among the parade of billionaires and other dignitaries appearing at Trump…
Keeping an eye on Alibaba Cloud, Aliyun – Part 2
At its investor conference last week in Hangzhou, China, Alibaba’s Aliyun cloud business unit disclosed plans to build out new data centres in lock…
Keeping an eye on Alibaba Cloud, Aliyun – Part 1
Alibaba’s Jack Ma made headlines across the world last week by laying out a plan for rapid global expansion of China’s e-commerce behemoth. In…
Equinix partners with China's Alibaba Cloud to expand cloud connectivity
Equinix, the global interconnection and data centre company, announced a collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group, to provide…
Alibaba Looks to Intel FPGAs for Cloud Acceleration Service
Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), is kicking off a pilot program with Intel for a cloud-based FPGA (field programmable gate array) acceleration service. Specifically, Aliyun will…
Alibaba Cloud for Japan Ready for Launch
Alibaba Cloud for Japan is ready for commercial launch on December 15, 2016. The service is provided by SB Cloud Corporation, which is a…
Alibaba Invests in Israel’s InfinityAR Start-up
Infinity Augmented Reality, a start-up based in Israel, announced US$18 million in Series C funding for its software-based Augmented Reality engine. The round was…