Executive Column: Alibaba Cloud focuses on developers, local

Cloud technology has become increasingly more important over the past few years as businesses embark on their digital transformation journey. Founded by Chinese computer scientist Wang Jian in 2009, Alibaba Cloud has transformed into a major global player. The Jakarta Post’s Deni Ghifari spoke to Alibaba Cloud intelligence international president Selina Yuan on Jan. 10 about the company’s business, achievements and plans going forward.

Question: What does Alibaba Cloud offer for customers?                            

Answer: We provide cloud, computing, networking, storage, security and also many infrastructure as a service (IaaS) or products and also platform as a service (PaaS) solutions. These are the main accounts running on our data centers, which, for Alibaba Cloud, is a fundamental part of business.