New Journey of HBase in Alibaba and Cloud discusses Alibaba's use of HBase over 8 years and improvements made. Key points discussed include: - Alibaba began using HBase in 2010 and has since contributed to the open source community while developing internal improvements. - Challenges addressed include JVM garbage collection pauses, separating computing and storage, and adding cold/hot data tiering. A diagnostic system was also created. - Alibaba uses HBase across many core scenarios and has integrated it with other databases in a multi-model approach to support different workloads. - Benefits of running HBase on cloud include flexibility, cost savings, and making it