{"id":512,"date":"2015-05-12T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T19:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/?p=512"},"modified":"2018-07-05T16:57:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T20:57:21","slug":"512-alibaba-cloud-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/512-alibaba-cloud-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba&#8217;s Cloud Unit Will Expand Services To The Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2015\/03\/Alibaba-Enters-U.S.-Cloud-Computing-Market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-359\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/files\/2015\/03\/Alibaba-Enters-U.S.-Cloud-Computing-Market.jpg\" alt=\"Alibaba Enters U.S. Cloud Computing Market\" width=\"600\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a>Aliyun, the cloud computing subsidiary of Chinese e-retail giant Alibaba, has announced plans to bring its cloud services to private and public sector organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, at a signing ceremony in Hangzhou, China, Aliyun announced a joint venture with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meraas.com\/Pages\/index.aspx\">Meraas<\/a>, a Dubai government-owned holding group with close ties to Dubai\u2019s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies will establish a Dubai-based joint venture specializing in application development, citizenship e-services, and big-data operations, with a focus on analytics and payment solutions, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alizila.com\/middle-east-latest-stop-alibabas-cloud-computing-arm\">Alibaba blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a prepared statement, Abdulla Al Habbai, group chair many of Meraas said that the joint venture is in line with Dubai\u2019s initiative to \u201ctransform the emirate into a smart city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly believe that the new company will alter the information technology landscape of the region,\u201d said Habbai.<\/p>\n<p>The joint venture could also change the landscape of the cloud computing market. Aliyun already boasts 1.4 million customers as of June 1st (some analysts and pundits <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/who-runs-cloud-town-aws-ibm-and-alibaba-enter-the-iaas-thunderdome\/\">have speculated<\/a> that the company is larger than <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/amazon-web-services-revealed-5-16-billion-revenue-in-2014\/\">Amazon Web Services<\/a>) and cloud computing is set for massive growth in the MENA region. MENA regional spending on IT is set to surpass $270 billion this year, according to a recent IDC report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDubai\u2019s advanced infrastructure and economic strength is a good match for our technology edge [sic],\u201d said Jack Ma, Alibaba Group Executive Chairman, in a statement. \u201cWe will be able to provide local entrepreneurs with the vital infrastructure that will ignite innovation and help them to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This move comes just two months after Aliyun opened its <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/alibaba-enters-u-s-cloud-computing-market-2\/\">first overseas data center in Silicon Valley<\/a>\u00a0and marks a clear trend towards expansion into new regions and <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/cloud-platforms\/alibaba-enters-u-s-cloud-computing-market-2\/\">industries<\/a> for the Alibaba Group.<\/p>\n<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aliyun, the cloud computing subsidiary of Chinese e-retail giant Alibaba, has announced plans to bring its cloud services to private and public sector organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This morning, at a signing ceremony in Hangzhou, China, Aliyun announced a joint venture with Meraas, a Dubai government-owned holding group with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,14,70,96,95],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alibaba&#039;s Cloud Unit Will Expand Services To The Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alibaba&#039;s cloud computing unit will expand services to the Middle East and North Africa through a joint venture with Dubai-owned Meraas Holdings.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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