Arrow Electronics, a global technology solutions provider, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of the Alibaba Group, to offer cloud solutions built on Alibaba Cloud's robust infrastructure to businesses and channel operators in the EMEA region.
Alibaba Cloud is among the top three public cloud providers in the world and the largest in China. The platform offers a complete set of cloud solutions to support channel customers in DevOps, elastic computing, relational databases, cloud storage, disaster recovery, security, content delivery networks (CDNs) and many other solutions.
Alibaba Cloud offers cloud computing services to businesses around the world and is an expert in vertical solutions for retail, manufacturing, finance, logistics, media and entertainment, and the Internet. Founded in 2009, Alibaba Cloud currently operates in 61 regions, available in 20 regions worldwide, which include data centers in mainland China, Germany and the United Kingdom.
"Alibaba Cloud has grown rapidly and is one of the largest public cloud providers globally. Through this agreement we will offer, in particular small to medium channel operators, the opportunity to work with Alibaba Cloud in the EMEA market," he says Alexis Brabant, Vice president sales of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions in EMEA. "As we enter the world of multi-cloud, our customers can now choose from an even broader range and variety of tailored solutions and services to best meet the needs of their end users. With Alibaba Cloud, Arrow continues to develop a comprehensive portfolio of cloud solutions to provide businesses with analytics, blockchain, AI, IoT and security applications."
“As a global leader in data intelligence, we understand the opportunities that cloud technologies can create for channel partners,” he says Max Tao, Senior Manager of Alliance, Alibaba Cloud International. "We are excited to partner with Arrow for its world-class services, cloud expertise and local experience. We will work together to help more regional and local channel enterprises begin their cloud and data intelligence journey."
