Alibaba Cloud Developer

Jul 4, 2017 · Cloud Computing

Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara: How Massive Scale and Open‑Source Drive Innovation

Alibaba Cloud’s chief architect Tang Hong recounts the company’s evolution from its 2009 launch, detailing the Apsara operating system’s milestones, massive scaling achievements, virtualization and container innovations, and future directions in lightweight virtualization, high‑speed hardware, and heterogeneous security, illustrating how open‑source collaboration fuels its growth.