Kickstart Your Cloud Journey in Asia
with Cloud Tech Series
Every Wednesday 10 a.m. CET (Starts October 6, 2021)
Overview
For multinational companies seeking to enter or grow in Asia, what considerations need to be taken into account and how can you achieve successful implementation with the help of technology?
In this 8-episode webinar series presented by our experts, we will explain what it takes to succeed by leveraging our extensive experience and capabilities of supporting various Asia-expansion strategies of our European customers. Through these episodes, you will get updated on the latest digital trends in a highly digitalized market, the most advanced solutions that can help reduce your time to market, and the best practices that are vital for your businesses to thrive.
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| 2021-10-06 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | Having lived in China for several years, Léon Rodenburg has accumulated extensive knowledge on this country and expertise of data management. In this episode, he will give you a glimpse into the digital landscape of this dynamic market where consumers are highly engaged and often mobile-only. He will also share with you the things you need to know if you are planning to implement in a digital China. | Léon Rodenburg, Software Development Consultant at Xebia, Alibaba Cloud MVP With a background in software development and Chinese linguistics, Alibaba Cloud MVP--Léon Rodenburg possesses an unconventional combination of hard and soft skills that can help organizations accelerate their existing development projects or engineer new tech stacks from the bottom up. |
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| 2021-10-13 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | Getting into the Chinese market can seem to be a very challenging task and difficult to get it right. Legal entities, ICP filing & licensing, cyber security measures and local cloud infrastructure all need to be in place for you to reach your customers. Jumpstarting and overseeing all these aspects at the same time will likely cause you to be lost in the maze. You need a plan. In this episode, Léon will share with you more tips. He will explain that you do not need to tackle all these challenges at the same time to start providing services in China and become successful there. He will draw out a more iterative plan, so you can tackle the "China challenge" in baby steps instead of one giant leap. The plan will cover both technical and legal milestones, so you can start your journey with confidence. |
Léon Rodenburg, Software Development Consultant at Xebia, Alibaba Cloud MVP With a background in software development and Chinese linguistics, Alibaba Cloud MVP--Léon Rodenburg possesses an unconventional combination of hard and soft skills that can help organizations accelerate their existing development projects or engineer new tech stacks from the bottom up. |
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| 2021-10-20 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | For multinationals who want to provide services from websites hosted on cloud servers in mainland China, ICP filing is a mandatory but complicated process. What you need is a one-on-one expert to guide you throughout the journey. In this episode, Oliver Arafat will share with you the essentials of ICP filing by leveraging his extensive experience of supporting European customers on this topic. | Oliver Arafat, Head of Solution Architects DACH + CEE, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence EuropeOliver Arafat works as a Senior Solution Architect at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International where he helps customers of all sizes and industries reaching their full potential with cloud-based solutions. Prior to joining Alibaba Cloud, he held similar roles with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. |
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| 2021-10-27 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | Asia is a not-to-be-missed destination but connectivity is often a challenge for cross-border operations. If you are looking to reach your consumers, partners or employees in Asia, it is more than important to quickly build a platform that features a seamless and easy-to-use experience. In this episode, our expert will share with you some best practices based on Alibaba Cloud featured solutions. |
Rohit Kumar, Lead Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence EuropeRohit Kumar is a Solution Architect at Alibaba Cloud, helping European companies make the best use of Alibaba Cloud capabilities to transform their businesses while using the best practices developed by Alibaba Group. He is a Computer Engineer by education and has an MBA from the University of Oxford. |
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| 2021-11-03 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | Alibaba Cloud understands the importance of security compliance and the common challenges faced by MNCs entering and expanding in China. On top of assuring Alibaba Cloud's compliance, this solution provides cloud security compliance capabilities and guidance for you to stay compliant with the key regulatory requirements. Stay tuned with us and learn how to build a security compliance system for your business in China. | Rohit Kumar, Lead Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence EuropeRohit Kumar is a Solution Architect at Alibaba Cloud, helping European companies make the best use of Alibaba Cloud capabilities to transform their businesses while using the best practices developed by Alibaba Group. He is a Computer Engineer by education and has an MBA from the University of Oxford. |
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| 2021-11-10 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | Welcome to the world of mobile live streaming in Asia! Live steaming has boomed here in wide range of scenarios: e-commerce, gaming, online education, and live events... For enterprises who are eager to tap into this trend, it can be challenging to build a mobile app from scratch that allows users to access content. In this episode, Oliver will introduce some featured live steaming solutions with real-life applications in e-commerce, online education, finance, culture and entertainment, which make it easier than ever to start livestreaming. | Oliver Arafat, Head of Solution Architects DACH + CEE, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence EuropeOliver Arafat works as a Senior Solution Architect at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International where he helps customers of all sizes and industries reaching their full potential with cloud-based solutions. Prior to joining Alibaba Cloud, he held similar roles with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. |
