LAS VEGAS -- Top cloud computing provider Amazon Web Services sees Alibaba Group Holding catching up in the sector, but largely limited to China, CEO Andy Jassy told Nikkei, with the Amazon.com unit aiming to widen the gap with the competition by strengthening efforts in such areas as artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
AWS was launched in 2006. Now its annual sales are estimated at about $36 billion, based on Amazon's latest earnings results, and its year-on-year growth continues in the range of 30% to 39%.
