Introduction

The public cloud is already an important asset to help CIOs in China respond to digital demand. They are increasingly turning to public cloud platforms in various scenarios. In terms of infrastructure, nearly two-thirds of purchase influencers in China plan to deploy the network, storage, and server resources on public cloud platforms in 2018. In terms of development and platform, about two-thirds of those influencers will use public clouds for big data, software development tools and platforms, security, business intelligence, and analytics. In all areas, influencers plan to use the public cloud as a service foundation more in 2018 than in 2017.

Alibaba Cloud in the Report

Alibaba Cloud excels in all dimensions. Alibaba Cloud's annual revenue nearly equals the combined revenue of the next four largest PCDP vendors in the Chinese market. Beyond its solid offerings in infrastructure services, such as compute and storage, Alibaba also has broad coverage in many development and application services, including AI, mobile, IAM, business reporting and analysis, and application migration. A rich marketplace, comprehensive pricing system, and an extensive partner ecosystem boost its business growth in China and abroad.