Forrester has released its Data Warehousing in the Cloud for the first quarter of 2018. The report comprehensively evaluated the main functions, regional performance, market segments and typical customers of big data service providers, and finally AWS, Ali Cloud, Google and Microsoft entered the global first-tier camp. Alibaba Cloud was the only Chinese tech company selected.
Forrester’s report gives a detailed analysis of Aliyun, its main big data computing platformMaxComputeProviding multi-tenant EB-level big data warehouse and hybrid cloud services based on public cloud, globalization is progressing rapidly. The main business areas cover finance, Internet, retail, e-commerce, etc. Typical customers include Weibo, BGI, etc.
MaxCompute has deployed 12 nodes globally, including 8 overseas nodes. With the advantages of large-scale computing storage, multiple computing models, strong data security and low cost, it is favored by customers in various regions.
On March 22, Ali Cloud will officially start selling MaxCompute, the big data computing service of Huadong 1 (Hangzhou) node, in order to further improve the response speed of customer service in East China and promote the accelerated development of hangzhou’s big data and artificial intelligence industry.
In recent years, Ali Cloud has made great achievements in the industrialization of artificial intelligence. ET urban brain, ET industrial brain, ET environmental brain, ET medical brain and so on have been introduced successively. Behind these new brains is the strong support of MaxCompute.
MaxCompute provides fast, fully managed GB to EB-level data warehouse solutions that can economically and efficiently analyze massive amounts of data. Currently, the number of MaxCompute nodes in a single cluster reaches 10000. In terms of system design, MaxCompute uses an abstract job processing framework to unify various computing tasks in different scenarios on the same platform, providing a data upload and download channel, SQL, MapReduce, machine learning algorithm, graph programming model, streaming computing model and other computing analysis services. At the same time, MaxCompute and cloud products can achieve seamless integration, enterprise customers can easily import massive log data in ECS and RDS into MaxCompute through SLS service, and then use data plus DataWorks data factory to complete data processing and scheduling. Finally, QuickBI and DataV are used to complete the visualization of number addition.
The introduction of MaxCompute revolutionized the way the industry handles data. Previously, most enterprises built their own Hadoop clusters, which cost millions and required professional operation and maintenance. MaxCompute is pay-as-you-go.
As a big data computing engine, MaxCompute is on a mission because enterprise cloud computing and big data are becoming more and more involved, but also because data is the most valuable asset of the enterprise. MaxCompute is constantly creating social benefits and market value for the enterprise, for everyone and the whole society, and behind the huge benefits and value is the continuous improvement of MaxCompute computing power and technology innovation. To learn more about MaxCompute, join the “MaxCompute Consult” pin group 11782920 or scan into the group.
