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Alibaba Cloud
Powers Olympic Games
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2021 Edition 1
www.alibabacloud.com
Special Issue
CONTENT
Exploring the Sports’ Digitization Together 3
Digital Transformation Beyond Sports 5
Smart Sports 7
Events Simulation Services 11
Fan Video Hub 13
Press Conference on the Cloud 15
Worldwide TOP Partner Alibaba Supports 17
Le Club Paris 2024
Three Years as Olympic Partner But Just 19
Getting Started
ApsaraDB Named a Leader 21
ABOUT
Editor in Chief / Selina Yuan Legal Advisor / Ava Zhao
Editor / Stephanie Gao, Ryan Zhao Proofreading Editor / Ryan Sims, Wei Tong
Website Planner / Sandy Zhang, Sue Zhou Art Director / Sophie Wang
US
Writer / Stephanie Gao, Ryan Zhao, Yanjia Zhang Designer / Longze Ma
PR Advisor / Claudia Ju
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Exploring Selina Yuan
the Sports’
Digitization
Together
Sports challenge and inspire people; every Olympic
Games attracts the world’s greatest athletes, but
how can we use modern technologies to empower
and cover an event with over 100 years of history?
Alibaba has been a worldwide sponsor for cloud Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The technologies advance to support business
infrastructure & services of the Olympic Games sports have faced new challenges. We need to continuity, the Olympic Games, and the people
since January 2017, and Alibaba Cloud wants to consider how to overcome the challenges and make pursuing excellence. Alibaba Cloud wants to
support the games with our technologies. There the path through all the difficulties. The core spirit support the Olympic Games with our technologies
are a lot of games and matches during the Olympic of the Olympic Games is about never giving up and and explore the Olympic Games’ digital journey
Games. Some fans will watch in person, but most challenging the impossible. We believe in this core together.
fans will watch remotely. At the venue, there are spirit and will work closely with the committees to
daily issues to address, such as fan management and move forward.
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such as livestream quality and stat tracking. Every
moment during the Olympic Games could be a once
in a lifetime historical moment.
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Digital Transformation
Beyond Sports fans to a variety of social network platforms hassles of traveling to different locales in gigantic
—— By Stephanie Gao before broadcasting them onto designated sports parks. Furthermore, with Press Conference
online platforms or in venues where the event is on the Cloud, reporters can attend multiple
happening. Sports event organizers can initiate briefings in multiple locations simultaneously to
The sports industry has been applying technologies websites, as well as their planning and activation in special projects encouraging fans to create maximize efficiency and productivity.
in new ways to address several challenges from the lead-up to the event. personalized motivational videos that will be
the digitalized world. displayed in sports stadiums. In a recent interview with the International Olympic
Recently, Alibaba Cloud unveiled a series of Committee, Alibaba Group Chief Marketing
Organizers need to overcome many hurdles to cloud-powered solutions that will transform and Broadcasters and journalists help spread the joy and Officer Chris Tung said, “The company sees the
provide the best experience inside and outside of digitalize how sports entertainment is traditionally excitement of sports to fans worldwide. Alibaba partnership as a platform to showcase Alibaba’s
their sporting venues, across a growing range of organized,broadcast, and consumed. The solutions Cloud launched Press Conference on the Cloud to innovations and cloud technologies to the world
channels, applications, and user groups. are designed to bring spectators closer to the improve experiences and facilitate virtual media through each edition of the Olympic Games, as
events’ center stage for more personalized and briefings using livestreaming and on-demand well as an opportunity to showcase how digital
Event attendees expect a seamless experience interactive engagement while helping organizers technologies. The solution broadens the reach technology can make a difference in engaging
when navigating an event, at-home spectators and broadcasters operate more efficiently, effectively, and increases efficiency for journalists that do not young consumers.”
want the best viewing experience possible, and the and securely. need to join press conferences in person, saving
world’s press wants to cover all of the action. them valuable time in crafting news stories and the “I think this transformative effort will have
Event organizers are set to benefit considerably
Cloud computing can help. The innovative cloud- from Alibaba Cloud’s Event Simulation Services
based technologies are reshaping the sports (ESS)*. Running on the cloud and powered by
industry and how sports organizers and athletes elastic compute, ESS can help organizers plan
interact with fans. For instance, Alibaba Cloud’s the layout of indoor venues virtually, optimizing
ApsaraVideo cloud technology could help bring the position of equipment and facilities without
the games to multiple screens with video on- moving or commissioning a single piece of
demand while enriching the viewing experience physical kit. ESS negates the time, expense,
and interaction levels. We can also imagine how and risk of physical tests and run-throughs with
such cloud technology can bring new aspects the ability to create a digital twin, providing a
of fun and enjoyment to people that could not comprehensive digital examination of a venue
participate previously. for all key stakeholders. When it comes to
event broadcast planning, Alibaba Cloud's ESS
For the world’s largest and most complex sports enables broadcasters to simulate and test different
event, the Olympic Games, cloud technology is camera positions before installing camera tracks,
playing an increasingly important role. Alibaba thereby offering audiences the best point-of-view.
