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Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Jun 7, 2022 · Industry Insights

Why Alibaba Cloud Ranks Among the Top 10 Global Network Research Institutions

The 2022 AI‑2000 ranking highlights Alibaba Cloud as one of the ten most influential network research institutions worldwide, detailing its extensive publication record, breakthrough low‑latency RDMA technologies, NFC distance expansion, and the XLINK QUIC protocol that collectively reshape data‑center and wide‑area networking.

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Why Alibaba Cloud Ranks Among the Top 10 Global Network Research Institutions
Python Programming Learning Circle
Python Programming Learning Circle
May 29, 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

Generating Anime‑Style Avatars with Alibaba Cloud Vision AI Using Python

This tutorial explains how to create unique, anime‑style avatars from personal photos by leveraging Alibaba Cloud's Vision AI service, covering account setup, AccessKey creation, required SDK installations, Python code for configuring the client, sending requests, and retrieving the generated image URLs.

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Generating Anime‑Style Avatars with Alibaba Cloud Vision AI Using Python
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
May 18, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Interview with Liu Hongqiang: Pioneering Network Research and Innovations at Alibaba Cloud

This interview chronicles Liu Hongqiang’s journey from Tsinghua and Yale to becoming a leading Alibaba Cloud network researcher, highlighting his award‑winning papers, groundbreaking protocols such as HPCC, ACL automation, NFC+, and XLINK, and his philosophy of balanced, impact‑driven innovation.

AI 2000Alibaba CloudNetwork Protocols
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Interview with Liu Hongqiang: Pioneering Network Research and Innovations at Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
May 17, 2022 · Fundamentals

Alibaba Cloud Announces New Immersion Liquid Cooling Technical Standards and Whitepapers at the First Immersion Liquid Cooling Intelligent Computing Industry Forum

On May 12, the inaugural Immersion Liquid Cooling Intelligent Computing Industry Forum held online featured nearly forty industry representatives and saw Alibaba Cloud unveil three new immersion liquid cooling technical standards and two whitepapers, highlighting material compatibility, cabinet and server structure guidelines, optical module reliability, and recent research achievements toward sustainable, high‑efficiency data center solutions.

Alibaba CloudData centerImmersion Cooling
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Alibaba Cloud Announces New Immersion Liquid Cooling Technical Standards and Whitepapers at the First Immersion Liquid Cooling Intelligent Computing Industry Forum
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
May 16, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Cache a Static Site on Alibaba Cloud Function Compute Using CDN

This guide walks through assigning a custom domain to a Function Compute‑hosted static blog, configuring Alibaba Cloud CDN as the acceleration layer, fixing Cache‑Control headers, and verifying cache hit improvements, providing step‑by‑step instructions and screenshots for each stage.

Alibaba CloudCDNCache-Control
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How to Cache a Static Site on Alibaba Cloud Function Compute Using CDN
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
May 7, 2022 · Cloud Native

Enable Asynchronous Calls for Alibaba Cloud Function Compute HTTP Triggers

This guide explains how to use the new asynchronous invocation feature of Alibaba Cloud Function Compute HTTP triggers, covering the limitations of synchronous calls, the required request header, testing methods, and a best‑practice video‑transcoding example with step‑by‑step commands.

Alibaba CloudAsync InvocationCloud Native
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Enable Asynchronous Calls for Alibaba Cloud Function Compute HTTP Triggers
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Apr 20, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Seamlessly Integrate Cloud Services with Alibaba EventBridge

This guide walks through Alibaba Cloud EventBridge’s event standardization, shows step‑by‑step how to integrate OSS events for automatic file unzipping, demonstrates custom event source filtering to store data in RDS, and explains using EventBridge event streams to route RocketMQ messages to MNS, complete with code snippets and configuration details.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeData Integration
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How to Seamlessly Integrate Cloud Services with Alibaba EventBridge
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Apr 10, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Automate Alibaba Cloud EventBridge with Terraform: A Step‑by‑Step IaC Guide

This article explains the core concepts of Alibaba Cloud EventBridge for building event‑driven architectures, compares imperative and declarative IaC approaches, and provides detailed Terraform examples—including a DingTalk alert and a custom bus triggering FunctionCompute—complete with code snippets and deployment steps.

Alibaba CloudEvent-Driven ArchitectureEventBridge
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Automate Alibaba Cloud EventBridge with Terraform: A Step‑by‑Step IaC Guide
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Apr 6, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Build a Private, Unlimited-Speed Cloud Drive with KodBox on Serverless

Learn how to create a personal, unlimited‑speed cloud drive that mimics a Windows experience by deploying the open‑source KodBox file manager on Alibaba Cloud Function Compute, using NAS for persistent storage and OSS for object storage, with detailed cost analysis and step‑by‑step deployment guide.

