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30.7.2020 10:02:13 CEST | Business Wire | Press release
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has supported Paris 2024 to its latest engagement initiative “Le Club Paris 2024” on club.paris2024.org . The interactive website is the digital gateway for those who are interested in the Olympic Games. It will also enable the sports fans to interact and become more engaged through the various community activities Le Club Paris 2024 has to offer.
As the Worldwide Olympic Partner and official cloud service provider, Alibaba Cloud has been supporting Paris 2024’s digital infrastructure since the organization’s inception, including hosting the official website Paris2024.org. Alibaba Cloud’s leading computing capabilities together with its wide range of service portfolios, have been pivotal for Paris 2024 to deliver online projects rapidly while meeting the stringent requirement on website hosting and network security.
To support the various functions of the Le Club Paris 2024 website, Alibaba Cloud deploys its services, featuring powerful devOps to ensure the digital platform is easily managed with minimal interruption even when receiving an influx of requests, such as during the kick off of an online campaign when heavy online traffic is expected. With strong technical capabilities, Alibaba Cloud provides smooth user experience for the various interactive activities via its website, making the Olympics experience an exciting online engagement.
“Four years from the Paris Olympics and Paralympics Games, we have launched ‘Le Club Paris 2024’ , open to everyone with one watch word: Enter the Games. Your turn to play. Our ambition is to offer to everyone the opportunity to engage themselves by our side and to fully live the experience. We are pleased to work with Alibaba Cloud on this mission, and by leveraging its cloud computing and digital transformation expertise, we can give everyone a unique experience as part of their own Paris 2024 journey,” said Romain Lachens, Engagement Director, Paris 2024.
Chris Tung, Alibaba Group Chief Marketing Office, said, “As a World Olympic Partner since PyeongChang 2018, we have been working closely with the IOC and local organizing committees to create a more inclusive, and the next-generation Olympics starting from Tokyo 2020 to Beijing 2022, Paris 2024 and beyond. We are confident that our cloud technology and e-commerce innovations can help contribute to take the Games to new levels.”
“We are very excited to support Paris 2024 with its digital transformation journey, and to bring our leading technology capabilities to digitalize the Olympic Games,” said Selina Yuan, President of International Business, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. “Together with Paris 2024, we are confident that the Olympic fans will be able to experience the excitement of the Games, and to spread the spirit of the Games to both online and offline communities.”
About Alibaba Cloud
Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud (alibabacloud.com ), the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, is among the world’s top three IaaS providers, according to Gartner. It is also the largest provider of public cloud services in China, according to IDC. Alibaba Cloud provides a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services to businesses worldwide, including merchants doing business on Alibaba Group marketplaces, start-ups, corporations and public services. Alibaba Cloud is the official Cloud Services Partner of the International Olympic Committee.
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