Alibaba
Cloud today unveiled
more than 10 new products and features at the Alibaba Cloud APAC Summit,
as well as a new accelerator program connecting technology partners
with the Alibaba ecosystem. The summit showcased Alibaba Cloud's
commitment to building a more inclusive platform with proven
technologies that will empower APAC customers and ecosystem partners to
win in the digital era.
"As
the largest public cloud provider in Asia Pacific, Alibaba Cloud is
speeding up digital transformation in this region by building a
world-class cloud infrastructure and we have also been at the forefront
of the rapid development of data intelligence. Today, Alibaba Cloud not
only provides infrastructure that underpins the entire Alibaba economy
from e-commerce and payment, to logistics and supply chain management,
but also ensures inclusiveness, so that our cloud technologies can be
accessed by companies of all sizes," said Selina Yuan, President of
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International. "We are committed to providing
the Asia Pacific region with a cloud service that will drive a highly
integrated, best-in-class technology ecosystem," added Yuan.
New products and features for an "All in Cloud" future
For
businesses in the region and their pursuit of "All in Cloud"
strategies, Alibaba Cloud launched more than 10 new products and
features that are available for the first time outside of China and can
now be accessed by customers worldwide. The new product and feature
highlights include:
PolarDB: A
MySQL and PostgreSQL - compatible relational database built for the
cloud that combines the performance and availability of traditional
enterprise databases at a much lower cost. It offers excellent
scalability, with the architecture of hardware-software co-design. The
solution can also scale up to 100TB in storage which helps customers
manage big data development. It can scale up to 88 vCPUs and 710GB of
memory and allows customers to pay for usage by the minute, enabling
customers to handle peak business traffic while minimizing cost.
Alibaba Log Service (SLS): SLS
allows customers to automatically collect logs from all your services,
applications and platforms, irrespective of whether they are on-premises
or in the cloud. SLS allows the log data to be tagged with context
derived. SLS also allows decisions to be taken on this data in near real
time for trend analysis, alerts or visualization.
Support of "Bring Your Own Key" (BYOK): An
end-to-end security service which provides customers encryption
controls on both hardware and software, protecting customers' data in
transit and at rest. The new BYOK feature now supports ECS Cloud Disk,
OSS and RDS.
SaaS Accelerator: A
platform where technology partners can easily build and launch SaaS
applications and leverage proven business and technology know-how in the
Alibaba Economy. The accelerator helps SaaS providers quickly deploy
and test their applications on the cloud, shorten the implementation
lifecycle, and accelerate time-to-market. It enables ecosystem partners,
such as enterprises in the e-commerce, lodging, and travel industries,
to quickly reach their customers on Alibaba platforms. It also defines
three centers for the SaaS ecosystem: the commercial center, the
capability center, and the technology center.
Smart Access Gateway (SAG) Software: An
app that allows endpoint devices such as cell phones, POS and laptops
to securely get connected with Alibaba Cloud and on-premises data
centers in one click, accelerating access to enterprise applications and
cloud resources.
Container Registry (ACR) Enterprise Edition: Alibaba
Cloud Container Registry (ACR) is a fully-managed container registry
that allows developers to easily store, manage, and deploy container
images. ACR Enterprise Edition is integrated with the Alibaba Cloud
Container Service, simplifying customers' deployment to production
workflows. It eliminates the need for customers to operate their own
container repositories or worry about scaling the underlying
infrastructure. ACR hosts customers' container images in a highly
available and scalable architecture, where customers can reliably deploy
containers and launch applications at a global scale.
Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK): A
fully-managed service compatible with Kubernetes to help users focus on
their applications rather than managing container infrastructure. It
provides enterprise-level high-performance and flexible management of
Kubernetes containerized applications throughout the application
lifecycle. This service simplifies cluster creation and expansion and
integrates Alibaba Cloud capabilities in virtualization, storage,
network, and security, providing an improved running environment for
Kubernetes containerized applications.
In
line with its commitment to champion small businesses, Alibaba Cloud
also launched an upgraded service support campaign designed for small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SME customers will now be able to
benefit from greater access to resources and support from Alibaba Cloud.
Key benefits of the enhanced support and service include dedicated
one-on-one presale consultations, 24/7 technical support, a doubling of
complimentary tech support tickets and swifter after-sales support.