Alibaba CloudKodBoxNAS
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Build a Private, Unlimited-Speed Cloud Drive with KodBox on Serverless
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Apr 5, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Memory QoS Boosts Container Performance in Cloud‑Native Kubernetes

This article explains the memory challenges of containers in cloud‑native Kubernetes environments, describes how Kubernetes maps Request/Limit to cgroups, outlines the limitations of overcommit and mixed workloads, and details Alibaba Cloud Linux 2's Memory QoS features—including memory.min, memory.high, async reclaim, and global water‑mark adjustments—that improve fairness and latency, supported by Redis benchmark results.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeContainer Memory
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How Memory QoS Boosts Container Performance in Cloud‑Native Kubernetes
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Mar 28, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Terraform Tutorial: Step‑by‑Step Provisioning of Alibaba Cloud Resources

This article provides a comprehensive, step‑by‑step Terraform tutorial for Alibaba Cloud, covering RAM account setup, environment variables, version configuration, VPC and security group creation, ECS provisioning, web service deployment, DNS addition, output handling, and resource cleanup, complete with code snippets and command illustrations.

Alibaba CloudDevOpsInfrastructure as Code
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Terraform Tutorial: Step‑by‑Step Provisioning of Alibaba Cloud Resources
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Mar 28, 2022 · Operations

How to Implement Robust Rate Limiting with Alibaba Cloud AHAS

This guide explains how to use Alibaba Cloud's Application High Availability Service (AHAS) to monitor QPS, define granular rate‑limiting rules, prevent abuse, isolate upstream failures, and protect both HTTP and non‑HTTP workloads in microservice architectures.

AHASAlibaba CloudMicroservices
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How to Implement Robust Rate Limiting with Alibaba Cloud AHAS
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Mar 13, 2022 · Cloud Native

From Docker to Serverless Kubernetes: Tracing the Cloud‑Native Evolution

This article chronicles the evolution of cloud‑native container technology—from early IaaS and PaaS concepts, through Docker’s rise, Kubernetes’s dominance, to modern serverless offerings like Alibaba Cloud’s ECI and ASK—highlighting how managed services simplify operations and enable rapid, pod‑level scaling.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeContainer
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From Docker to Serverless Kubernetes: Tracing the Cloud‑Native Evolution
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Mar 2, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Run Distributed JMeter Load Tests on Alibaba Cloud PTS

This guide explains how to use Apache JMeter for native and distributed load testing, configure and execute tests on Alibaba Cloud PTS via the console, OpenAPI, or the PTS‑JMeter plugin, and how to monitor, analyze, and export detailed performance reports.

Alibaba CloudDistributed TestingOpenAPI
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How to Run Distributed JMeter Load Tests on Alibaba Cloud PTS
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Feb 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

Build Efficient Message Routing with Alibaba Cloud EventBridge – Step‑by‑Step Guide

This tutorial explains how to use Alibaba Cloud EventBridge together with MNS and RabbitMQ to implement message routing, multi‑active messaging, and protocol adaptation, providing detailed architecture, resource setup, step‑by‑step lab instructions, verification methods, and a summary of advantages.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeEventBridge
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Build Efficient Message Routing with Alibaba Cloud EventBridge – Step‑by‑Step Guide
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Feb 22, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud Leads China’s Green Power Trading in 2021

Alibaba Cloud topped the 2021 Chinese green electricity procurement ranking with 269 GWh, highlighting the rapid growth of green power trading, its environmental significance, and the company's broader carbon‑neutral initiatives across its data centers and operations.

Alibaba CloudCarbon Neutralityenergy trading
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Alibaba Cloud Leads China’s Green Power Trading in 2021
Ops Development Stories
Ops Development Stories
Feb 17, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Build a Minimal‑Cost HA Harbor Registry with PostgreSQL Replication on Alibaba Cloud

This guide details a low‑overhead, highly available Harbor deployment on Alibaba Cloud, covering preparation of SLB, ECS, NFS storage, installation of Docker‑Compose, configuration of image mirrors, installation of Harbor 2.3, setup of PostgreSQL 13 master‑slave replication, Redis integration, backup procedures, failover handling, and disaster‑recovery strategies.

Alibaba CloudDockerHarbor
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How to Build a Minimal‑Cost HA Harbor Registry with PostgreSQL Replication on Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Feb 10, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Multi-Active Architecture Can Eliminate Downtime: Inside Alibaba Cloud’s AppActive

Despite widespread cloud adoption, large‑scale outages still occur, prompting Alibaba Cloud’s high‑availability team to share the evolution, principles, and open‑source implementation of multi‑active disaster recovery (AppActive) that aims to achieve minute‑level failover and near‑zero downtime.

