Cloud Computing: Alibaba to spin off mobile OS team
September 21, 2012
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Liau Yun Qing.
Chinese Internet giant Alibaba will be investing US$200 million in its Aliyun OS mobile operating system (OS) team which will be spun off from the company’s cloud computing division.
A report Friday on Xinhua cited an internal memo by Jack Ma which said Aliyun OS will be spun off from Aliyun.com, the company’s cloud computing unit, into a separate entity which will directly report to the Alibaba Group. The memo added that Alibaba Group will be investing US$200 million in Aliyun OS to strengthen its talent, technology and infrastructure…
Before the spin off, Aliyun.com was responsible for both cloud computing and mobile OS…
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