A spinoff of the multinational conglomerate Alibaba, Ant Financial boasts a $150+ billion valuation and the scale to match. The fintech startup, launched in 2014, is comprised of Alipay, the world’s largest online payment platform, and…
作为跨国集团阿里巴巴成立的分支公司，蚂蚁金服增长迅速，估值超过 1500 亿美元。 作为跨国集团阿里巴巴成立的分支公司，蚂蚁金服增长迅速，估值超过 1500 亿美元。这家金融科技创业公司于 2014 年成立，旗下包含全球最大的在线支付平台支付宝，同时还通过充分利用科技创新推出了多项其他服务。支付宝拥有 9 亿多用户，每天都有海量的交易通过其本地和全球合作伙伴达成。2017 年双十一高峰期的每秒交易量高达 256,000 笔，2018 年双十一的商品成交额更是高达 310 亿美元。蚂蚁金服以“为世界带来更多平等的机会”为使命，致力于通过科技创新能力，搭建一个开放、共享的信用体系和金融服务平台。 除了金融服务外，蚂蚁金服还运营着其他业务，例如花呗在线信用系统、借呗借款服务、以及拥有 3.5 亿用户的蚂蚁森林绿色能量移动应用。存储和计算集团产品管理负责人 Haojie Hang 对此表示，蚂蚁金服面临着“以全新方式处理数据的挑战。我们认为这一处理规模会带来三个严峻挑战：1. 如何提供实时计算、存储和处理能力，以便开展为欺诈检测提供实时建议等工作；2. 如何从这些数据中挖掘智能，尽管当前我们有很多数据，但我们并未能从中获得足够的洞察；3. 如何在应用程序级别、中间件级别、系统级别甚至是芯片级别保证安全性。” 为了应对这些挑战并为其客户提供可靠和一致的服务，蚂蚁金服在 2014 年采用了 Docker 容器化技术。但很快，他们便意识到需要一款编排解决方案，来支持公司数据中心内拥有数万个节点的集群。 该团队研究了多项技术，包括 Docker Swarm 和 Mesos 等。Hang…
Application modernization and portability across clouds
Application portability is a growing consideration among enterprises as the array of private, public, and hybrid cloud options continue to expand. Containers are gaining favor as the best approach to application portability, notably as a way…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2019 was a great success with record-breaking registrations, attendance, sponsorships, and co-located events for CNCF’s second annual conference in China. With 3,500 registrations, attendance for this year’s event…
The 10 most viewed videos from past KubeCon + CloudNativeCons
Each KubeCon + CloudNativeCon conference is jam-packed with inspiring, insightful and informative keynotes, sessions and lightning talks. They are published on our YouTube channel after each event so that regardless of attendance, everyone can benefit! Today,…
EnterpriseAI: "Container storage goes native"
Persistent storage emerged as an early requirement for shifting application containers to full production. Industry standards groups have since taken up the cause by launching so-called “cloud-native” storage projects around key components like the Kubernetes cluster…
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At every KubeCon + CloudNativeCon since Seattle in 2016, CNCF has offered funding and support to attendees from traditionally underrepresented and/or marginalized groups. More than 300 of these diversity scholarships — which include free registration, travel…
Demystifying containers – part II: container runtimes
This blog post was first published on suse.com by Sascha Grunert. This series of blog posts and corresponding talks aims to provide you with a pragmatic view on containers from a historic perspective. Together we will discover…
Diversity scholarship series: experiencing KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit in Shanghai
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STORK, storage operator for Multi-Cloud deployments
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