Alibaba CloudAppActivedisaster recovery
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How Multi-Active Architecture Can Eliminate Downtime: Inside Alibaba Cloud’s AppActive
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jan 29, 2022 · Information Security

Data Security and Privacy-Enhancing Computing Solutions by Alibaba Cloud

This article outlines the current data security challenges and trends in digital transformation, presents Alibaba Cloud's privacy-enhancing computing approach with the DataTrust product, and details the DSMM framework, lifecycle protection, and practical solutions for secure data sharing and usage.

Alibaba CloudDataTrustcloud security
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Data Security and Privacy-Enhancing Computing Solutions by Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jan 24, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Slash Cold‑Start Delays for Spring Boot on Serverless Platforms

This guide explains why Spring Boot applications suffer 30‑second cold‑start delays on serverless platforms, breaks down each startup phase, and provides three practical optimization techniques—reserved instances, lazy initialization with JVM tweaks, and proper instance‑concurrency sizing—to dramatically improve response times.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeServerless
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How to Slash Cold‑Start Delays for Spring Boot on Serverless Platforms
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Jan 22, 2022 · Big Data

Alibaba Cloud Data Integration (DataX) Architecture, Design Principles, and Solution Overview

This presentation details Alibaba Cloud DataWorks Data Integration (DataX), covering its architecture, core design principles, offline and real‑time synchronization mechanisms, deployment modes, product positioning, use‑case scenarios, and its role within the broader DataWorks ecosystem, highlighting its capabilities for large‑scale data movement and processing.

Alibaba CloudBig DataData Integration
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Alibaba Cloud Data Integration (DataX) Architecture, Design Principles, and Solution Overview
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jan 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

Build a Low‑Cost Dynamic Web Site with Serverless Devs on Alibaba Cloud

Learn how to construct a cost‑effective, scalable dynamic web site using Serverless Devs, Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Function Compute, and OSS, covering architecture overview, prerequisite services, step‑by‑step deployment, HTTPS setup, traffic limiting, monitoring, and links to relevant resources.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeFunction Compute
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Build a Low‑Cost Dynamic Web Site with Serverless Devs on Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jan 20, 2022 · Databases

How Cloud‑Native Databases Are Redefining China’s Database Landscape

The article examines how China’s domestic database market is shifting from legacy commercial systems to cloud‑native solutions like Alibaba Cloud’s PolarDB, highlighting Gartner’s recognition, architectural innovations, open‑source initiatives, and the broader impact on the nation’s digital economy.

Alibaba CloudDigital EconomyGartner
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How Cloud‑Native Databases Are Redefining China’s Database Landscape
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jan 18, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Alibaba Cloud’s Differential SLO Boosts Kubernetes Resource Utilization

This article explains Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes's differential SLO approach, detailing the reclaimed‑resource model, CPU burst and topology‑aware scheduling, kernel group identity, memory watermark tiering, and real‑world case studies that demonstrate significant improvements in cluster efficiency and latency‑sensitive workload performance.

ACKAlibaba CloudCPU Burst
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How Alibaba Cloud’s Differential SLO Boosts Kubernetes Resource Utilization
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jan 6, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Build Minute‑Level Hybrid Cloud Disaster Recovery with MSHA Multi‑Active Architecture

This article presents a step‑by‑step guide for constructing a hybrid cloud disaster‑recovery solution using MSHA's multi‑active architecture, covering business background, design challenges, dual‑active deployment, traffic routing, data synchronization, one‑click failover, and validation of sub‑minute RPO/RTO for e‑commerce platforms.

Alibaba CloudMSHAcloud-native
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How to Build Minute‑Level Hybrid Cloud Disaster Recovery with MSHA Multi‑Active Architecture
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Jan 5, 2022 · Backend Development

Why Spring Cloud Alibaba Is the Ultimate Microservices Solution for Fast Business Transformation

This article explains how Spring Cloud Alibaba provides a one‑stop microservices solution, details its components and migration costs, offers practical learning steps, and recommends resources for mastering the framework, making it ideal for businesses seeking rapid digital transformation.

Alibaba CloudDistributed SystemsLearning Guide
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Why Spring Cloud Alibaba Is the Ultimate Microservices Solution for Fast Business Transformation
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jan 3, 2022 · Cloud Native

How to Build Minute‑Level Hybrid Cloud Disaster Recovery with MSHA Multi‑Active Architecture

This guide walks through a hybrid cloud disaster‑recovery demo for an e‑commerce platform, detailing business background, requirements, challenges, the MSHA‑based active‑active solution, step‑by‑step implementation, and verification of sub‑minute RPO/RTO using Alibaba Cloud services and Chaos engineering.

