Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, has launched its Global Marketplace and AliLaunch program for technology partners. This new program allows international technology partners to enter China market through Alibaba Cloud’s initiatives.
Using Alibaba cloud computing expertise, AliLaunch aims to assist tech partners overcoming common obstacles that international companies have when expanding into China including scalability and technology compatibility, Alibaba Cloud said. Through AliLaunch, these partners can leverage value-added offerings such as joint ventures, marketplace partnerships and wholesaling to capitalize on this growing market.
As the first step in creating the cloud computing TMall for the China market, the AliLaunch program can serve as an online “store” where enterprises in China will have access to different technology partners and can deploy software or services through Alibaba Cloud. AliLaunch currently lists 11 technology partners from the US, Europe, Japan and Thailand, including SAP, SUSE and HERE. The technology partners cover a mix of software products in different categories, including operating systems, network infrastructure, security, databases and streaming media.
The Global Technology Partners participating in Alibaba Cloud’s marketplaces include SAP, SUSE, HERE, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), Check Point, AppScale, AppEx Networks, Haivision, Hillstone Networks, Wowza Media Systems, and TrueIDC.
