Alibaba stories
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 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 speakers have seen a 53% growth, but the impact of COVID-19 on the industry remains uncertain, according to Futuresource Consulting.
Alibaba Cloud will deliver a series of eCommerce solutions to assist organisations that are adversely impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
Asia-Pacific nations are ramping up investments in quantum computing, aiming to rival US and European efforts, says GlobalData.
NetLinkz's Virtual Invisible Network aids Beijing in COVID-19 recovery, supporting remote work and new contracts, poised for nationwide rollout.
The Chinese giant has created a global direct sourcing platform to support medical personnel in Chinese areas impacted by coronavirus.
The valuation of the global industry has doubled since 2017, and is set to reach $158 billion in the next four years.
Alibaba outlines top 2020 tech trends, highlighting advancements in AI, quantum computing, industrial IoT, and blockchain. Key focus: cognitive intelligence.
The integrations and new offerings are from featured technology partners including Alibaba, Alteryx, Databricks, DataRobot and others.
Amazon leads the global smart speaker market with 10.4 million units shipped in Q3 2019, according to Canalys. Google slips to fourth.
Consumers in the Asia Pacific heavily rely on Big Tech for online services, yet 60% crave more market choices, reveals Internet Society research.
Alibaba Cloud earns top TISAX and GxP accreditations, boosting its security credentials in auto and healthcare.
Alibaba Cloud's MaxCompute sets new global benchmark in big data and decision support tests, solidifying its market leadership with TPC validation.
Alibaba says it wants to be a company that will last for 102 years in the digital era, rather than become a company that is after power or scale.
Acquires Import eCommerce Platform Kaola from NetEase for Approximately US$2 Billion Alibaba will also take a minority stake in NetEase Cloud Music.
Alibaba's eCommerce Expo in Sydney highlighted new export opportunities for ANZ businesses in China, engaging over 150 brands and 900 attendees.
AWS, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba continue their dominance in worldwide cloud infrastructure services market.
Gartner has named Alibaba Cloud as one of the major players in the cloud database management system (DBMS) market.
According to the company's latest report, much of that growth will be driven by two types of devices: smart thermostats and smart speakers.
