Alibaba Cloud E-Commerce solutions

Alibaba Cloud technologies used in E-Commerce refers to a suite of foundational cloud computing services, including Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Object Storage Service (OSS), ApsaraDB (various database services), and Content Delivery Network (CDN), specifically optimized and employed to…

Key facts

First appeared
2010
Category
technology
Problem solved
These technologies were created to solve the challenge of building, operating, and scaling high-traffic, data-intensive e-commerce platforms that required immense computational power, distributed storage, resilient databases, and low-latency content delivery, especially during peak sales events like Singles' Day, which traditional IT infrastructure struggled to handle efficiently or cost-effectively.
Platforms
Alibaba Cloud (Proprietary Infrastructure), Internet-connected devices (for access and management)

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Notable users

  • Perfect Diary
  • Alibaba Group (Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)
  • Lazada
  • Starbucks China
  • Daraz
  • China Post