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Alibaba Cloud is a global cloud computing platform offering IaaS, PaaS and managed services across compute, storage, networking, and data analytics. It targets enterprises and developers with regionally distributed data centers, compliance features and native integrations for the Alibaba ecosystem. Useful for scalable web, big data and hybrid cloud deploymen…
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Alibaba Cloud is a global cloud platform for compute, storage, networking, and managed data and platform services.
Alibaba Cloud, also known as Aliyun, was founded in September 2009 as the cloud division of Alibaba Group. It began with the concrete need to support Alibaba’s online commerce and platform services with scalable infrastructure for compute, storage, and networking. That operational context grew into an independent cloud platform with data centers across regions and enterprise services.
Think of Alibaba Cloud as a layered operating environment: users request resources through the console, API, or CLI; the platform then provisions compute, storage, networking, and managed databases in a chosen region. Availability zones spread load and failure risk, security controls restrict access, and integrations connect workloads with other services or the Alibaba ecosystem.
Organizations deliver on-demand computing resources and managed services over the internet, shaping infrastructure and operational models.
IaaS, PaaS, and managed services separate raw infrastructure, platform capabilities, and operated services.
Geographic distribution helps balance latency, availability, and location requirements.
Access controls, protection features, and regulatory constraints determine which workloads fit.
Native links to in-house services and tools make shared operating and data paths easier to build.
Alibaba Cloud is useful when applications must run across regions, scale elastically, or use managed infrastructure instead of self-operated systems. It fits web, data, and hybrid-cloud scenarios with regional requirements. Trade-offs include data residency, service availability by region, vendor lock-in from managed services, and the operational effort required for security and governance.
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