Alibaba stories - Page 2
The technology behind Alibaba's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival
Thu, 18th Nov 2021
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Alibaba’s recent 11.11 Global Shopping Festival was greener than usual this year, thanks to a boost in the cloud computing power behind the event.
Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce plan to launch new commerce product
Tue, 21st Sep 2021
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Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce are working toward an agreement to launch Salesforce Social Commerce, a headless commerce product designed and built in China.
Alibaba's AI model outperforms humans in global challenge
Fri, 20th Aug 2021
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Alibaba has secured first place in the latest global Visual Question Answering leaderboard, performing better than humans in the same context.
Global IaaS market hit $64.3 billion in 2020
Tue, 29th Jun 2021
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The 40.7% boost in the Infrastructure as a Service market was accompanied by another positive statistic: almost 90% of all IaaS providers exhibited growth.
Alibaba Cloud shopping festival harnesses power of renewable energy and smart logistics
Fri, 25th Jun 2021
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Alibaba’s annual Mid-Year Shopping Festival was not only a large-scale campaign across popular retail platforms, but it was also a feat for ‘green technology’.
Alibaba Cloud 2021: eCommerce live streaming solution unveiled, plus $1b investment in APAC SMBs
Wed, 9th Jun 2021
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Alibaba Cloud unveils $1b project to support APAC SMBs, introduces eCommerce live streaming solution, and commits to long-term growth in the region.
Alibaba Group ranks third in global IaaS market, first in APAC
Thu, 22nd Apr 2021
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Alibaba Group remains third in the global Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market for the third year running, according to Gartner.
Alibaba Cloud overhauls its hybrid cloud strategy
Thu, 3rd Dec 2020
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The company's Hybrid Cloud Partner Program, Hybrid Backup Recovery solution and Hybrid Cloud Storage Array have all seen significant enhancements.
IBM, Alphabet and well-funded startups in the race for quantum supremacy
Fri, 25th Sep 2020
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Companies are racing to achieve 'quantum supremacy' WHERE id = with IBM and Alphabet among those leading the charge, according to research from GlobalData.
Amazon surges ahead of eCommerce competitors in market capitalisation
Fri, 28th Aug 2020
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commerce systems
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Amazon's market capitalisation soars to $1tn in H1 2020, with a 41.8% rise in Q2, leaving Alibaba in the dust.
Amazon continues to dominate global IaaS market - report
Tue, 11th Aug 2020
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The top 5 IaaS providers accounted for 80% of the total worldwide market in 2019, according to a new report from Gartner.
Forrester analyses the top SaaS marketplace players
Tue, 4th Aug 2020
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data analytics
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public cloud
The ‘New Wave SaaS Marketplaces’ report analyses the top eight players and provides analyst insight on who is excelling, or trailing, in 10 criteria.
Alibaba Cloud to invest US$283 million to accelerate global partner innovation
Wed, 17th Jun 2020
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Alibaba Cloud is investing USD $283 million to speed up global partner innovation, aiming to boost digitalisation and create joint products for diverse sectors.
Alibaba records growth for 2020, but it's not all smooth sailing
Mon, 25th May 2020
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The company's Cloud business saw huge gains, but the declining business activity in the early months of 2020 was not kind to the retail giant.
Alibaba Cloud to invest US$28 billion in cloud infrastructure
Mon, 20th Apr 2020
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public cloud
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microsoft
Alibaba Cloud is set to bolster its cloud infrastructure by investing USD $28 billion over three years, focusing on next-gen data centers and key technologies.
Smart speaker market continues to grow - report
Tue, 24th Mar 2020
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google
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amazon
Smart speakers have seen a 53% growth, but the impact of COVID-19 on the industry remains uncertain, according to Futuresource Consulting.
Coronavirus: Alibaba Cloud delivers eCommerce to help retailers
Fri, 13th Mar 2020
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Alibaba Cloud will deliver a series of eCommerce solutions to assist organisations that are adversely impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
APAC jumps on quantum computing bandwagon
Tue, 3rd Mar 2020
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Asia-Pacific nations are ramping up investments in quantum computing, aiming to rival US and European efforts, says GlobalData.
NetLinkz helps Beijing government to get people back to work
Fri, 28th Feb 2020
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NetLinkz's Virtual Invisible Network aids Beijing in COVID-19 recovery, supporting remote work and new contracts, poised for nationwide rollout.
Alibaba uses tech ecosystem to aid coronavirus treatment
Mon, 10th Feb 2020
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The Chinese giant has created a global direct sourcing platform to support medical personnel in Chinese areas impacted by coronavirus.