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Cloudscaling Helps Kt Launch Korea's First Major Private Cloud
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
KT, Korea's largest fixed-line operator and second largest mobile
carrier, has launched the country's first large-scale private cloud with
partner Cloudscaling.
KT plans to use cloud computing as a platform for providing a variety of
data-intensive services to devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs as
well as to deliver computing infrastructure internally to their enterprise.
The private cloud is a milestone along this path.
KT evaluated a number of vendors and selected Cloudscaling when they
realized that the two companies shared a common architectural philosophy
based on commodity hardware, open source software, and aggressive automation.
"The leaders in cloud technology are Internet companies, not telcos or
enterprise IT companies," said Jung-sik Suh, Senior Vice President, Cloud
Services Business Unit at KT. "We wanted a cloud computing partner that
understood our vision for cloud services, which is a cost-competitive
offering at a high quality of service. Cloudscaling delivered what we were
looking for."
"KT's approach to cloud computing is bold," said Randy Bias, CEO and
founder of Cloudscaling. "Modeling their cloud computing architecture after
the most efficient and lowest-cost public cloud providers should allow them
to leapfrog regional competitors who are building clouds based on enterprise
architectures."
The private cloud allows KT to skip altogether systems based on manual
management of virtual servers and go directly to automated management. The
first phase will consolidate 9,800 servers onto the new cloud infrastructure.
More information on the KT private cloud deployment, as well as
additional comments from Jung-sik Suh, can be found at
Cloudscaling partners with telcos and service providers to build and
launch high-margin, revenue-generating cloud computing services such as
computing and storage on demand. These services are designed for rapid
deployment, quick return on investment, and choice with no lock-in. The
Cloudscaling team brings together experience building and managing cloud
infrastructures at companies such as KT, Amazon, GoGrid, Yahoo, Engine Yard,
Contact: Robert Cathey
+1-865-386-6118 or Robert@CatheyCommunications.com
SOURCE: Cloudscaling
CONTACT: Robert Cathey,
+1-865-386-6118,
Robert@CatheyCommunications.com
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