Alibaba stories

E-commerce giants betting on low pricing, genAI for Double 11 success
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For this year's Double 11 shopping festival, e-commerce giants are expected to focus on low pricing and use genAI to aid sales.

Mainland China’s cloud market grew moderately in Q2 2023
Fri, 22nd Sep 2023
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The main players in mainland China’s cloud infrastructure market remain unchanged in Q2 2023, with Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud and Tencent Cloud at the top.

Alibaba unveils AI image generation model Tongyi Wanxiang
Fri, 14th Jul 2023
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The generative AI model is now available for enterprise customers in China for beta testing and aims to help businesses unleash creativity and productivity.

Report: Who is leading the global cloud project race?
Fri, 23rd Jun 2023
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aws
The Global Cloud Projects Report and Database 2023 reveals the distinct market footprints of major cloud vendors, according to IoT Analytics.

AGI announces first global edition of Netpreneur Masterclass
Wed, 21st Jun 2023
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Alibaba Global Initiatives launches global edition of Alibaba Netpreneur Masterclass to support business leaders in the digital era.

FMI finds earphone and headphone market to expand by billions
Thu, 27th Oct 2022
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The earphones and headphones market is estimated to be worth USD$ 22.3 billion in 2022 and is projected to close in on a valuation of $35.2 billion by 2028.

Alibaba unveils latest chip development platform, Wujian 600
Fri, 26th Aug 2022
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The platform has been created to help global developers in the design of high-performance Systems-on-Chip for edge-AI computing.

Alibaba named Major Player in commercial CDN by IDC
Thu, 21st Apr 2022
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Alibaba has been named a Major Player in global commercial content delivery network services in the latest IDC MarketScape report.

Alibaba’s Cainiao Network uses solar power for warehouses
Wed, 20th Apr 2022
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Alibaba Group's logistic arm Cainiao Network has installed 100,000m2 of solar panels on its warehouses so far in its push to build a global green supply chain.

Responsible Technology, Sustainable Future: How technology will help companies become carbon neutral by 2030
Thu, 31st Mar 2022
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Alibaba Group has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, with a focus on digitization and green practices. #ClimateAction #Sustainability.

Alibaba announces December Quarter 2021 financial results
Fri, 25th Feb 2022
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Alibaba has announced its December Quarter 2021 financial results, highlighting a 19% increase in revenue compared to the same quarter the year before.

Alibaba cloud will help broadcast the Olympic Winter Games 2022
Fri, 18th Feb 2022
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In collaboration with the Olympic Broadcasting Services, Alibaba's cloud technologies will be utilised during the Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022.

Salesforce announces new innovations across the APAC market
Mon, 17th Jan 2022
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Salesforce has announced a string of new innovations and partnerships to help expand its reach across the APAC market.

Alibaba reveals its top 10 tech trends for the year ahead
Tue, 11th Jan 2022
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Alibaba DAMO Academy has released its forecast of the leading trends it believes will shape the tech industry in 2022.

Phishing emails double in November as COVID-19 spurs hacker appetite
Wed, 24th Nov 2021
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email security
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Coronavirus is responsible for the increase in hacker appetite, as shoppers rely more on e-shopping this year to practice social distancing.

The technology behind Alibaba's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival
Thu, 18th Nov 2021
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Alibaba’s recent 11.11 Global Shopping Festival was greener than usual this year, thanks to a boost in the cloud computing power behind the event.

Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce plan to launch new commerce product
Tue, 21st Sep 2021
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Alibaba Cloud and Salesforce are working toward an agreement to launch Salesforce Social Commerce, a headless commerce product designed and built in China.

Alibaba's AI model outperforms humans in global challenge
Fri, 20th Aug 2021
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Alibaba has secured first place in the latest global Visual Question Answering leaderboard, performing better than humans in the same context.

Global IaaS market hit $64.3 billion in 2020
Tue, 29th Jun 2021
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The 40.7% boost in the Infrastructure as a Service market was accompanied by another positive statistic: almost 90% of all IaaS providers exhibited growth.

Alibaba Cloud shopping festival harnesses power of renewable energy and smart logistics
Fri, 25th Jun 2021
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retail
Alibaba’s annual Mid-Year Shopping Festival was not only a large-scale campaign across popular retail platforms, but it was also a feat for ‘green technology’.

Alibaba Cloud 2021: eCommerce live streaming solution unveiled, plus $1b investment in APAC SMBs
Wed, 9th Jun 2021
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commerce systems
Alibaba Cloud unveils $1b project to support APAC SMBs, introduces eCommerce live streaming solution, and commits to long-term growth in the region.

Alibaba Group ranks third in global IaaS market, first in APAC
Thu, 22nd Apr 2021
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Alibaba Group remains third in the global Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) market for the third year running, according to Gartner.

Alibaba Cloud overhauls its hybrid cloud strategy
Thu, 3rd Dec 2020
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The company's Hybrid Cloud Partner Program, Hybrid Backup Recovery solution and Hybrid Cloud Storage Array have all seen significant enhancements.

IBM, Alphabet and well-funded startups in the race for quantum supremacy
Fri, 25th Sep 2020
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Companies are racing to achieve 'quantum supremacy' WHERE id = with IBM and Alphabet among those leading the charge, according to research from GlobalData.