Introduction:

Recently, Gartner officially released the Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services, with 8 vendors recognized worldwide. Alibaba Cloud has been positioned into the Challengers Quadrant basis on its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

Gartner defines strategic cloud platform services (SCPS) as standardized, automated, public cloud offerings integrating infrastructure services (e.g., computing, network and storage), platform services (e.g., application, data and value-added services such as AI/ML) and transformation services (resources to help customers adopt cloud-oriented IT delivery models). Although owned by the service provider, infrastructure and platform services may be hosted in providers’ infrastructures or customers’ data centers. Services should be elastically scalable, metered by use, and consumable via web-based interfaces and programmable APIs. Transformation programs may be delivered by automated, self-service interfaces, and managed interactions facilitated by account teams/partners.

Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services, David Wright, Dennis Smith, Miguel Angel Borrega, Alessandro Galimberti, Carolin Zhou, 21 October 2024

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