HANGZHOU, China -- (Business Wire)
Aliyun, Alibaba’s cloud computing business, today announced the opening
of its first overseas data center in Silicon Valley, signifying an
important move to serve clients globally. The center will initially
target Chinese enterprises based in the United States with the plan to
gradually expand its products and services to international clients in
the second half of this year. Aliyun has existing data centers in
Hangzhou, Qingdao, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
The Silicon Valley data center initially will provide a variety of cloud
computing services that are expected to attract overseas Chinese
businesses as they develop various kinds of applications. U.S.
businesses will also be sought as Aliyun learns more about the needs of
overseas companies.
“Aliyun offers users top-notch cloud computing products and services at
competitive prices. Now Aliyun hopes to meet the needs of Chinese
enterprises in the United States, and the ultimate objective of Aliyun
is to bring cost-efficient and cutting-edge cloud computing services to
benefit more clients outside China to boost their business development,”
said Ethan Sicheng Yu, Vice President of Aliyun.
During Alibaba Group’s 11.11 Shopping Festival, Aliyun handled peak
order creation volumes of 80,000 orders per second. The high volume of
data processed and the stability of the system during the Shopping
Festival underscores the reliability of Aliyun’s network. Aliyun also
provides a high level of data security. An Aliyun cloud security service
called YunDun last year successfully fended off a hacker attack on a
Chinese gaming app company that is believed to be the largest DDoS
(Distributed Denial of Service) attack ever recorded on the mainland.
Occurring on Dec. 20, this incident lasted 14 hours and peak attacking
traffic reached 453.8 gigabytes per second. Aliyun’s customers range
from start-ups to established corporations in digital entertainment,
consumer electronics, financial services and mobile communications
space. As of June 30, 2014, over 1.4 million customers were using Aliyun
services directly or indirectly through independent software vendors.
According to a
report from IDC, Aliyun is the largest IaaS
(Infrastructure-as-a-Service) provider in China with a 22.8% market
share in the first half of 2014.
A survey from North Bridge shows that 75% of the companies in America
use some form of cloud services. In 2014, the global cloud computing
industry is predicted to be worth more than $150 billion.
About Aliyun
Established in September 2009, Alibaba Cloud Computing (www.aliyun.com)
develops highly scalable platforms for cloud computing and data
management. It provides a comprehensive suite of cloud computing
services to support the participants of Alibaba Group’s online and
mobile commerce ecosystem, including sellers, and other third-party
customers and businesses. Alibaba Cloud Computing is a business within
Alibaba Group.
Contacts:
Alibaba Group
Bob Christie, +1 917-860-9410
bob.christie@alibaba-inc.com
Rachel
Chan, +852 9400 0979
rachelchan@hk.alibaba-inc.com
Beckie
Wang, +86 136 0052 5282
beckiewang@alibaba-inc.com
Source: Alibaba Cloud Computing
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