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HANGZHOU, China, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Global cloud leader supports businesses with advanced technology and talent

development

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technologies and intelligence backbone of Alibaba

Group, has continued to support a growing number of enterprises across Asia

with their accelerated digital transformation progress to meet pandemic-imposed

challenges in 2020. Further to the essential cloud-based technologies, Alibaba

Cloud has also provided extensive talent development support to enterprises

during the pandemic, in an effort to close the gap between talent supply and

demand.

"In the face of challenges imposed by the pandemic, Alibaba Cloud is committed

to supporting more businesses with their digital transformation requirements.

Throughout 2020, we continued to support enterprises in Asia build up their

digital ability and ensure business continuity in regions that were hard-hit by

the pandemic," said Selina Yuan, President of International Business, Alibaba

Cloud Intelligence. "We believe that digital transformation is not only about

the technology, but also the human resources. In view of this, we will continue

to work with universities, incubators and partners to roll out more digital

training programs across Asia in 2021 and beyond. We hope to help nurture more

talent equipped with knowledge and expertise ranging from cloud-based

technology, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and ultimately, support

the digital transformation needs of various businesses across the markets."

Customer digital transformation growth

A diverse base of customers across the region leveraged cloud to foster their

digital transformation progress and business efficiency in 2020, and these

include:

PrestoMall, Malaysia's largest homegrown e-commerce platform adopted Alibaba

Cloud's PolarDB, a cloud-native relational database to power its next phase of

growth while maintaining cost efficiency, witnessing over 40% cost reduction

after the data migration according to the company. Following the successful

database migration in the beginning of 2020, PrestoMall has since moved its

entire IT system to Alibaba Cloud.

In Japan, enish, a game company, leveraged Alibaba Cloud's gaming solution

starting from 2020 with products ranging from its Container Service for

Kubernetes, cloud-native database PolarDB, log service, and Server Migration

Center to its corporate communications platform DingTalk for communications

between offices. As a result, the average data processing time reduced 50%

while the server cost reduced 30%. Now enish can build a test environment for

its new game in only half of the time, compared to 20 days previously, and

construct of a performance environment in around 7 days, a significant

improvement from before the involvement with Alibaba Cloud.

More success cases and wider industry adoption of Alibaba Cloud's technology

and industry solutions from finance to entertainment were also seen in other

markets: Investree, leading lending platform for SMEs in Indonesia, deployed

its applications on Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes, a

cloud-native container platform for complex applications; Kumu, livestreaming

and entertainment platform in the Philippines, used Alibaba Cloud's Live

Streaming Solutions to provide curators and viewers with rich and smooth

experiences; Luen Fung Hang Insurance, a pioneer in insurance in Macau,

leveraged Alibaba Cloud's hybrid cloud deployment solution and security

products to ensure robust and compliant operations.

Here is what the customers are saying:

-Mr Erwin Foo, Group Chief Technology Officer of PrestoMall said: "Due to the

complexity of the e-commerce platforms, we need a reliable, robust and scalable

database that can enable the growth of our dynamic business without worrying

too much about the infrastructure and support needed. We are not just looking

for a solution. We are looking for a long-term partner that can evolve and grow

together with us."

-"In particular, the ability to use the cloud infrastructure in Asian regions

without any problems was key for us. The cost performance of cloud is

remarkable and the variety of services offered is also attractive. The

excellent support system was also a big help during the development," said Lin

Tan, Technology Leader from enish

-"By leveraging the cloud-native technology proposed by Alibaba Cloud,

Investree completed the re-architecture from monolith to microservices;

shortened its time of app development and deployment; reduced IT and resources

expenditures and improved reliability and agility of our performance. We look

forward to working more closely with Alibaba Cloud to accelerate our digital

transformation down the road," said Pak Daniel, CTO from Investree.

-"Kumu values our user experience and therefore, we want to work with a trusted

cloud service provider to enhance our digital offering," said Andrew Pineda,

Chief Architect, Kumu. "With Alibaba Cloud's strong presence in APAC and it's

proven livestreaming ability powering various business scenarios such as

e-commerce livestreaming during 11.11 shopping festival, we believe their

expertise is sufficient to help us in building a stronger technical platform to

serve our users better."

-"Luen Fung Hang is committed to offering our customers with high-quality,

secured, and constantly enhanced services. Alibaba Cloud's comprehensive

solutions and cutting-edge technologies help us tackle the challenge in meeting

the shifting market demands. With this partnership, we hope to modernize and

accelerate our digital transformation journey, which we believe will benefit

our customers in the long term," said Alex Leong, IT Department Head from Luen

Fung Hang Insurance.

Strong commitment to digital talent training

In 2020, 20,000 participants in Indonesia attended Alibaba Cloud's "Digital

Talent Training Program"; In Malaysia, over 10,000 local IT professionals have

joined Alibaba Cloud's online trainings. In Philippines, the company scheduled

to train 50,000 and certify at least 10,000 IT professionals within the next

three years starting from 2021.

Digital talent development has been a long-term commitment by Alibaba Cloud as

a way to contribute to local businesses and society where it operates, through

initiatives such as Alibaba Cloud Academy(https://edu.alibabacloud.com/) and

Alibaba Cloud Academic Empowerment Program

(AAEP)(https://edu.alibabacloud.com/campus/index). Moving ahead, the company

aims to partner with more universities, incubators and non-profit organizations

to equip more talents with the next-generation cloud and digital skillsets.

About Alibaba Cloud

Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud

(alibabacloud.com(https://www.alibabacloud.com/)), the digital technology and

intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, is among the world's top three IaaS

providers, according to Gartner. It is also the largest provider of public

cloud services in China, according to IDC. Alibaba Cloud provides a

comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to businesses worldwide,

including merchants doing business on Alibaba Group marketplaces, start-ups,

corporations and public services. Alibaba Cloud is the official Cloud Services

Partner of the International Olympic Committee.

Media Contacts

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Crystal.liu@alibaba-inc.com

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Luica Mak

Luica.mak@alibaba-inc.com

+44-790-547-1332

SOURCE:  Alibaba Cloud