Active-ActiveAlibaba CloudMSHA
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How to Build Minute‑Level Hybrid Cloud Disaster Recovery with MSHA Multi‑Active Architecture
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Dec 31, 2021 · Cloud Native

Deploy a Spring Boot Mall Application to Alibaba Cloud Serverless in 5 Steps

This step‑by‑step guide shows how to prepare a VM, clone the open‑source Mall project, build Docker images for its dependencies, push them to Alibaba Cloud Container Registry, configure Serverless Devs, and finally deploy both the backend and Vue‑based frontend to Alibaba Cloud Function Compute, including log inspection and verification.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeDeployment
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Deploy a Spring Boot Mall Application to Alibaba Cloud Serverless in 5 Steps
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Dec 27, 2021 · Cloud Native

Unlocking Nacos: Inside Alibaba’s Open‑Source Configuration Management Architecture

This article introduces Alibaba’s Nacos, tracing its origins from an internal project to an open‑source configuration service, and explains its core capabilities, basic configuration model, namespace design for multi‑tenant isolation, and provides visual diagrams to illustrate these concepts.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeConfiguration Management
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Unlocking Nacos: Inside Alibaba’s Open‑Source Configuration Management Architecture
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Dec 22, 2021 · Information Security

Why Was Alibaba Cloud Suspended for Six Months Over the Log4j2 Flaw?

The Chinese cybersecurity authority has suspended Alibaba Cloud’s partnership for six months after the company discovered a critical Log4j2 vulnerability but failed to promptly report it, highlighting gaps in vulnerability disclosure and threat‑management processes.

Alibaba CloudVulnerability Managementcybersecurity
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Why Was Alibaba Cloud Suspended for Six Months Over the Log4j2 Flaw?
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Big Data Technology & Architecture
Dec 20, 2021 · Big Data

Guide to Alibaba Cloud Community Big Data Resources and Learning Path

This article introduces the Alibaba Cloud Community's big‑data section, outlines its extensive learning resources—including e‑books, Q&A, learning paths, open courses, and activities—explains why the industry has shifted toward cloud‑based platforms, and provides links for deeper exploration, all aimed at helping newcomers advance in big data engineering.

Alibaba CloudLearning Resourcescloud community
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Guide to Alibaba Cloud Community Big Data Resources and Learning Path
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Dec 17, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud’s Self‑Developed Green Data Center Technologies Featured in the 2021 National Telecom Energy‑Saving Product Directory

Alibaba Cloud’s 10 kV AC‑input DC UPS system and high‑elasticity cooling technology were officially listed in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s 2021 National Telecom Energy‑Saving Product Catalog, highlighting significant efficiency gains and supporting China’s green data‑center initiatives.

Alibaba Cloudcloud computingcooling technology
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Alibaba Cloud’s Self‑Developed Green Data Center Technologies Featured in the 2021 National Telecom Energy‑Saving Product Directory
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Nov 22, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Alibaba’s SMC‑R Brings Zero‑Modification RDMA to Cloud Applications

This article explains the background, architecture, and performance of Alibaba Cloud's SMC‑R technology, which enables transparent, zero‑modification use of RDMA over standard socket interfaces, offering higher throughput and lower latency for cloud workloads while providing automatic fallback to TCP.

Alibaba CloudElastic RDMARDMA
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How Alibaba’s SMC‑R Brings Zero‑Modification RDMA to Cloud Applications
Big Data Technology Architecture
Big Data Technology Architecture
Nov 13, 2021 · Big Data

Case Study: Migrating Baicaowei's On‑Premise Hadoop Data Platform to Alibaba Cloud Native Data Lake

This article details Baicaowei's migration from an IDC‑hosted Hadoop cluster to a cloud‑native data lake on Alibaba Cloud, outlining the business drivers, pain points of the legacy platform, architectural goals, design principles, solution selection, implementation steps, and future outlook for the new big‑data ecosystem.

Alibaba CloudBig DataDelta Lake
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Case Study: Migrating Baicaowei's On‑Premise Hadoop Data Platform to Alibaba Cloud Native Data Lake
php Courses
php Courses
Oct 18, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How to Purchase and Configure an Alibaba Cloud ECS Server

This guide walks through purchasing an Alibaba Cloud ECS instance, selecting configurations, setting up networking and security groups, and using SSH tools, covering steps from initial purchase to server management and optional upgrades such as bandwidth, disk reset, and system replacement.

Alibaba CloudECSSSH
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How to Purchase and Configure an Alibaba Cloud ECS Server
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Oct 11, 2021 · Cloud Native

Step‑by‑Step Guide to Deploy Knative on Alibaba Cloud

This tutorial introduces Knative, explains its architecture and core components, and provides a detailed, image‑rich walkthrough for deploying Knative on Alibaba Cloud, testing a sample serverless application, and managing the cluster via CloudShell.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeDeployment
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Step‑by‑Step Guide to Deploy Knative on Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Oct 11, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why Full‑Stack Tracing Is Critical and How to Implement It End‑to‑End

Full‑link tracing links users, back‑end services, and cloud components into a comprehensive topology, delivering three core benefits—end‑to‑end diagnosis, dependency mapping, and custom tag propagation—while addressing multi‑language protocol unification, front‑back‑cloud coordination, and cross‑cloud data fusion with practical ARMS integration steps.

