Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba (09988.HK), has been recognized by Gartner as a leader in both the '2025 Magic Quadrant for Container Management' and the '2025 Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms.'
Jiang Jiangwei, Senior Researcher at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence and General Manager of the Infrastructure Business Unit, stated that as digital capabilities become an essential element for enterprises, the company is committed to enhancing the effectiveness and ease of adopting digital tools while continuously pushing the boundaries of related technologies.
According to the Gartner report, the container management market size exceeded USD 2.5 billion last year, and it is projected that by 2028, 95% of new artificial intelligence deployments will adopt Kubernetes, marking a significant increase from less than 30% currently. Additionally, the global cloud-native application platform market revenue surpassed USD 3.5 billion last year, with expenditures growing by a double-digit rate of 16.4% year-on-year. It is forecasted that by 2029, the market revenue will surpass USD 7 billion, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.1% from 2024 to 2029 (calculated in constant currency).
