CHUNCHEON, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDS Co., an IT system affiliate of South Korea’s top conglomerate, will expand global partnerships to diversify its business portfolio and reduce its heavy reliance on sister companies, its chief executive has said. Hong Won-pyo, CEO of the IT subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., said his company has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier, SK Telecom Co., said Wednesday it has agreed with U.S. IT giant Microsoft Corp. to launch a test-run of a new cloud-based gaming platform utilizing the fifth-generation (5G) network here. The project will pave the way for gamers to play high-quality titles without having [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The cloud affiliate of South Korea’s dominant Internet portal operator, Naver Corp., said Thursday that it has joined hands with Singaporean cloud company Deskera to tap deeper into the Southeast Asian market. Deskera, considered the leading cloud-based platform provider, and Naver Business Platform (NBP) will provide cloud services for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Visual effects leader Scanline VFX launched a studio in Seoul on Wednesday as its first Asian facility, as it pursues its strategy to develop the studio into a hub for its overseas operations and employ talented South Korean personnel in the sector. The Seoul studio, located on two floors [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom firm, said Tuesday it will invest 500 billion won (US$422 million) by 2023 to develop cloud technologies based on its 5G network to create new business opportunities. KT said it will combine its 5G network and cloud expertise to launch convergence services, including [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (SH) has implemented a firewall system between households to protect the privacy of each home network. In the age of smart homes, where an increasing number of household functions are being connected to the internet, a need for network privacy is becoming more [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans used the Internet last year, with Internet usage growing among senior people, a poll showed Sunday. According to the poll conducted on 59,970 people belonging to 25,000 households by the Ministry of Science and ICT in 2018, 91.5 percent of South Koreans used [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Phones used in homes and desktop personal computers (PCs) are being phased out as more people opt for mobile devices, a report by a local think tank showed Sunday. According to the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) that checked 9,332 people nationwide last year, home phone ownership stood [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Han Seong-sook, CEO of Naver Corp., a South Korean online search portal, said Naver’s success over the last 20 years is based on “taking a path different from others.” At a press conference held in Las Vegas on Monday, Han said that Naver created the search engine, Line mobile messenger, and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant Internet portal and search engine, on Monday announced the global debut of its artificial intelligence (AI) and other breakthrough robotic technologies at an upcoming international exhibition. Naver will be showcasing its portfolio of 13 technologies for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show [...]