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Editor in Chief / Selina Yuan
Editor / Stephanie Gao
Senior Review Editor / Daniel Jiang
Website Planner / Sandy Zhang
Writer / Yi Shen, Yitian Xu, Jans Wei, Qiyang Duan,
Elaine Ru, Olivia Kang, Calvin Deng, Ryan Zhao, Sue
Zhou, Max Tao, Susan Zuo, Monica Chan, Jade Huang
PR Advisor / Crystal Liu, Claudia Ju, Xiaoyi Shao
Legal Advisor / Ava Zhao
Proofreading Editor / James Fitzgerald, Jeremy Pedersen
Art Director / Sophie Wang
Designer / Longze Ma
CONTENT
Globalization Restarts from China
Accelerate Your Business Success in China with
Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud’s Technological Capabilities
At Your Service, As a Service
The Journey to Reinvent Car Buying Experience
Powering Electric Dreams in the Cloud
Digital Transfermation Best Practice from
Traditional to Cloud
Alibaba Cloud and Fortinet Jointly Innovate to
Secure Business’ Journey to Cloud
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Globalization
Restarts
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Four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I have
resumed my business travel in China again. On
my first trip to Shanghai, many businesses have
gradually re-opended. The city is alive again as I
noticed many international faces around.
In chaos theory, a butterfly flipping its wings in
China can cause a hurricane in Texas. We are now
living in a fully interconnected world, a fact that no
one can deny. While some businesses, especially
those in China, are gradually recovering from the
disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,
we are working hard to help our customers adapt
to the new normal and fasten their pace of digital
transformation in the post pandemic world.
After several months of self-isolation and quarantine
in cities that impose lockdown, the demand of
consumption is now booming. More people start
going out again for dinner and shopping; some
are even buying luxury goods such as cars, which
recorded better sales than prior to the pandemic.
Looking deeper into the ever-changing economic
behaviors, we found some noteworthy signs that
has happened during the economic revival. Online
education and communication have become more
popular, many stores have changed their owners, and
online businesses are more active. 3D technologies
have been introduced to online businesses to create
a vivid shopping experience, such as using 3D
technology to help a home-furnishing company
to showcase their furniture. More and more new
technologies have been introduced to businesses
to create many innovative models that have never
seen before.
Logistics businesses have started to pick up. Now
in China you can see many trucks back on the
highway delivering diversified goods around the
country. More and more customer demands can
now be better satisfied.
I think there are many opportunities for multinational
companies in China post the pandemic. For
example, with cloud and intelligent technologies,
a company can offer products and services that
better meet their customers’ requests, resume
logistics capabilities, and provide tailored goods
and services to meet clients’ diverse demands.
People in China can benefit from the offerings
from Alibaba’s ecosystem. From Alipay for digital
payment, Taobao and Tmall for e-commerce,
Freshippo for grocery shopping, to A-map for
ride hailing and Cainiao for logistics services: all
of these business units are closely related with
everyone’s daily life. All these core platforms have
been supported by Alibaba Cloud. With the Alibaba
ecosystem resources and our leading technologies,
we are committed to support more multinational
companies to restart their business expansion in
China.
Let’s unite together to make a better future.
Selina Yuan
President of
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence
International Business
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Accelerate Your
Business Success
In China With
Alibaba Cloud
Are you looking at establishing a business presence in China,
developing a go-to-market strategy there, or deciding how to
deliver the best online experience for your customers?
China is an increasingly hot destination for
multinational corporations and SMEs alike. When
they arrive, they find a highly digital and connected
market boasting the world’s largest and most
sophisticated mobile payment infrastructure.
China is composed of huge, fragmented markets:
geographically,socially,and economically. Whatever
the size of your business, it is important that it not
only has the capacity to cope with the demands
that this creates, but also provides a cross-border
network connection that seamlessly links your
business in China to your headquarters, anywhere
in the world.
As the innovation engine of Alibaba Group, Alibaba
Cloud helps international businesses of all sizes and
at different levels of commitment to adapt their
operations for China. Whether companies are just
dipping their toe into China by launching a lean
operation with no office, or are partially committed
with a few local staff – right through to companies
launching a full operation, going all in, acting as
native players and thinking in a local way – Alibaba
Cloud will be your best partner. Below are just a
few reasons to Go Alibaba when you Go China.
