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Big cloud providers continue to squeeze out smaller players

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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Last year saw almost manic growth in revenue for cloud providers as businesses continue to seek the benefits the services can provide.
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Alibaba Cloud making global moves with new data centre

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Opening a second data centre in Indonesia, a relatively small but growing IT economy, shows Alibaba is thinking strategically about its place in APAC.
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Alibaba Cloud invests in future Singapore IT talent

Mon, 4th Feb 2019
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The joint programme with the Singapore Management University (SMU) and Alibaba Cloud is the latter company's first of its kind outside of China.
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Alibaba Cloud showcases commitment to Hong Kong

Fri, 18th Jan 2019
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The company's service capability in Hong Kong has doubled since it established its first data centre in the city in 2014.
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Alibaba's second Indonesia data centre now open for business

Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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A mere ten months after launching its first data centre in Indonesia, Alibaba Cloud has now opened the doors to its second.
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More pie for me: Alibaba Cloud's aggressive EMEA expansion

Sat, 24th Nov 2018
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After elbowing its way into the EMEA market last month, the Chinese cloud provider has now unveiled the full extent of its product portfolio for the region.
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Alibaba Cloud signs MoU to promote smart city innovation

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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'Smart cities' is one of the hot buzz phrases of 2018, and Alibaba Cloud is taking measures to ensure it's at the forefront of the movement.
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Analysts say AWS dominance forced IBM's Red Hat acquisition

Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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IBM bets big with a USD $34 billion takeover of Red Hat, spurred by AWS's cloud dominance and aiming to become the top hybrid cloud provider.
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Tensions between China and US causing cloud war

Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US  are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.
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Big 5 cloud providers tighten stranglehold on market

Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.
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Alibaba Cloud elbows into EMEA with new UK data centres

Mon, 22nd Oct 2018
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Competition is heating up among the major cloud providers, as Alibaba Cloud continues to claim a bigger stake in the market.
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Alibaba Cloud signs MoU to digitise China's energy sector

Tue, 16th Oct 2018
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Alibaba Cloud will work with Norwegian software company Kongsberg Digital to open up new solutions for the energy sector in China and other parts of Asia.
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NEXTDC and Alibaba Cloud cosy up to open Asia for AU

Wed, 10th Oct 2018
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NEXTDC partners with Alibaba Cloud to provide Australian firms access to China's largest public cloud, enhancing connectivity across Asia-Pacific.
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Alibaba Cloud to close gap with rivals in APAC - GlobalData

Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.
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Intel and Alibaba Cloud look to the edge with new partnership

Fri, 21st Sep 2018
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The two companies have released an aptly named 'Joint Edge Computing Platform' in the hopes to encourage the concept among enterprises.
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Alibaba Cloud and VMware team up to offer hybrid cloud solutions

Thu, 20th Sep 2018
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Hybrid cloud deployments are certainly the flavour of the times at the moment and it's an area these two companies are investing in.
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Alibaba Cloud & SDL to help firms grow digital business across Asia

Wed, 19th Sep 2018
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Alibaba Cloud teams up with SDL to help global firms expand digital businesses in Asia, leveraging SDL's content management and translation tools.
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​Alibaba Cloud opens up Asian Games after resolving storage issue

Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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Alibaba Cloud partnered with ABU Sports Network to deliver a turnkey internet-based broadcast solution to the benefit of millions of viewers.
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HPE and Alibaba bring on-premise hybrid cloud solution to APAC

Mon, 20th Aug 2018
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HPE partners with Alibaba Cloud to deliver on-premise hybrid cloud solutions in Asia Pacific (excluding China).
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Alibaba Cloud fires shots with 9 new products and partner programme​

Wed, 15th Aug 2018
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Alibaba Cloud has invested a significant amount of resources into its latest suite of products and partner programme.