ARMSAlibaba CloudMicroservices
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Why Full‑Stack Tracing Is Critical and How to Implement It End‑to‑End
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Oct 4, 2021 · Cloud Native

Master Serverless Debugging: Online, Local, and Optimization Techniques

This guide explains how to debug serverless applications using online console debugging, remote breakpoint debugging, command‑line tools, IDE plugins, web‑framework local testing, event simulation, and offers optimization tips such as resource assessment, code‑package sizing, instance reuse, and advanced platform features like pre‑freeze, pre‑stop, and single‑instance concurrency.

Alibaba CloudCloud FunctionsDebugging
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Master Serverless Debugging: Online, Local, and Optimization Techniques
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Sep 6, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Medical NLP at Alibaba: Data, Algorithms, and Knowledge for Smart Healthcare

This article reviews Alibaba Cloud senior algorithm expert Chen Mosha's presentation on medical NLP, covering Alibaba's healthcare business, data types, electronic medical record quality inspection, span‑based and nested NER models, term normalization, clinical trial outcome prediction, knowledge‑enhanced language models, and the CBLUE benchmark dataset.

Alibaba CloudClinical Trial PredictionDataset
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Medical NLP at Alibaba: Data, Algorithms, and Knowledge for Smart Healthcare
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Aug 18, 2021 · Fundamentals

Signal Integrity Analysis in Immersion Liquid Cooling – Alibaba Cloud Server R&D Paper Accepted at DesignCon 2021

Alibaba Cloud's server R&D team presented a paper on signal‑integrity analysis for immersion liquid‑cooled servers at DesignCon 2021, introducing a novel analytical method, experimental findings on material effects, and design recommendations that support large‑scale data‑center liquid‑cooling deployments.

Alibaba CloudDesignConhigh-speed circuits
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Signal Integrity Analysis in Immersion Liquid Cooling – Alibaba Cloud Server R&D Paper Accepted at DesignCon 2021
Big Data Technology Architecture
Big Data Technology Architecture
Aug 12, 2021 · Big Data

Enterprise Data Lake Architecture, Delta Lake Core Capabilities, and Stream‑Batch Integrated Analytics on Alibaba Cloud

This article explains the rapid growth of data, the limitations of traditional warehouses, and how a cloud‑based data lake built on object storage with Delta Lake format provides low‑cost, flexible, and ACID‑compliant analytics, followed by a step‑by‑step guide to ingest, manage, and analyze data using Alibaba Cloud DLF and Databricks DDI with Spark streaming and batch jobs.

Alibaba CloudDelta LakeSpark
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Enterprise Data Lake Architecture, Delta Lake Core Capabilities, and Stream‑Batch Integrated Analytics on Alibaba Cloud
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Aug 4, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Turn Your Phone into a Retro Game Console with Alibaba Cloud Serverless

This article walks through a personal tutorial on using Alibaba Cloud's Serverless platform to deploy a handheld NES game console, detailing the setup of Function Compute, one‑click deployment steps, code snippets, and how to load and play classic games on your phone.

Alibaba CloudGame ConsoleNES
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Turn Your Phone into a Retro Game Console with Alibaba Cloud Serverless
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Jul 23, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud's Zhangbei Data Center: Green Low‑Carbon Design and Liquid‑Cooling Innovations

Alibaba Cloud’s Zhangbei data center in Hebei leverages abundant wind energy, advanced air‑handling units, and pioneering liquid‑cooling technology to achieve a PUE below 1.2, cutting carbon emissions and exemplifying the green, low‑carbon infrastructure goals outlined in China’s new data‑center development plan.

Alibaba CloudData centerliquid cooling
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Alibaba Cloud's Zhangbei Data Center: Green Low‑Carbon Design and Liquid‑Cooling Innovations
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jul 21, 2021 · Cloud Native

Ensuring Consistent Serverless Deployments with Serverless Devs

This guide explains how Serverless Devs detects online changes to prevent deployment conflicts in Alibaba Cloud Function Compute, covering three scenarios—new resources, updates after online changes, and redeploying existing resources—while providing step‑by‑step experiments and a non‑interactive CI flag.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeDeployment Consistency
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Ensuring Consistent Serverless Deployments with Serverless Devs
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Jul 12, 2021 · Cloud Native

From Internet Middleware to Cloud‑Native & Serverless: Alibaba’s Evolution Roadmap

The article reviews the evolution of internet middleware presented at Alibaba Cloud’s Yunqi conference, detailing how massive user scale drove its growth, the shift toward cloud‑native and serverless technologies, and the practical benefits and challenges of adopting platforms like EDAS, Kubernetes, service mesh, and SkyWalking.

