Alibaba’s shares were up slightly in Friday trading, after the e-commerce giant reported a strong quarterly earnings result. The company also expects further growth in its cloud computing business. 

Alibaba subsidiary Alibaba Cloud has strengthed its online authentication security by purchasing IDsManager, an IDaaS (ID-as-a-Service) provider.

The tech behemoth disclosed its Artificial Intelligence map for the first time on the APSARA Conference 2019: Cloud Town, presenting its second AI chip.

The revenue growth was primarily driven by an increase in average revenue per customer.

2019 Global New Economy Conference - Germany-U.S.-China Intelligence Forum. Zhu Jintong (朱金童) is the director of enterprise data intelligence at Alibaba Cloud ETbrain.

Alibaba's semiconductor subsidiary Pingtou Ge (平头哥) launched its "Xuantie 910". As the US barring semiconductor transactions with China, Chinese giants could drive this sector in the future.

Alibaba Cloud will be the exclusive provider of Salesforce to customers in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, a move that eclipses Baidu’s efforts to set up its own CRM platform Aifanfan.

Alibaba's AI investment decisions are driven by technology. Starting with an intention to improve business efficiency, Alibaba ultimately makes effective use of AI technology in cloud-based applications.