Inception of Apsara Distributed System

Dr. Jian Wang initiated the development of Alibaba's proprietary cloud operating system, Apsara, which would form the foundational infrastructure for all Alibaba Cloud services, including its NoSQL database.

Significance

This event marked Alibaba's commitment to building its own scalable cloud technology from the ground up, rather than relying solely on existing solutions, laying the groundwork for Table Store.