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| 2021-11-17 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | Today SMS provides brands the opportunity to interact with customers in the fastest and most efficient way, especially when their audience is in other markets... For enterprises with global operations, how to achieve user-friendly, efficient, and intelligent communication capabilities with this super tool? In this episode, Oliver Arafat will give you the key and help you to unlock the potential of your business. |
Oliver Arafat, Head of Solution Architects DACH + CEE, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence EuropeOliver Arafat works as a Senior Solution Architect at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International where he helps customers of all sizes and industries reaching their full potential with cloud-based solutions. Prior to joining Alibaba Cloud, he held similar roles with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. |
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| 2021-11-24 | 10:00 - 10:20 a.m. CET | During last year's Double 11 Shopping Festival, Alibaba Cloud proved extreme scalability, processing a total Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) of US$74.1 billion and 583,000 orders per second at peak. All of this took place with “zero downtime”, powered by a large number of cloud-native and AI technologies. If you are interested to take a glimpse into the secret technologies behind the world’s largest online shopping festival, come to join this special episode! | Oliver Arafat, Head of Solution Architects DACH + CEE, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence EuropeOliver Arafat works as a Senior Solution Architect at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International where he helps customers of all sizes and industries reaching their full potential with cloud-based solutions. Prior to joining Alibaba Cloud, he held similar roles with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. |
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In the ongoing battle for digital transformation, your enterprise needs a reliable partner to help you navigate Asia’s complex and dynamic market. To achieve this, Alibaba Cloud has brought all of our local expertise and cloud-based experience into Asia Accelerator, to accelerate the digital transformation of your business in Asia.
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See how companies large and small are leveraging Alibaba Cloud to grow and improve their business
Partnering with Alibaba Cloud has helped Median Technologies optimize IT infrastructure and focus on pushing the boundaries of today’s MedTech solutions to deliver better patient care tomorrow.
Median Technologies
Median Technologies is a European MedTech company that offers innovative medical imaging solutions and services for patient care and clinical trials led by large pharmaceutical groups, Biotech companies and CROs.
To ensure a better service for our global end-users, especially for Chinese users, Windsor Brokers has adopted Alibaba Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) to reduce Europe and China's connectivity latency, from an average of 250 milliseconds down to an average of 120 milliseconds.
Leonidas Petsas, IT Manager, Windsor Brokers Ltd
Windsor Brokers is a global Forex and CFD trading investment firm with roots dating back to 1988. The Company offers a powerful suite of trading platforms, allowing clients to trade over 45 different currency pairs, as well as gold, oil, soft commodities, and various shares, among other things.
As a leading hospitality company, IHG has always been the pioneer in digital change to keep its pole position in an increasingly technology driven and interconnected world. In this digital era, we are fully devoted to providing the best guest experience in a sustainable and global manner.
Steven Zhong VP, Hotel and Owner Solutions, IHG Greater China
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In the China market where exciting digital transformation is happening, Alibaba Cloud offers its insights on how satisfy the surging needs of Chinese consumers in the digital age, as well as providing tailored sophisticated data intelligence solutions that already have many proven successful stories in real-life scenario. With Alibaba Cloud, Costa Cruises deployed AI solution for their hotline, and digitalized their on-board newspaper to bring more value to Chinese customers.
The Costa Cruises Team
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Alibaba Cloud has been a great partner for TeamViewer and a catalyst for our growth in the wider Chinese regions,” commented Alfredo Patron, VP Business Development at Teamviewer. “We see great potential to further expand our partnership through Alibaba’s Cloud solutions.
Alfredo Patron, VP Business Development at Teamviewer
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TwoSigmas established seamless, real-time communication between tutors and students using Alibaba Cloud to deliver quality education through its online distance learning programs.
TwoSigmas
TwoSigmas is a Cambridge-based organization specializing in e-learning solutions that connect Chinese students across the globe with tutors and educators to provide English education programs.
Alibaba Cloud provide a one-stop solution to us via their extensive global coverage. We can simply use one international cloud provider without any connectivity issues.
Linkbynet
Linkbynet is a French I.T. managed service company, which has a long history of providing high-quality services for our clients in Europe. Due to the high demands of APAC requirements for our customers, we had to find the best solution for our customers and this is why we went for Alibaba Cloud back in 2014.
Alibaba Cloud's comprehensive suite of global cloud computing tools and wide range of managed services allows Splio to concentrate on delivering a high-quality marketing product to their customers and not worry about IT performance.
Splio
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