中國電子商務及云計算巨擘阿里巴巴和美國紅帽軟件上周三晚宣布，阿里巴巴將開始在全球范圍內銷售紅帽的企業軟件。

許多《財富》500強公司的服務器都運行著紅帽的Linux操作系統。它們還可能選擇亞馬遜AWS、微軟或谷歌經營的第三方云數據中心來使用這個操作系統，因為紅帽和這三家公司都已達成合作?，F在，紅帽又與阿里巴巴以及阿里云結為了盟友。

在杭州召開的阿里云棲大會，兩家公司表示，阿里巴巴的云服務將在幾個月內推出紅帽Linux以及其他紅帽企業軟件。

阿里巴巴正忙于在海外擴張，通過在美國、日本等地設立數據中心為跨國公司提供支持。外界認為，對總部設在西雅圖的亞馬遜來說，阿里巴巴在零售和云計算技術領域都是它的對手。雖然阿里巴巴已經走出國門，但亞馬遜一直在全球各地迅速建立云數據中心，并通過當地合作伙伴北京光環新網在中國推廣云計算服務。

上周早些時候，阿里巴巴還披露了向多個海外技術研究中心投資150億美元的計劃。

到目前為止，阿里巴巴的阿里云還比不上亞馬遜的AWS，但它的增長速度遠遠超過后者，這種情況一定會受到亞馬遜智囊團的關注。紅帽帶來的企業級軟件可能有助于阿里巴巴吸引更多公司采用其云計算服務。（財富中文網）

譯者：Charlie

審稿：夏林

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant, will start selling Red Hat’s business software globally, the two companies said late Wednesday.

Many Fortune 500 companies run Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems on their own servers. They may also opt to run it on third-party cloud data centers run by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (MSFT, +0.90%) , or Google (GOOG, -0.14%) because Red Hat already has formal ties to those three companies. Now, Red Hat is also allied with Alibaba and its Aliyun cloud.

Red Hat (RHT, +1.28%) Linux and other Red Hat business software will be available from Alibaba’s cloud within months, the two companies said. The news was announced at an Alibaba tech conference in Hangzhou, China.

Alibaba (BABA, -2.18%) is busily expanding beyond China, opening data centers in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere to support multinational companies. The company is seen as a rival to Seattle-based Amazon both in retail and cloud computing technology. While Alibaba is building its presence outside China, Amazon has been building cloud data centers around the world at a fast clip. Amazon sells cloud computing services in China with local partner Beijing Sinnet Technology.

Earlier this week, Alibaba also announced plans to invest $15 billion in global tech research hubs outside of China.

Alibaba’s Aliyun cloud business is dwarfed by AWS thus far, but it is growing much faster, something that the brain trust at Amazon (AMZN, +0.60%) are no doubt watching. The availability of business-focused software from Red Hat could help Alibaba entice more businesses to put workloads on Alibaba’s cloud.