Alibaba enters the US cloud computing market

The Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group is entering the US cloud computing market, where it will compete with Amazon, Google and Microsoft: a branch of this giant, Aliyun, the largest cloud provider in the Chinese market, has opened its data center in California.

For the first time, the company may have small business revenues in the United States, but Charlie Day, an analyst at Forrester Research, said: “I think this is a good move, especially after an IPO. Every investor wants to know if Alibaba has global potential. ”

Last year, Alibaba held an IPO of $ 25 billion. The company manages two of China's largest online stores and has become present in the cloud computing market.
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Alibaba’s cloud service has over a million customers in China, where it competes with Amazon and Microsoft.

Cloud service from a Chinese company may attract new customers from the United States. But not all Chinese companies have achieved a good result in the US market. For example, in 2012, Huawei and ZTE network equipment providers were criticized by Congress because of the possible influence of the PRC government on these companies.

“Using Alibaba’s proprietary technology for the cloud business can lead to problems,” Day said. "This completely distinguishes Alibaba from Amazon and Microsoft," he added.