In the first half of 2020, China’s edge computing server market was about US$1.113 billion and is expected to reach US$2.782 billion at the end of 2020, an increase of 20.6% compared with the same period in 2019. IDC predicts that from 2019 to 2024, the compound annual growth rate of China’s edge computing server […]
7 trends in China’s data center market
Under China’s “new infrastructure” development plan, data center is listed as a key development project in 2020. Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu all have set ambitious goals; local governments have responded positively; first-tier cities, such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, which are in short supply of land resources, have also shown some degree of policy flexibility. Driven […]
JD partners with Cloudflare in China’s cloud market
Cloudflare announced a significant strategic partnership with JD Cloud & AI, the cloud and intelligent technology business unit of JD.com (Jingdong).
Baidu launched cloud-based virtual smartphone
Baidu Smart Cloud officially released “Cloud Mobile Phone”. The so-called Cloud Mobile Phone is a virtual smartphone with all applications running on the cloud so that the performance of the mobile phones can no longer be limited by its hardware. Baidu Cloud Phone is a combination of ARM server, cloud computing, and Android OS. It […]
Cloud infrastructure services spend in China increased by 64% in 2019
China’s cloud infrastructure services market grew 66.9% and reached US$3.3 billion in total spending in Q4 2019, accounting for 10.8% and the second largest of the global market, according to data from Canalys.
Alibaba, Huawei , and Tencent among the top 15 DBMS market share ranks 2018
A Gartner research shows Database Management Systems (DBMS) cloud services are already $10.4 billion of the $46.1 billion DBMS market in 2018. And, the overall DBMS Market grew at 18.4% from 2017 to 2018 – its best growth in over a decade. Cloud DBMS accounted for 68% of that growth.
China’s video cloud market to grow by 37.5% in 2019
The cloud computing for video market in China reached US$46.5 million in 2018, with Alibaba Cloud being the biggest vendor (42.5%). 80% of China’s leading live streaming sites or apps are using Alibaba Cloud to power their operations. The cloud computing for video market totaled 3.12 billion yuan (US$466.13 million) market in 2018, an increase […]
Alibaba Cloud owns 43% China’s public cloud market in 2018
The top 5 public cloud services providers in China are all local companies, with Alibaba taking a disproportionally large share of 43%. Roughly 40% of the top 500 enterprises and 50% of listed companies in China are using Alibaba Cloud.
China’s online healthcare market to exceed 20 billion yuan in 2019
China’s online healthcare market is estimated to reach 17.7 billion yuan (US$2.61bn) with a YoY growth of 17.2% in 2018 and grow to 20.4 billion yuan (US$3bn) by 2019 according to data from iResearch. B2C medicine e-commerce contributes the largest share of the total market size (89.2% in 2017), followed by advertising revenues.
Pricing only the 2nd most important in China for choosing cloud vendors
China devoted almost the same amount of expenditures to the public and private cloud in 2017. That differs a lot from the United States where public cloud took far more IT budgets versus private cloud. But the public cloud is capturing market shares rapidly, the public-usage rates could rise more than 20% annually in the next […]
Top Public Cloud in APAC in Q1 2018; Alibaba, Tencent among top 5
Within public cloud services market, Alibaba Cloud ranked second in the APAC region and fourth worldwide. In China, the top five cloud providers are all local companies. China now accounts for a third of the total APAC market and its share of the regional total is increasing each quarter. 81% of WeChat users playing Mini-Games […]
Tmall recorded 49% growth for physical goods GMV in Q2 2017
Alibaba Group reported total revenue of RMB50,184 million (US$7,403 million) for Q2 2017, an increase of 56% year-over-year. Tmall recorded 49% year-over-year growth for physical goods GMV.
5 Trends of online businesses in China
E-commerce operations in China are currently moving from a scale of tens of trillions RMB to hundreds of, and it has gradually penetrated every aspect of economic and social life. AliResearch made some predictions on the future of e-commerce in five major areas. 1. Infrastructure: Intelligent? Immersive? Cashless? With cloud computing, new finance, intelligent logistics, […]
China enterprises digital adoptions insights 2017
This research explores the digital adoptions among Chinese enterprises including internet usage, proportions of enterprises using trending technologies (mobile broadband, cloud computing, CRM, ERP), top channels for digital marketing and mobile marketing, and their expectations to solve problems.
Apple iCloud Migrated Cloud Storage to China Telecom for Users in China
According to a piece of public information on Fuzhou City government website, Apple started using China Telecom cloud storage for iCloud data from China users on 8 August 2014 after fifteen months’ testing.