Alibaba Cloud Computing (AliCloud) is an international business of the Alibaba Group, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies, and was established in 2009 to operate the network that powers Alibaba’s extensive online and mobile commerce ecosystem with a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services. Now, the number one cloud provider in China, AliCloud develops highly scalable cloud computing and data management services for over 1,800,000 customers worldwide, providing both large and small international businesses, financial institutions, governments and other organizations with flexible, cost-effective solutions for networking and IT needs.