10年前从被嘲笑为不可能?到如今成全球前三!阿里云经历了什么?
还记得这张图吗?去年末BAT大佬同时获得改革先锋称号的消息同时刷爆了朋友圈。
特别是他们分别代表的领域,也象征了BAT在互联网世界完全不同的功能与走向。当时,马云是"数字经济的创新者"。
如今的阿里巴巴俨然已经是数字经济的代表,云计算深入生活的大街小巷,AI训练员、工程师成为新工种,并且大受欢迎,出门电子支付成为了常态,过年过节抢票都通过12306进行……
有谁能想到,曾经的阿里云被认为是"没有未来"的呢?
在阿里巴巴开始做阿里云的时候,业界普遍不看好,认为这不过是把几台高性能计算机连接在一起。当时,李彦宏还说云计算是新瓶装旧酒,没有新意;马化腾说云计算要在阿凡达时代才能实现。
只有马云坚持做云计算,并且于2009年成立阿里云,当时他们的决定非常大胆,中国市场没有人做过,他们只能靠自己摸索,同时他们还选了一条特别艰难的道路——自主研发云。
于是,他们开始集结队伍,自主研发"飞天"平台,这个名字来自中国古代"飞天"神话,也象征着他们想征服星辰大海的梦想。
飞天的研发过程十分艰难,不仅外部不看好,内部也是矛盾不断,所有人都不知道要走向何方。这时候,马云力排众议地支持阿里云,并表示:"一定要做云计算,投10年,每年投10亿!"
经过了好几代工程师的努力,到了2013年,阿里云开始为用户提供了完整的云服务,2014年,阿里云开始在香港提供服务,成为了中国第一家有能力提供海外云计算服务的公司。2015年,12306把车票查询业务放到了阿里云上,为无数老百姓提供了顺畅的购票服务,让回家路不再难。
2016年10月,阿里云甚至还通过其飞天的计算能力,与杭州政府合作,共同开展城市大脑计划,利用人工智能ET城市大脑帮助人类治理交通。同时还将人工智能应用到了工业、医疗、农业等等各个领域。
如今,人们终于相信,云不仅不是"天方夜谭",而且还是我们构建未来世界的"基础"。
而改变这一切的,是始终未言放弃的阿里云。
过去几年中,阿里云不仅在中国市场占据了半壁江山,还登上了国际舞台。在全球云计算市场,权威机构Gartner和IDC首次合流认证,阿里云超越谷歌、IBM等科技巨头,成为全球第三大云。一切的开始,源于当初不为人理解的坚持和远见。
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