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BEIJING, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jingdong ("JD.com" or the "Company"), China's leading direct B2C e-commerce company, today announced that it has launched three new cloud services: JDHosting, a hosting service platform for vendors; JDEngine, a web application development and operation platform; and JDZone, an online developer community. These services expand on the Company's existing open cloud-based ecosystem that already included Jingdong Open Service ("JOS"), which it launched in May 2012.
The newly launched JDHosting, JDEngine, and JDZone services allow Jingdong to further expand its cloud services scope into the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IAAS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) spaces. The Company's long-term aim is to help its marketplace vendors, independent software vendors, other business partners, and individual developers improve operational efficiency and flexibility in a cost-effective way.
"Jingdong is developing an open, collaborative, and cloud-based environment to meet the huge challenge of satisfying the personalized demands from our customers," He Gang, VP of Technology and Chief Scientist of Jingdong, said. "We believe that our cloud-based ecosystem will help Jingdong leverage third-party developers and create value for both our vendors and customers."
For more information, please visit www.jcloud.com.
About Jingdong:
Jingdong is the largest B2C direct sales e-commerce company in China (source: iResearch). The Company has achieved around 150% annually compounded growth in gross merchandise volume over the past several years and strives to offer the best online shopping experience to its customers. It currently offers more than 9 million SKUs through its B2C direct sales and online marketplace platform. The Company has established nationwide fulfillment capabilities and an extensive last-mile delivery network to provide superior customer experience. As of May 2013, the Company has 6 major fulfillment centers with 71 warehouses in 27 cities, as well as nearly 1,000 delivery stations and nearly 300 pickup stations nationwide. Through its speedy delivery services, the Company offers same day delivery in 27 major cities and next day delivery in more than 150 cities in China. Its newly launched night delivery and 3-hour delivery services are now available in 6 major cities in China.
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Jingdong
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