<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Aliyun	B-General_Concept
(	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
company	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Alibaba	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
provides	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
services	O
to	O
online	O
businesses	O
and	O
Alibaba	O
's	O
own	O
e-commerce	O
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
offers	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
that	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
a	O
pay-as-you-go	O
basis	O
,	O
and	O
include	O
elastic	B-General_Concept
compute	I-General_Concept
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
,	O
relational	B-Application
databases	I-Application
,	O
big-data	B-Application
processing	I-Application
,	O
anti-DDoS	O
protection	O
and	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
networks	I-Operating_System
(	O
CDN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
largest	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
company	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Asia	O
Pacific	O
according	O
to	O
Gartner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
operates	O
data	O
centers	O
in	O
24	O
regions	O
and	O
74	O
availability	O
zones	O
around	O
the	O
globe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
Visionaries	O
 '	O
quadrant	O
of	O
Gartner	O
's	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
cloud	O
infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
,	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2009	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
founded	O
and	O
R&D	O
centers	O
and	O
operation	O
centers	O
are	O
subsequently	O
opened	O
in	O
Hangzhou	O
,	O
Beijing	O
,	O
and	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2012	O
–	O
Became	O
the	O
first	O
Chinese	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
provider	I-Architecture
to	O
pass	O
ISO27001:2005	O
(	O
Information	O
Security	O
Management	O
System	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
2015	O
–	O
Alibaba	O
Group	O
invested	O
a	O
further	O
US$1	O
billion	O
to	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2015	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
's	O
first	O
Singapore	O
data	O
center	O
opened	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Singapore	O
is	O
announced	O
as	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
's	O
overseas	O
headquarters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2015	O
–	O
MaxCompute	O
took	O
the	O
lead	O
of	O
the	O
Sort	O
Benchmark	O
,	O
sorting	O
100TB	O
data	O
in	O
377s	O
compared	O
with	O
Apache	B-Language
Spark	I-Language
's	O
previous	O
record	O
of	O
1406s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2015	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Computing	O
Conference	O
was	O
held	O
in	O
Hangzhou	O
and	O
attracted	O
over	O
20,000	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2016	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
partnered	O
with	O
SK	O
Holdings	O
C&C	O
to	O
provide	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
to	O
Korean	O
and	O
Chinese	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
2016	O
–	O
Alibaba	O
Group	O
and	O
SoftBank	O
formalized	O
joint	O
venture	O
to	O
launch	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
in	O
Japan	O
that	O
utilize	O
technologies	O
and	O
solutions	O
from	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2016	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
expanded	O
its	O
data	O
center	O
operations	O
in	O
Singapore	O
with	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
a	O
second	O
availability	O
zone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
also	O
achieved	O
two	O
new	O
certifications	O
overseas	O
:	O
Singapore	O
Multi-Tier	O
Cloud	O
Security	O
(	O
MTCS	O
)	O
standard	O
Level	O
3	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Payment	O
Card	O
Industry	O
Data	O
Security	O
Standard	O
(	O
PCI-DSS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2016	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
partnered	O
with	O
Vodafone	O
Germany	O
for	O
Data	O
Center	O
operation	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
to	O
German	O
and	O
European	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
2017	O
–	O
Alibaba	O
became	O
the	O
official	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
provider	I-Architecture
of	O
the	O
Olympics	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
2017	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
Visionaries	O
quadrant	O
of	O
Gartner	O
's	O
Magic	O
Quadrant	O
for	O
Cloud	O
Infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
,	O
Worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
2017	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
official	O
website	O
is	O
changed	O
from	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
2017	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
partners	O
with	O
Malaysia	O
's	O
Fusionex	O
to	O
provide	O
cloud	O
solutions	O
in	O
Southeast	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2017	O
–	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
partners	O
with	O
Elastic	O
and	O
launches	O
a	O
new	O
service	O
called	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Elasticsearch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2017	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Malaysia	O
data	O
center	O
commences	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2017	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
India	O
data	O
center	O
commences	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2017	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
received	O
the	O
C5	O
standard	O
certification	O
from	O
German	O
Federal	O
Office	O
for	O
Information	O
Security	O
(	O
BSI	O
)	O
for	O
its	O
datacenters	O
in	O
Germany	O
and	O
Singapore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
2018	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Indonesia	O
data	O
center	O
commences	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
further	O
expands	O
its	O
Asia	O
Footprint	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
data	O
center	O
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
19	O
,	O
2021	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
unveils	O
the	O
ARM-based	O
Yitian	O
710	O
chip	O
,	O
designed	O
in-house	O
,	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
its	O
data	O
centers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
-	O
The	O
bug	O
Log4Shell	O
disclosed	O
to	O
Apache	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
by	O
Chen	O
Zhaojun	O
of	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Security	O
Team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
22	O
,	O
2021	O
-	O
The	O
Chinese	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Industry	O
and	O
Information	O
Technology	O
suspended	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
for	O
"	O
failure	O
in	O
reporting	O
cybersecurity	O
vulnerabilities	O
"	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Log4Shell	O
bug	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
22	O
,	O
2022	O
-	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
announced	O
a	O
$1	O
billion	O
pledge	O
to	O
upgrade	O
its	O
global	O
partner	O
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
has	O
25	O
regional	O
data	O
centres	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
provides	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
IaaS	B-General_Concept
,	O
PaaS	B-Application
,	O
DBaaS	O
and	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
,	O
including	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
e-commerce	O
,	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
Database	O
,	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
,	O
Object	B-Application
storage	I-Application
(	O
OOS	O
)	O
,	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
and	O
data	O
customization	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
from	O
Alibaba	O
web	O
page	O
or	O
using	O
aliyun	B-General_Concept
command	O
line	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
TPC	B-General_Concept
published	O
TPC-DS	O
benchmark	O
result	O
of	O
AnalyticDB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Alibaba	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
Singapore	O
University	O
of	O
Social	O
Sciences	O
(	O
SUSS	O
)	O
jointly	O
launched	O
a	O
university-accredited	O
entrepreneurship	O
program	O
for	O
tertiary	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
