Xinhua Beijing on January 31 as the highest market value of Internet companies in China, Alibaba will be how the market moves has been the topic of concern to one of the industry. In the following the B2B business, personal online auction business and advertising platform, the Alibaba software strategy has surfaced. It Alibaba pattern will bring what the future impact of the industry is being stirred up no small interest.
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Recently, Microsoft, Cisco, Huawei, Founder more than 30 domestic and international IT companies such as strategic partnership and launched the "Internet software" platform. Alibaba side said that the alliance's intention is to jointly build the first "software Wal-Mart supermarket."
It is learned that the platform will be combined with each other separate software, and undertake to pay, operations, services, promotion and other important links, so that more software developers to the platform with the new business model to achieve profitability. Ali said Wang Tao, president of software, software, Internet software platform for developers to join Ali, will be more than 6000 million for the Alibaba Group to provide e-commerce customer base category, the software services to help SMEs to enhance their software application capabilities.
Formally, the software that Ali "Software Internet" platform, is SaaS (software operating service) a. Characterized by application software vendors to the unified arrangements of the server, the actual needs of customers according to their order through the Internet, software and services to manufacturers and vendors through the Internet access service support.
Alibaba has a huge number of small and medium users, with the rising level of B2B transactions, these enterprises need more personalized help to improve their business software standards. How to meet these growing needs, no doubt Alibaba B2B business is to increase pressure. It now appears that Alibaba's solution is Dataichangxi to separate ways software lords come in, providing software products for its SME customers. According to Alibaba side expected that by 2010 the platform will attract more than 1,000 software developers and 2 million paid subscribers.
For software vendors, can bring a win-win alliance with Alibaba. Wang Tao said that if there is a similar to the Wal-Mart supermarket network as a platform for software vendors to enter, for their sales and data maintenance, software developers can focus on what they do best software development. This not only can help software developers to save costs, but also to expand its customer base. Through such cooperation the industry chain, China's online software services within 5 years can grow to 100 billion yuan market scale.
It is understood that the launch of this multi-platform access to different types of applications in different sectors, business tool. Microsoft said Internet through the software platform, users can choose the required software and services company, flexible customization and leasing used. April 2007, Microsoft and the software has reached a comprehensive strategy Ali cooperation, both sides have started to provide small and medium-demand software services paid.
Alibaba launched software strategy, it seems not only out of consideration to make up their own shortcomings. CCW Research believes that SaaS industry in 2006, the scale of China's 6.8 billion, will exceed 40 billion yuan in 2011. Ali software obviously have to pursue development in this market intentions.
At the same time is more important is to let global buyers and sellers meet in the trading platform, it is only the initial stage of e-commerce. Alibaba concerned that The future realized from payments, to logistics to corporate governance, finance and Business Services, the business activities of enterprises Du Nengzai Alibaba platforms, limiting Du Yilai reliable software needed full support.
However, this platform will eventually have to be fully functioning, is also facing many challenges. Alibaba Although it is only a "store", but involves so many business integration software industry is also not an easy task. Alibaba side said: "The platform has a comprehensive development of interface standards, as long as they meet this standard, software developers can not impress their products more freely." But the background of the structure involved in the design, integration and operations, etc., undoubtedly put huge project. At the same time, how to coordinate the same "supermarket" in the competition between the various clients, but also not easy. Therefore, this joint platform, which could lead to much effect, depending on the Alibaba Group, whether in this area could ultimately how determined and input.