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Application and data compatibility

Application and data compatibility

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Application and data compatibility

- [Instructor] So let's take the same process to the Alibaba Cloud or what some people call Alicloud. So the Alibaba Cloud popped up a few years ago. Really as something that came out of China. And if you look at it, it's typically going to be a Chinese based public cloud provider, but they do provide services outside of China. So it's a contender, especially, if you're not adverse to leveraging a cloud provider, which happens to be out of mainland China. So the Chinese market provides challenges, as well as opportunities. If, for example, you're trying to open up that market, and run a division in China, then this may be the cloud that you leverage because it's one of the few that are allowed into that marketplace. So there is growing interest in the US due to lower costs. And so, it's typically known as the low-cost alternative, has many of the same features as Amazon, Microsoft and Google Cloud platform. And depending on what analytical services you're listening to, it's either in…

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