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Introducing Aliyun, Alibaba’s cloud service
Aliyun (www.aliyun.com) is the Alibaba’s response to Amazon Web Services (aws.amazon.com) for the Chinese market. Some would call it a clone, however Aliyun has not just copied the features and services of AWS, but rather developed a full product range that meet the requirements of the Chinese marketplace. While Aliyun is mostly known for its cloud servers, it is in fact more than just that. The mean products include; -Cloud servers (ECS) -Cloud Server Loads Balancers (SLB) -Elastic Scaling Services (ESS) -Cloud Load Balancers -Open Storage Service (OSS) -Content Delivery Networks (CDN) -Open Archive Service (OAS) -Open Table Service (OTS)…
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South Korea web hosting for website targeting Chinese users?
Hosting a website in China is complex, and almost impossible for foreign companies and non-China residents. Should one consider hosting in South Korea when targeting Chinese users? Well, it depends. South Korea has some of the most advanced IT infrastructure in the world and the internet connection speed locally is second to none. This does not mean however that access to websites hosted in Korea is extremely fast as this will depend of the international bandwidth of the specific datacenter, local internet speed of the user and the connectivity between the user ISP and the South Korean internet carrier. Furthermore,…
How to host a website in China, as a non-resident?
China is bound to become the largest economy in the world, and companies of all sizes from around the world have or are planning to sell their products or offer their services to Chinese consumers and businesses. The Great Firewall severely restricts access to overseas websites in China, either by blocking them, or by making the access speed extremely slow. In order to provide the best user experience to Chinese users visiting their websites, overseas companies therefore would preferably host their websites within the firewall, on a mainland China server. The problem in doing so is the ICP license requirement which…
Do you really need to host a website in China when targeting Chinese users?
One question we are often asked is whether it is really needed to host a website in China when targeting visitors, clients or in general users from mainland China? The reply is yes and no. China is today the second largest economy in the world and many Western companies are involved with China in a way or another. Many are importing products from China, others have products that have a potential market in China. Some are even considering moving to China to establish a branch there. Most Fortune 500 companies have branches, factories or representative offices in China. For many…