There was a lot to unpack at the Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote. This long-form piece tries to cover all the most relevant points for A/NZ.

After elbowing its way into the EMEA market last month, the Chinese cloud provider has now unveiled the full extent of its product portfolio for the region.

‘Smart cities’ is one of the hot buzz phrases of 2018, and Alibaba Cloud is taking measures to ensure it’s at the forefront of the movement.

The largest software acquisition in history "shows how even the biggest beasts in tech are having to adapt to the Cloud computing world."

Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US  are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.

While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.

Competition is heating up among the major cloud providers, as Alibaba Cloud continues to claim a bigger stake in the market.

Alibaba furthers its reach into the A/NZ market with this partnership for managed IT and cloud services from CSG.

Alibaba Cloud will work with Norwegian software company Kongsberg Digital to open up new solutions for the energy sector in China and other parts of Asia.

The two companies have announced a partnership which will improve global connectivity within Australia.

Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.

The two companies have released an aptly named 'Joint Edge Computing Platform' in the hopes to encourage the concept among enterprises.

Hybrid cloud deployments are certainly the flavour of the times at the moment and it’s an area these two companies are investing in.

Alibaba Cloud and content management provider SDL are now working together to help global brands launch and grow their digital businesses across the Asia and China markets.

Alibaba Cloud partnered with ABU Sports Network to deliver a turnkey internet-based broadcast solution to the benefit of millions of viewers.

"We’re aiming to help customers leverage Apsara Stack powered by HPE."

Alibaba Cloud has invested a significant amount of resources into its latest suite of products and partner programme.

Demand for connected cars in China is skyrocketing and consequently so too is data on the edge, which Autonomic hopes to take advantage of.

The MoU aims to promote IoT applications within the ‘smart industry’ and ‘smart life’ fields across Chinese cities and enterprises.

Amazon is still on top, but Alibaba’s investment strategy is giving the company huge potential for global growth.

Alibaba Cloud has announced a partnership with former Formula One (F1) champion Fernando Alonso to provide cloud infrastructure.

“Today’s landmark partnership marks an exciting step towards Alibaba Cloud’s goal to enable digital transformation across the globe."

Alibaba Cloud has expanded its reach in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with the launch of a new partner program.

Commvault and Alibaba Cloud say the offerings are designed to enable businesses to make their move to the cloud with greater ease and security.