This is the first time that Alibaba has been positioned in the Quadrant, placing it in the top echelon of global cloud players.
Alibaba Cloud Included in Gartner Magic Quadrant for IaaS
Hangzhou, China, June 30, 2017 –Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, was included by Gartner, the world's leading research and advisory company, in its newly released Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Worldwide (Lydia Leong et al. / Published Date: 15 June 2017). This is the first time that Alibaba has been positioned in the Quadrant, placing it in the top echelon of global cloud players.
Though new to the Magic Quadrant, Alibaba Cloud moves straight into the 'visionaries' section, a demonstration of Gartner's recognition of Alibaba Cloud's strong performance in cloud IaaS in China, and its growing investment in new markets.
About Alibaba Cloud
Established in September 2009, Alibaba Cloud (alibabacloud.com), Alibaba Group's cloud computing arm, develops highly scalable platforms for cloud computing and data management. It provides a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to support participants of Alibaba Group's online and mobile commerce ecosystem, including sellers, and other third-party customers and businesses. Alibaba Cloud is a business within Alibaba Group.
As the cloud computing arm and a business unit of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), Alibaba Cloud provides a comprehensive suite of global cloud computing services to help power and grow your business. Alibaba Cloud ranks as a top five global cloud services provider, according to a 2015 IDC report on the public cloud market, and is the leading cloud provider in the China market.
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