What does Alibaba Cloud do? Simple.

Simply put, it is the data processing center.

In the future, "Alibaba Cloud" will be mainly engaged in the research and development of basic technologies, not involving specific software products. At present, cloud computing is a very hot topic, and international IT giants such as IBM and Google have a special liking for cloud computing. Some analysts predict that cloud computing will become the main trend of IT development in the future.

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Development history

On September 22nd, 20 18, Alibaba Cloud announced the establishment of a global delivery center at the Yun Qi conference on September 22nd, 20 18, which also means that Alibaba Cloud has put the construction of global delivery capacity in a higher position and paid more attention to the precipitation of products and technical capabilities to the delivery end.

2065438+July 2008, Shandong Purple Mine Group signed an agreement with Alibaba Cloud Computing Company to jointly promote the cooperation project of new and old kinetic energy conversion.

20 17 17 On February 20th, Alibaba Cloud officially launched ET Brain, integrating global capabilities such as urban management, industrial optimization, auxiliary medical care, environmental management and aviation dispatching, and comprehensively laying out industrial AI.

20 17 1 month, Alibaba became the official partner of "cloud service" and "e-commerce platform service" for the Olympic Games, providing cloud computing and artificial intelligence technology for the Olympic Games.

20 1 16 10, Alibaba Cloud broke the CloudSort world record and reduced the calculation cost of 100TB data sorting to 1/3.

20 16 1 1 month, Alibaba Cloud, Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Australia launched services one after another, achieving global internet market coverage.

20 16, 1 1, Tian Fei was selected as the most representative 15 scientific and technological innovation in the world.

20 16 10, Alibaba Cloud cooperated with the National Astronomical Observatory to jointly carry out astrophysical research.

20 16 10, Hangzhou and Alibaba Cloud jointly released the urban brain, and artificial intelligence ET helped to manage traffic.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Alibaba Cloud