KT Using Open Source Cloud Computing Platform for Public Cloud

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05-04-2011
KT Using Open Source Cloud Computing Platform for Public Cloud
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Cloud.com, a provider of open source cloud computing software, announced that KT, a Korean landline operator and mobile service provider, has selected its CloudStack technology as the foundation for its new public cloud offering, KT ucloud.

Currently in beta, KT ucloud will offer its users a stable and secure cloud environment that ensures enterprises are making the most efficient IT investment. As enterprise IT managers are looking for cloud computing platforms, KT ucloud guarantees the most competitive pricing and benefits among its competitors. Additionally, KT ucloud reduces electricity consumption by two or three times, aiming to reduce more than 60 percent of electricity used within their datacenter operations and passing those efficiencies through to their customers.
"We at KT understand the importance of providing cloud computing services," said JS Suh, Senior VP at KT. "While the rest of the market is trying to catch up to cloud computing, KT is already creating innovative cloud services that are delivering enhanced features to users at an affordable price. When building cloud systems, choosing pertinent partners is critical for business success. We used Cloud.com as the foundation for our private cloud and found it to be an extremely robust solution that minimized the overhead costs of integration and complex deployment schedules. CloudStack technology ly integrated with our existing technology and is allowing us to create a strong and agile public cloud."

KT ucloud provides a service based on service development, test, distribution, management and deletion. KT ucloud is priced up to 60 percent lower than Amazon Web Services and provides auto- provisioning and auto-scaling when assigning IT resources on an automation and active basis. In addition, KT ucloud monitors and meters usage volumes to give users real-time visibility into how they are using their cloud resources. In late 2010, KT announced it was using CloudStack to build Korea's first large-scale private cloud, enabling KT employees to access shared data and software using a range of devices such as smartphones, tablet PCs and Internet protocol television (IPTV). With KT ucloud, CloudStack now is the foundation for KT's public cloud as well.

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