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Big Data and AI

MaxCompute Agentic Ecosystem Debut: Let AI Directly "Read" Your Data Warehouse

MaxCompute debuts Agentic ecosystem for seamless AI-driven data analysis.

Alibaba Cloud EMR Serverless Spark AI Function Multimodal & Autonomous Driving Practice

EMR Serverless Spark enables hybrid SQL retrieval in data lake for multimodal AI scenarios.

Hybrid Scalar-Vector Retrieval with Alibaba Cloud EMR Serverless Spark

About Alibaba Cloud E-MapReduce (EMR), an open-source big data platform, is a fully managed cloud-native big data platform built on the open-source ecosystem.

Big Data & AI Platform Monthly Newsletter—May 2026

May 2026 Alibaba Cloud Big Data & AI Newsletter: Tech updates, new releases, market trends, and customer practices.

Apache Fluss(Incubating) vs. Apache Paimon: Two Engines for the Real-Time Lakehouse

Apache Fluss and Paimon:Fluss delivers sub-second real-time data for Flink (reducing state bloat); Paimon is a streaming lakehouse format with ACID and minute-level latency.

Using SQL to Call LLMs? Hologres + Model Studio Enables Data Developers to "Talk" Directly to AI

Discover how Alibaba Cloud Hologres + Model Studio lets data teams use plain SQL to call LLMs for PDF analysis, image understanding, and RAG—no GPU, Python, or AI engineering required.

Best Practice of Cross-border Data Warehouse Migration: Resource Consumption Reduced by 50% Based on Performance Optimization Technologies

This article introduces how MaxCompute reduced resource consumption by 50% through performance optimization technologies during a cross-border data warehouse migration.

MaxCompute SQL Execution Engine's Comprehensive Refactoring of Complex Data Type Processing Ensures Smooth Migration from BigQuery

This article introduces MaxCompute's comprehensive refactoring of its SQL execution engine to optimize complex data type processing, enabling smooth and high-performance migration from BigQuery.

Building a Unified Lakehouse for Large-Scale Recommendation Systems with Apache Paimon at TikTok

TikTok transitioned to a unified Lakehouse architecture, powered by Apache Paimon, to optimize large-scale recommendation models (LRMs) that utilize user behavior sequences.

Apache Flink FLIP-13: Side Outputs for Multi-Stream Processing

Master Apache Flink FLIP-13 side outputs for flexible data processing. Handle corrupted data, late arrivals, and multi-stream routing with OutputTag and CollectorWrapper patterns.

Building a Real-Time Advertising Lakehouse: Alibaba Mama's Practice with Flink & Paimon

We will first introduce the business background of Alibaba Mama's advertising platform, then explore the design and evolution of its real-time advertising system and data lake architecture.

Apache Flink: From Real-time Data Analytics to Real-Time AI

Discover Apache Flink's evolution from real-time data processing to AI applications. Learn about Streaming Lakehouse, Apache Paimon, and Flash engine for next-gen AI.

Blogs of the Week – Ep. 16, 2024

Each week, we compile the hottest and most impactful topics. Let’s take a look at the sixteenth episode of Blogs of the Week in 2024.

Leveraging AI and Automation in the Cloud for Smarter Business Operations

This article explains how businesses can leverage cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and automation to efficiently manage data, streamline operations, and support growth.

Blogs of the Week – Ep. 15, 2024

Each week, we compile the hottest and most impactful topics. Let’s take a look at the fifteenth episode of Blogs of the Week in 2024.

Blogs of the Week – Ep. 14, 2024

Each week, we compile the hottest and most impactful topics. Let’s take a look at the fourteenth episode of Blogs of the Week in 2024.

Understanding Alibaba Cloud's Computer Vision and AI Services

The article introduces Alibaba Cloud's computer vision and AI services, highlighting their capabilities and benefits for businesses.

The Right Platform for Big Data Analytics

This post is going to share how important choosing the right platform for Big Data Analytics, Data governance

Blogs of the Week – Ep. 13, 2024

Each week, we compile the hottest and most impactful topics. Let’s take a look at the thirteenth episode of Blogs of the Week in 2024.

Blogs of the Week – Ep. 12, 2024

Each week, we compile the hottest and most impactful topics. Let’s take a look at the twelfth episode of Blogs of the Week in 2024.