As you go through the business operations of Alibaba group, you will realize that cloud technology has revolutionized the way we do business in the 21st century. The robust ecosystem in Alibaba’s business operations has been driven for years by technological innovations with the latest being cloud computing. Cloud has proved to be a high generator of revenue and a booster of the primary business of Alibaba. In 2009, Alibaba cloud was established which translated to the fastest growing segment of revenue generation within the company.
The revenue generated by cloud technology in Alibaba group in the September quarter grew by 99% to a tune of $447 million. This growth was majorly contributed by a growing number of paying consumers. Alibaba group now has about 1,011,000 paying consumers that have been as a result of cloud technology incorporation to business activities. The consumer base represents a 100% increase to 2.3 million customers from all over the world.
Alibaba cloud was among the members of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure as a service popularly known as IaaS. Alibaba’s inclusion in the group has borne fruits in emerging markets such as China, and its growing investment has also been felt in the new markets that Alibaba has ventured into both in the US market and internationally. The growth in commerce by the Alibaba group has placed the company in the third position among IaaS member groups in the 2016/2017 fiscal year recording a whopping 127% growth as per a report generated in September of this year. The market revenue from cloud computing is expected to plummet to about 426.2 billion worldwide by the end of the current financial year.
At the heart of the online and E-commerce business operations at Alibaba group is the cloud computing technology. For instance, in the 2017 global shopping festival, cloud computing at Alibaba could process a maximum of 325,000 transactions per second. The giant in the E-commerce industry is focusing on advanced technology applications and research. The technologies that are on Alibaba’s list include Internet of things (IoT), machine learning, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
These technological developments are expected to further boost Alibaba cloud with a competitive advantage in the provision of products and services. The company group committed to a global research program in 2015 that was funded to the tune of $15 billion. Over the next couple of years, the DAMO Academy started by Alibaba group is expected to open seven labs around the world for research and development.
