“We help them comply with local regulation”.
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“We will have four data centers in Japan, Dubai, Australia and Europe by the end of 2016”, Yu said at the launch of AliLaunch – a program under which foreign companies will use the cloud system to do business in China.
But Beijing’s efforts to tighten control over internet content and implement stringent cybersecurity rules have dampened the ability of foreign cloud companies to sell their software and services online in the world’s third-largest technology market.
Securing an influential Chinese partner has become key to cracking the domestic market.
Ge Jin, Business Architect Director at Alibaba Cloud says the companies will focus on developing breakthrough innovative solutions to tackle bandwidth allocation, data transmission and data processing needs in areas such as VR video production and VR broadcasting – and bring together industry developers to build a VR cloud ecosystem and extend “Viveport”, HTC’s VR app store to Alibaba Cloud’s cloud computing platform. Last year, China said it will block software, servers and computing equipment, and since then, it has championed homegrown services over foreign technology. This, combined with a tightening of regulations in China, means that USA firms are struggling to participate in China’s $465 billion IT market. The company said it aims to sign up 50 partners over the next 12 months. But it is a primary driver of growth over the longer term.
“The introduction of AliLaunch demonstrates Alibaba Cloud’s ongoing commitment of building a global cloud computing ecosystem, which connects SaaS [Software as a Service] developers and business partners from different countries on a unified platform”, said Sicheng YU, Vice President of Alibaba Group and General Manager of Alibaba Cloud Global.
Numerous partners that Alibaba has teamed up with have their own software products that run on the cloud.
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Alibaba Cloud has over 2.3 million customers, including more than 500,000 paying customers. Providing real-time comments for basketball games and public sentiment and predicting traffic are what the company intends to do, for which it is exploring artificial intelligence.