Alibaba Cloud provides information technology
(IT) infrastructure and Cloud computing products
and services that power global businesses. It
transforms the way brands engage with their
customers in hundreds of countries/regions by
supporting Alibaba Group’s mission to make it easy
to do business without boundaries.
In 2018, Alibaba Cloud was featured as a "visionary"
services provider in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for
Cloud Infrastructure. With an international network
of 21 Alibaba Cloud regions, 63 availability
zones, and 2800+ CDN nodes distributed across
70 countries and 6 continents, Alibaba Cloud
serves more than 1 million customers worldwide.
Its international operations are registered and
headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in
Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S.
These multiple locations help drive international
growth and make Alibaba Cloud a world-leading
global Cloud services provider.
In mainland China, Alibaba Cloud is the largest
public Cloud services provider with the most
advanced Cloud network, including 10 availability
zones and more than 2,300 CDN nodes throughout
the country. It holds a 42.8%
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share of China’s
domestic market and provides international
companies with seamless access to China through
Alibaba Cloud’s China Gateway solution.
Alibaba Cloud helps businesses build a stable
foundation for Cloud-first strategy through a
complete suite of cloud offerings. It offers a
comprehensive suite of Cloud products and
services, including Web hosting, data migration,
storage, networking, and security, enabling
innovation across several industries ranging from
retail, to E-Commerce, health care, financial
services, aviation, hospitality, tourism, and even
manufacturing.
Enterprises are experiencing a radical transformation,
implementing Big Data and Machine Learning
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technologies in all aspects of their operations.
But such transformation brings new types of
challenges such as breaking down data silos,
integrating disparate data sources, processing
massive amounts of data, and building advanced
analytical capabilities. All of these challenges
need to be addressed.
While empowering Alibaba’s own huge success in
the retail sector, Alibaba Cloud has expanded these
revolutionary data technologies in other industries,
and has been working with many enterprises in
China to accelerate their cloud adoption, fueling
their transformation with data intelligence and
security solutions. We enable businesses to
transform the way they market, sell and operate,
providing the fundamental technology to help
merchants, brands and other businesses leverage
the power of the Internet to engage with their users
and customers.
Even during the pandemic, China’s market continues
to grow. As of March 2020, there are 904 million
cyber citizens in China and 710 million shopping
online.
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Online retail is contributing 21.4% in
April, increasing 8.6% compared to March, which
is a sign of recovery and possibly even new growth
in consumption.
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As the economy recovers,
business will begin to improve around the globe.
This global economic revival will start from
China, and the Chinese market represents a great
business opportunity for businesses worldwide.
For enterprises wishing to enter China, Alibaba
Cloud is the No. 1 technology partner, enabling
access and success in China’s marketplace.
This issue of our E-magazine will introduce a
number of case studies, showcasing the ways
in which Alibaba Cloud technology helps
multinationals to develop and expand in Asia. You
will learn from the success stories of enterprises
such as IHG, Unilever, Ford, and Schneider
Electric, drawing inspiration from how they
leverage Alibaba Cloud’s best-in-class cloud
technology and local insights to provide the best
customer experience in a sustainable and global
manner. Most importantly, learn how Alibaba
Cloud helps them to survive and thrive on their
journey to the East.
IDC China Public Cloud Service Tracker,
2019 Q4
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jsp?prod_id=961
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Technology Innovation
: Reorient your approach
to doing business in ways you never thought
possible. Alibaba Cloud's data intelligence
solutions empower you to leverage data to gain
insight into your business and drive innovation
both offline and online.
Rich Ecosystem
: As an arm of Alibaba Group,
Alibaba Cloud connects you into Alibaba's rich
ecosystem in China, provides you with untapped
business opportunities, and makes available
a comprehensive portfolio of products and
services. Alibaba Group has stood the test of time
in China's complex marketplace and can help you
set yourself up for success.
Local Expertise
: Alibaba was born and raised in
China. Today, it is solidly positioned as the No.
1 cloud computing service provider in China.
Alibaba knows what it takes to succeed: we are
local experts in providing reliable, secure, and
compliant cloud computing products and services.
Speed to Market
: Keeping up with rapidly
changing customer demands is the key to
capitalizing on emerging opportunities. Alibaba
Cloud's solutions can be realized quickly, helping
you turn your ideas into reality.
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