Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute

Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute is a fully managed, serverless, and highly scalable data warehousing service designed for big data analytics. It empowers enterprises to store, process, and analyze petabytes of data efficiently, supporting various data processing models including batch processing,…

Key facts

First appeared
2009
Category
technology
Problem solved
Alibaba Cloud MaxCompute (originally ODPS) was created to solve the overwhelming challenge of processing and analyzing petabytes of data generated by Alibaba Group's rapidly expanding e-commerce operations, particularly during extreme peak events like Singles' Day, which traditional data warehouses and nascent open-source big data solutions of the time struggled to handle efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively at an internet-scale.
Platforms
Alibaba Cloud

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Notable users

  • Various enterprises across e-commerce, finance, logistics, retail, and government sectors using Alibaba Cloud in China and Southeast Asia
  • Alibaba Group (Taobao, Tmall, Alipay, Cainiao, Youku, DingTalk)