Alibaba CloudMicroservicesServerless
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From Internet Middleware to Cloud‑Native & Serverless: Alibaba’s Evolution Roadmap
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jun 28, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

How Alibaba Cloud’s MMAI Team Dominated CVPR2021 Video Action Challenges

Alibaba Cloud’s Multimedia AI team won five first‑place titles and one runner‑up across six major video‑action challenges at CVPR2021, showcasing advanced transformer‑CNN hybrids, self‑supervised initialization, and spatio‑temporal relation modeling that now power their multimedia AI cloud products.

Alibaba CloudCVPR2021multimedia AI
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How Alibaba Cloud’s MMAI Team Dominated CVPR2021 Video Action Challenges
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jun 10, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Build and Deploy a Custom Graduation Album on Alibaba Cloud in Minutes

This step‑by‑step guide shows how to create, configure, and launch a personalized graduation album using Alibaba Cloud's Cloud Development platform, covering app creation, resource authorization, code deployment, domain binding, and customizable front‑end features with code examples.

Alibaba CloudGraduation AlbumTutorial
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Build and Deploy a Custom Graduation Album on Alibaba Cloud in Minutes
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jun 7, 2021 · Cloud Native

Master Knative Serverless: Serving, Eventing, and Alibaba Cloud Integration

This article introduces Knative, the open‑source serverless framework built on Kubernetes, explains its core Serving and Eventing components, details Alibaba Cloud’s deep integration and enhanced capabilities such as traffic management, auto‑scaling policies, and provides a step‑by‑step example of a real‑time bullet‑screen application.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeKnative
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Master Knative Serverless: Serving, Eventing, and Alibaba Cloud Integration
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 6, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Why Alibaba Cloud Calls Its ‘Thick Middle Platform’ a New Operating System

The article analyzes Alibaba Cloud President Zhang Jianfeng’s view that the traditional middle‑platform must evolve into a “thick” platform that functions as a new operating system for the cloud, big data, AI, IoT and mobile era, highlighting strategic shifts and the role of KPIs.

Alibaba CloudOperating Systemcloud architecture
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Why Alibaba Cloud Calls Its ‘Thick Middle Platform’ a New Operating System
DevOps
DevOps
Jun 4, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud’s New Thick Mid‑Platform: From Mid‑Platform to a New Operating System

The article analyzes Alibaba Cloud’s shift from the traditional “mid‑platform” concept to a “thick” cloud‑era operating system that integrates big data, AI, IoT and mobile capabilities, explaining why the original mid‑platform has been dismantled and how each business unit now functions as its own platform.

Alibaba CloudOperating Systemcloud strategy
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Alibaba Cloud’s New Thick Mid‑Platform: From Mid‑Platform to a New Operating System
ITPUB
ITPUB
Jun 3, 2021 · Cloud Native

How Edge Cloud‑Native Is Redefining Architecture for the 5G Era

The talk from SACC2021 outlines Alibaba Cloud's edge cloud‑native journey, detailing the evolution of cloud‑native concepts, the specific challenges of extending them to edge environments, and the architectural solutions and use cases that enable low‑latency, high‑bandwidth services in the 5G‑driven digital transformation.

5GAlibaba CloudEdge Computing
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How Edge Cloud‑Native Is Redefining Architecture for the 5G Era
21CTO
21CTO
May 27, 2021 · Cloud Native

Mastering Cloud‑Native Architecture: Practical Steps to Transform SaaS on Alibaba Cloud

This article explains what cloud‑native architecture is, why it is essential for modern SaaS businesses, and provides a step‑by‑step guide—including maturity models, serverless migration, namespace and application setup, load‑balancer binding, service/configuration centers, elasticity, observability, resilience, and automation—using Alibaba Cloud SAE and MSE services.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeMicroservices
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Mastering Cloud‑Native Architecture: Practical Steps to Transform SaaS on Alibaba Cloud
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
May 26, 2021 · Cloud Native

Unlock Cloud Native Mastery: Free 14‑Chapter Handbook from Alibaba Cloud

This article explains the evolution of cloud native practices—from Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration to service mesh technologies—highlights Alibaba Cloud's strategic commitment, and introduces a comprehensive 14‑chapter handbook that guides readers through core Kubernetes concepts, configuration management, and networking strategies.

Alibaba CloudCloud NativeConfiguration Management
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Unlock Cloud Native Mastery: Free 14‑Chapter Handbook from Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
May 21, 2021 · Cloud Computing

2021 Data Center High‑Quality Development Conference Highlights Liquid‑Cooling Innovations and Industry Standards

The 2021 Data Center High‑Quality Development Conference in Beijing showcased the release of industry indexes and low‑carbon white papers, awarded Alibaba Cloud for liquid‑cooled cloud computing innovations, and detailed China's rapid data‑center growth, emerging liquid‑cooling technologies, and collaborative standard‑setting efforts.

