Aliyun, Alibaba Group’s (NYSE: BABA) cloud computing arm, today
announced the launch of Marketplace Alliance Program (MAP), a global
partnership program that provides enterprises with access to Aliyun’s
full suite of cloud computing services and international partners.
This new program will enable Aliyun to localize its cloud computing
offerings by partnering with enterprises in different regions and
provide localized hybrid cloud computing services to meet the regional
needs of global developers.
The initial Aliyun’s MAP partners are some of the world’s leading
technology brands, including American multinational technology company
Intel, Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel, Dubai holding
company Meraas Holdings, Equinix, a U.S. provider of data centers and
Internet exchanges, Hong Kong telco and information technology company
PCCW, French website hosting and cloud services provider LINKBYNET, and
Hong Kong public utility Towngas. By collaborating with international
partners and combining their experience and expertise in local markets,
Aliyun is able to reduce infrastructure cost, improve networking
efficiency, optimize cloud solutions, pass along savings and provide
hybrid cloud services to cloud consumers in internet, finance, energy,
gaming, entertainment, healthcare and education.
“The new Aliyun program is designed to bring our customers the best
cloud computing solutions by partnering with some of the most respected
technology brands in the world. We will continue to bring more partners
online to grow our cloud computing ecosystem,” said Sicheng (Ethan) YU,
vice president, Aliyun.
Commenting on the scheme, Raejeanne Skillern, general manager of Cloud
Service Provider Business at Intel Corporation said, "For years Intel
and Alibaba have collaborated on optimizing hardware and software
technology across the data center for Alibaba's unique workloads. As a
partner in Aliyun's Marketplace Alliance Program, Intel looks forward to
continuing our collaboration to promoting joint technology solutions
that are based on Intel Architecture specifically tailored to the
rapidly growing market of international public cloud consumers."
Aliyun creates sophisticated networking solutions and makes big-data
intelligence products and services available to small and medium sized
companies, while driving the adoption of cloud services among large
enterprises.
“As one of the first global partners of Aliyun, Singtel will offer our
customers even more choices in cloud infrastructure platforms in China
and around the world,” said Lim Seng Kong, Singtel’s managing director
(Global Enterprise Business). “With Singtel’s strong Managed Cloud
services capabilities, extensive customer reach and strong suite of
information and communications technology services, we can also provide
the springboard for Aliyun to grow its footprint in the Asia-Pacific,
which is one of the fastest growing markets for cloud services.”
“Worldwide adoption of cloud services continues to rise, with Asia
representing one of the fastest-growing cloud markets in the world. Our
goal at Equinix is to provide on-demand and direct access to multiple
clouds and multiple networks seamlessly around the globe. By joining MAP
and offering access to its cloud services on Cloud Exchange, we are one
step closer to fulfilling this goal, enabling our multi-national
customers the ability to expand their cloud-based applications across
Asia, in a secure, direct manner,” said Chris Sharp, vice president,
cloud innovation at Equinix.
“We are honored that Aliyun’s scalable and secured cloud technology, has
chosen to couple with PCCW Globe’s extensive geographic coverage, and
can thus open up a new vista of opportunities in both developed and
emerging markets so as to facilitate productivity and cost
effectiveness,“ said Stephen Pang, PCCW global senior vice president of
Asia & CIS.
Aliyun has data centers in Beijing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Hong Kong,
Shenzhen, Silicon Valley, and Dubai (under construction). As of June 30,
2014, Aliyun served more than 1.4 million customers directly and
indirectly through independent service providers.
According to IDC’s report, public cloud spending global will grow by 25
percent in 2015 to reach USD $21 billion, and private cloud IT
infrastructure spending will grow 16 percent over the year to USD $12
billion. This will give a worldwide total cloud spend for 2015 of USD
$32 billion, up 28 percent on 2014's USD $26.4 billion.
About Aliyun
Established in September 2009, Aliyun (Alibaba Cloud Computing) develops
highly scalable cloud computing and data management services providing
large and small businesses, financial institutions, governments and
other organizations with flexible, cost-effective solutions to their
networking and information needs. A business of Alibaba Group, one of
the world’s largest e-commerce companies, Aliyun operates the network
that powers Alibaba’s extensive online and mobile commerce ecosystem and
sells a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to support
sellers and other third-party participating in this ecosystem.
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