Cloud is the official cloud service provider of Furthermore, ESS provides organizers with a
the IOC and will use its technology to make the wealth of insights for post-event analysis for more
Olympic Games smarter. Alibaba Cloud is focusing effective future planning.
on making the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022
cloud-based. It will offer unique experiences for Alibaba Cloud also launched Fan Video Hub to
attendees, including how they buy tickets, purchase help sports fans worldwide support their favorite a profound impact, not only for the Olympic “This is what we want to achieve, and this is what
merchandise, and engage via mobile technology. teams and athletes more personally, regardless Movement but also for all the sports fans and we hope the world will see and appreciate.”
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For the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, of location. The cloud-powered technology can spectators around the world, taking the Olympic
the Alibaba Cloud infrastructure is supporting the act as an efficient aggregator that can collect and Games to another level with the cloud technology For Alibaba Cloud, this is what inclusive
official games, fan engagement, and educational filter real-time videos uploaded by worldwide we have and will continue to create,” Tung said. technology means.
*This solution is neither officially approved by nor being delivered to the Olympic Games.
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Smart Sports
This article was originally produced by MIT Technology Review
Insights in association with Alibaba Cloud, and was published
on Technologyreview.com on January 29, 2021.
How cloud is driving a digital transformation in major sports events that benefits
athletes, teams, and fans worldwide.
Sport has been a pillar of human Technology has transformed sport
civilization for thousands of years. from localized activities into a global
Murals and monuments of ancient industry, worth some $488.5 b in
Egypt, dated older than 2000 BC, 2018.
depict events such as wrestling,
archery, and javelin. And there is still a lot more it can offer the world
of sports, from improving athlete performance
to managing spectator experiences at major live
The Lascaux cave paintings in France, over 15,000 events and delivering interactive home audience
years old, appear to show sprinting and wrestling. experiences. Sport is on the cusp of a major digital
Sports are a powerful force for good; sporting wind, and other natural factors, to enhance athlete
transformation, especially considering the rise of
activity builds physical and mental health, while performance. Coaches, in consultation with their According to a survey by Capgemini, almost
AI and the internet of things (IoT).
70%
spectator sports bridge generational and cultural medical teams, can then design separate training
divides. routines tailored for individual sportspeople.
Modern wearable technology can
Over the past century, technology has completely also help capture vital performance
changed the nature of sport. It has influenced the data. Immersive events for global
way athletes train and perform—consider Heuer’s audiences of fans say that emerging technologies have
invention in 1916 of the first stopwatch accurate enhanced their overall viewing experience,
to one hundredth of a second, subsequently used In 2016, Major League Baseball approved two both inside and outside the stadium.
in three Olympic Games in the 1920s. From the devices for use during games: the Motus Baseball Sports fans worldwide have a lot to gain through
1930s onwards, live television broadcasts of Sleeve, which measures stress on elbows, and the the increasing digitalization of sports and sporting
sporting events helped change many local games Zephyr Bioharness, which monitors heart and events. For decades, spectator sports were largely
breathing rates. In 2018, Formula One mandated passive and episodic, with fans attending occasional Fans watching remotely have primarily benefited
into global spectator sports.
drivers wear gloves that include a pulse oximetry events and watching others on television or from greater immersion in the actual live
sensor to measure heart rate and blood oxygen. reading about them in newspapers. Today, social experience.
media and smartphones have facilitated interactive
Cloud computing sits at the center of these sporting experiences across multiple platforms in Other enhanced remote audience experiences
7 data analysis capabilities, including health, a perpetual stream. Fans no longer just want to include the ability to switch between different 8
diet, training, and physical metrics. Moreover, watch their favorite player on a Sunday night; they camera angles and more social viewing
deep-learning technology can help model the want to hear about them recuperating on Monday, experiences: livestreaming a match on one half of
relationship between nutrition, sleep, and training watch them train on Tuesday, and discuss their the screen and interacting with friends on the other.
with alterations in weather, including temperature, fashion choices on Wednesday.You can also read