Alibaba CloudData centerHigh‑Performance Computing
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2021 Data Center High‑Quality Development Conference Highlights Liquid‑Cooling Innovations and Industry Standards
Full-Stack Internet Architecture
Full-Stack Internet Architecture
May 20, 2021 · Cloud Native

Key Findings from CNCF 2020 China Cloud Native Survey: Serverless, Containers, Service Mesh, and Open‑Source Tools

The CNCF 2020 China Cloud Native Survey of 439 participants reveals rapid growth in serverless adoption, a surge in container and Kubernetes usage, expanding service mesh deployment, and increasing reliance on open‑source automation tools, highlighting China’s emerging role as a major CNCF contributor.

Alibaba CloudCNCFCloud Native
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Key Findings from CNCF 2020 China Cloud Native Survey: Serverless, Containers, Service Mesh, and Open‑Source Tools
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 5, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Analysis of the Cloud Computing Industry: Evolution of AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud

Over more than a decade, the article examines the development of cloud infrastructure, comparing the strategies and product evolution of AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud, and highlights how elastic IT resources, hybrid cloud solutions, AI integration, and scale economies have shaped the competitive landscape of China's cloud computing market.

AIAWSAlibaba Cloud
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Analysis of the Cloud Computing Industry: Evolution of AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Apr 27, 2021 · Cloud Native

Seamless Traffic Migration with Alibaba Cloud ACK’s Dual‑Node CLB Feature

This guide explains how Alibaba Cloud's ACK Cloud Controller Manager now supports attaching both in‑cluster nodes and external ECS instances to the same CLB backend, enabling smooth traffic migration, canary releases, and multi‑cluster high‑availability with step‑by‑step instructions and code examples.

ACKAlibaba CloudCloud Native
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Seamless Traffic Migration with Alibaba Cloud ACK’s Dual‑Node CLB Feature
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Apr 22, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba Cloud Breaks MLPerf Inference Performance Records with Zhenduan Heterogeneous Computing Platform

Alibaba Cloud's Zhenduan heterogeneous computing acceleration platform achieved historic breakthroughs in the MLPerf inference benchmark, processing over 1.07 million images per second on 8 NVIDIA A100 GPUs, setting multiple first‑place records and dramatically improving e‑commerce recommendation speed and overall AI workload efficiency.

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Alibaba Cloud Breaks MLPerf Inference Performance Records with Zhenduan Heterogeneous Computing Platform
Alibaba Terminal Technology
Alibaba Terminal Technology
Apr 1, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Why Alibaba Cloud’s IoT Studio Is the Game‑Changer for Low‑Code IoT Development

This article examines the rapid growth of low‑code platforms, explains why the IoT sector remains a blue‑ocean market, and details how Alibaba Cloud’s IoT Studio combines no‑code app building with low‑code services to accelerate device management, fault prediction, and production optimization for industrial IoT applications.

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Why Alibaba Cloud’s IoT Studio Is the Game‑Changer for Low‑Code IoT Development
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Mar 12, 2021 · Cloud Native

Deploy Cloud‑Native CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Alibaba Cloud ACK

This guide explains how to use GitHub Actions together with Alibaba Cloud Container Service (ACK) and Container Registry (ACR) to build a lightweight, automated CI/CD pipeline that packages an Nginx app into a container, pushes it to ACR, and deploys it to ACK, illustrating a practical DevOps workflow.

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Deploy Cloud‑Native CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Alibaba Cloud ACK
Amap Tech
Amap Tech
Mar 5, 2021 · Databases

Scaling and Migrating a High‑Volume Order System with Sharding, Data Synchronization and Gray‑Rollout on Alibaba Cloud

To support Gaode Taxi’s soaring order volume, the team expanded from four to eight ECS instances, re‑sharded 256 tables into 4,096, built a custom binlog‑to‑Kafka sync middleware for full‑load and incremental migration, implemented rigorous validation and repair processes, and employed a gray‑rollout with ABC verification, completing the migration without code changes or incidents.

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Scaling and Migrating a High‑Volume Order System with Sharding, Data Synchronization and Gray‑Rollout on Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Mar 4, 2021 · Cloud Native

Deploy Wasm Filters to Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh with ORAS and Envoy

This guide explains how to push WebAssembly modules to an OCI‑compatible ACR registry using the ORAS client, enable Wasm support in Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh (ASM), and deploy Envoy filters via the ASMFilterDeployment CRD, covering Envoy filter types, pros and cons of Wasm, required CLI commands, and verification steps.

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Deploy Wasm Filters to Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh with ORAS and Envoy
21CTO
21CTO
Feb 4, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Wang Jian’s Simple Philosophy Built Alibaba Cloud and the City Brain

The article chronicles Wang Jian’s humble beginnings, rapid rise to academic and corporate leadership, his decisive role in creating Alibaba’s cloud architecture, the challenges of the "Fly‑Sky" project, and his visionary push for the City Brain, illustrating how belief, focus, and system‑level thinking drive transformative technology.

