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Spearheaded by Alibaba Cloud , the alliance is a joint initiative with local ecosystem partners to promote cloud adoption and the use of analytics intelligence among businesses of all types and sizes . It aims to become the country ’ s leading cloud ecosystem bringing together thousands of Alibaba Cloud ’ s partners and customers who have benefitted from the company ’ s digitalisation expertise , including supporting Digital Transformation in the different industry verticals , wide range of academic research , technology innovation and marketplace enhancement solutions .

Leo Liu , General Manager of Hong Kong , Macau , Korea and Philippines , Alibaba Cloud Intelligence , said : “ Philippines is a booming market with a big group of young and digital savvy population . There is strong demand on Digital Transformation in accordance with local government ’ s ‘ cloud-first ’ initiative . We have established local team and business coverage in the Philippines and will continue to invest in the country .”

Alibaba Cloud currently has over 20 local partners from various industries such as retail , fintech , media , Information Communications Technology ( ICT ), business process outsourcing ( BPO ), healthcare and education . The company plans to help 5,000 businesses in the Philippines on their digital migration by end-2023 .

In line with its efforts to actively prepare young , tech-savvy Filipinos for the impending shift to digital , Alibaba Cloud has also launched a series of training programmes dedicated to providing the necessary training in IT . These include the Alibaba Academy Programme , the Alibaba Cloud Partner Programme and the Alibaba Certificate Programme . Alibaba Cloud aims to train 50,000 and certify at least 10,000 IT professionals within the next three years .

“ Digitalisation will be the global economic bedrock in the post-COVID era . This is why we are determined to enhance our efforts in supporting businesses here in their Digital Transformation journeys . Through offering our technology know-how and experience in digitalisation , Alibaba Cloud is ready to help local businesses accelerate their growth with the support of our partners ,” said Allen Guo , Alibaba Cloud ’ s Head for Philippines .

To assist enterprises and SMEs in the Philippines to grow and succeed in a digital society , Alibaba Cloud offers comprehensive localised cloud solutions and products in the Philippines , including leading products in computing , storage , data base , cloud network , cloud security , analytics and Artificial Intelligence fields , as well as solutions on new retail , fintech and digital media .

For example , Alibaba Cloud worked with telecommunications giant , PLDT , to provide hybrid cloud and security solutions for eSports matches during the 30th Southeast Asian ( SEA ) Games , delivering high-speed connectivity and efficient handling of highvolume online traffic .

“ We are delighted to have joined forces with Alibaba Cloud as we leverage on its proven track record and experience as the Asia Pacific ’ s biggest cloud service provider . Alibaba Cloud has developed a wide array of solutions across the cloud ecosystem . We are looking forward to fortifying this partnership and co-operation as we face this new era of cloud modernisation ,” said PLDT Enterprise and International Data Regional Head for Asia Pacific , Jeff Mendoza . •

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