IBM opens 9th APAC cloud center in Korea
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IBM has launched its first cloud data center in Korea together with SK Holdings, a Korean IT services company IBM partnered with last year.
The company’s ninth cloud data center in Asia Pacific, it is the latest step in IBM’s ongoing expansion of the physical infrastructure that supports its cloud services. The facility in Pangyo, outside of Seoul, is the 47th site in this global cloud data center network.
IBM is going after the Korean public cloud services market, which IDC expects to grow from $445 million last year to $1 billion in 2019. Target customers are both Korean enterprises and start-ups, according to IBM’s announcement.
The cloud data center will have the capacity to support “thousands of servers,” IBM said.
Its services include public, cloud, and hybrid environments, as well as IBM’s extensive Platform-as-a-Service portfolio, collectively branded Bluemix. Among them are APIs for the company’s “cognitive computing” capabilities called Watson, which developers can use to build those capabilities into applications they design.
Questions & Answers
Q.What is the purpose of IBM opening this new cloud data center?
What is the purpose of IBM opening this new cloud data center?
IBM aims to capture a share of the Korean public cloud services market, which is projected to more than double in value by 2019. It intends to serve both established Korean businesses and emerging start-ups.
Q.Which company did IBM partner with to launch this new facility?
Which company did IBM partner with to launch this new facility?
IBM partnered with SK Holdings, a Korean IT services company, to establish its first cloud data center in Korea. This collaboration follows an initial partnership formed last year.
Q.What types of services will the new cloud data center offer?
What types of services will the new cloud data center offer?
The center will provide public, cloud, and hybrid environment services, alongside IBM's Bluemix Platform-as-a-Service portfolio. This includes APIs for developers to integrate Watson's cognitive computing capabilities into their applications.
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