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How Wang Jian’s Simple Philosophy Built Alibaba Cloud and the City Brain
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Jan 11, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Insights on Serverless: Challenges, Opportunities, and Real‑World Adoption

The article presents an in‑depth interview with Alibaba Cloud Serverless leader Bu Chen, discussing the evolution, technical challenges, performance requirements, functional needs, and real‑world use cases of Serverless computing, while outlining Alibaba Cloud's vision to make Serverless the essential, user‑centric cloud infrastructure.

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Insights on Serverless: Challenges, Opportunities, and Real‑World Adoption
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jan 4, 2021 · Databases

Why Cloud‑Native Distributed Databases Are the Future of Enterprise Data

The article reviews the evolution of database systems driven by cloud computing, big‑data demands and distributed architectures, highlights Alibaba Cloud’s cloud‑native offerings such as PolarDB and AnalyticDB, and discusses trends, security, and best practices for modern enterprise data platforms.

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Why Cloud‑Native Distributed Databases Are the Future of Enterprise Data
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jan 3, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Which 2020 Alibaba Cloud Live Sessions Were Must‑Watch? Top Picks Revealed

As 2020 ends, Alibaba Cloud Developer Community highlights the most valuable live streams across ten categories—including databases, cloud‑native microservices, big data, AI, IoT, and more—providing links, keywords, and brief overviews so developers can revisit the year’s top technical insights and plan for 2021.

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Which 2020 Alibaba Cloud Live Sessions Were Must‑Watch? Top Picks Revealed
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Jan 1, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Taobao’s Journey from LAMP to Cloud: Architecture Evolution & Migration Secrets

This article chronicles Taobao’s rapid growth from a simple LAMP stack in 2003 to a sophisticated, cloud‑native architecture, detailing each major redesign, the challenges faced, and the best‑practice migration strategies that enabled high availability, scalability, and performance on Alibaba Cloud.

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Taobao’s Journey from LAMP to Cloud: Architecture Evolution & Migration Secrets
Alibaba Terminal Technology
Alibaba Terminal Technology
Dec 28, 2020 · Big Data

Unlocking Massive-Scale User Behavior Analysis: From Funnels to Intelligent Links

This talk explores how to conduct user behavior analysis on massive data sets, compares existing analytics tools, and presents Alibaba Dataworks' end‑to‑end solution—including funnel and link visualizations, a big‑data processing architecture, and future intelligent link capabilities—to uncover and resolve user‑experience issues efficiently.

Alibaba CloudBig DataData visualization
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Unlocking Massive-Scale User Behavior Analysis: From Funnels to Intelligent Links
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Dec 2, 2020 · Cloud Native

Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Serverless Devs: Architecture, Use Cases, and Future Trends

This interview explores the origins, team structure, real‑world deployments, open‑source components, and research directions of Alibaba Cloud’s Serverless Devs platform, highlighting its multi‑cloud toolchain, advantages over existing solutions, and its impact on backend development and micro‑service architectures.

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Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Serverless Devs: Architecture, Use Cases, and Future Trends
Big Data Technology Architecture
Big Data Technology Architecture
Nov 23, 2020 · Big Data

One‑Stop Data Lake Ingestion Solution with Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Formation (DLF)

The article describes Alibaba Cloud's Data Lake Formation service, presenting a unified, real‑time, and low‑latency solution for ingesting heterogeneous data sources—including RDS, DTS, TableStore, and SLS—into an OSS‑backed data lake using templates, a Spark‑based ingestion engine, and modern file formats such as Delta Lake.

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One‑Stop Data Lake Ingestion Solution with Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Formation (DLF)
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Nov 22, 2020 · Backend Development

Top 15 Must‑Know Alibaba Developer Tools to Boost Your Java & Cloud Projects

Discover a curated list of fifteen popular Alibaba ecosystem developer tools—from Java scaffolding and diagnostics to cloud‑native services, performance testing, and mobile frameworks—each with key features and typical use cases designed to help developers streamline development, monitoring, and deployment.

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Top 15 Must‑Know Alibaba Developer Tools to Boost Your Java & Cloud Projects
Big Data Technology Architecture
Big Data Technology Architecture
Nov 21, 2020 · Big Data

Multi-Engine Support and Future Directions of Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Building Service

The article explains how Alibaba Cloud's Data Lake Building Service enables fine‑grained lake management by integrating multiple compute engines—including EMR, MaxCompute, Blink, Hologres, PAI, and open‑source Hive, Spark, and Presto—through unified metadata and OSS storage, while outlining current features, special format support, and planned future enhancements.

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Multi-Engine Support and Future Directions of Alibaba Cloud Data Lake Building Service