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• Alibaba Cloud targets Thailand for new data centre development

  Chinese cloud vendor Alibaba Cloud has revealed plans to build a new data centre in Thailand, to be established in 2022.

• AWS storms ahead as Q3 global cloud market surges

  The cloud market continued to see strong growth during Q3, with standout AWS generating more revenue than the next three largest CSPs combined.

• 6 ways Alibaba Cloud challenges AWS, Azure, and GCP

  From storage and network innovations to eye-popping AI solutions, Alibaba offers a number of advantages over the leading cloud rivals.

• Alibaba Cloud invests $283M into channel partners

  Alibaba Cloud is to revamp its channel program, investing up to US$283 million into partners over the fiscal year.

• Alibaba Cloud ramps up global presence with thousands of new tech jobs

  ​Alibaba’s cloud computing business plans to hire an additional 5,000 tech staff globally over the next 10 months as it works to ramp up its cloud presence.

• Q1 belongs to AWS and Microsoft as cloud provides ‘safe haven’ during Covid-19

  The economic impact of Covid-19 has so far failed to slow the cloud progress of AWS and Microsoft within the enterprise market.

• Channel plays core role as global cloud infrastructure spend surges

  Global spending on cloud infrastructure reached a record high in Q4 2019 with growth of over 30 per cent, and the channel has played a big part in that growth.

• Alibaba Cloud releases AI algorithms to GitHub

  Alibaba Cloud has released source codes of its machine learning Alink platform to Github.

• Why Salesforce is splitting itself between major public cloud vendors

  Hint: it's not just about tapping into a market primed for growth or global expansion.

• Big 4 dominate expanding public cloud market

  AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud accounted for 72 per cent of public cloud services revenue during the third quarter of 2019.

• AWS and Microsoft claim half of cloud services spending

  Spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to increase with AWS and Microsoft accounting for half of all customer investments.

• Alibaba Cloud strikes hospitality tech alliance in Singapore

  Alibaba Cloud has signed an agreement with SACEOS to promote up-skilling programs and technology collaboration in the city-state.

• Alibaba Cloud secures data validation from Banks of Singapore

  Alibaba Cloud has attained OSPAR validation by the Association of Banks in Singapore, billed as a “public cloud provider first” by the vendor.

• Alibaba Cloud targets SMEs with SaaS accelerator

  Alibaba Cloud has launched 10 new products and features for the first time outside of China, including a new SaaS accelerator from Singapore.

• Alibaba Cloud launches China Gateway initiative in Singapore with eight partners

  Alibaba Cloud has expanded its China Gateway initiative to Singapore, helping local businesses expand into the Chinese market and across Asia.