CLOUD & EDGE
conducting business as per normal during the pandemic ,” Khym continues . He adds : “ Interestingly , while domestic technology conglomerates such as Naver have been increasingly growing their cloud presence , the cloud computing market remains dominated by global cloud service providers , who are top players across the three main as-a-service categories : infrastructure ,
“ Hyperscalers from the United States and China are set to advance into Korea to capture a slice of the growing cloud service market ”
JAY WEON KHYM COUNTRY MANAGER KOREA , DIGITAL REALTY
software , and platform . However , competition is heating up . Hyperscalers from the United States and China are set to advance into Korea to capture a slice of the growing cloud service market . At the same time , many Korean companies are stepping up their efforts to boost their presence in the market , and the government too has continued to invest heavily in building out its domestic cloud ecosystem . In particular , there is a strong focus from the government on large-scale cloud transformation of entire public sectors including public information systems , civilian cloud support and other government-initiated cloud projects . To achieve this , the government has introduced cloud-friendly budget guidelines , contract systems for dedicated digital services , and dedicated professional distribution platforms of digital services .”
In the decade to come , South Korea is poised for explosive data centre growth . While the country leads the world in adoption of data intensive technologies , including 5G , big data analytics , media streaming , and industrial IoT automation , South Korea ’ s data centre sector is still affecting the transition from enterprise facilities to a colocationcentric market . Currently , the country hosts
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