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Data-intensive digital devices spur investment ![]() Samsung SDS is increasing its budget for ``cloud computing’’ to match the rising the popularity of the service. Samsung SDS is an unlisted affiliate of Samsung Electronics and it’s been helping Samsung Electronics set up the so-called ``S-Cloud’’ ― Samsung’s answer to compete with Apple’s iCloud. SDS runs a large-scale data-control center and the S-Cloud project makes sense as Samsung Electronics manufactures almost every consumer device possible ranging from TVs, notebooks, mobile handsets to white-goods, making convergence in the simplified system feasible, according to company officials. Samsung’s S-Cloud service, which will automatically and wirelessly sync data from Galaxy smartphones and tablets, is set to launch in September. Comparing competitively with iCloud, S-Cloud will include cloud-based contacts, calendar and e-mail, allowing users to access their inboxes, events and contacts across a range of devices. ``It is quite clear that business communities want cloud standards and SDS is riding on the moves with greater funds,’’ said Kim Hyung-min, a senior SDS spokesman, Tuesday. ``Cloud computing is without a doubt the trendiest term in the technology industry today,’’ stressed Kim. Cloud computing refers to a software application accessed from the Internet rather than a local hard disk drive. Still, most people don’t even know what the term ``cloud computing’’ exactly means. One apparent thing is the Internet-based cloud service is regarded as the ``it’’ business area because current consumers are actually quite tech savvy and welcome cloud-based applications. The rise of ``smart’’ devices are to blame. Kim of SDS declined to unveil further details except to say the company has been receiving more calls from firms outside the Korean peninsula to use the SDS-developed system. The outlook is quite inspiring as more Samsung employees will use the ``PC Virtualization’’ program, which is a part of the cloud-computing service, this year. ``The Korean government also plans to use cloud computing to achieve a leaner government. We are ready to make a significant contribution to even the level of services at the government and Samsung Group,’’ according to the spokesman. Pathfinder The increased role of SDS within the entire Samsung empire comes after its steady investment to set up a ``smart office’’ working system has yielded good returns. ``Server Based Computing (SBC)’’ which was developed by SDS under the reign of SDS chief executive Koh Soon-dong, has significantly eliminated security concerns. ``With the adoption of the SBC system, it’s impossible to download documents with personal computers,’’ said Kim, adding a strong data ownership could give better access to all Samsung employees to open company files. Now, Samsung SDS is running six ``mobile offices’’ such as in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province and Yeoksam, downtown Seoul, according to the company. Since 2007, SDS has been offering `Infrastructure as a Service’ or IaaS-based USEFLEX system to Samsung Group and various cloud computing services have been a part of SDS’s business since 2009, said the spokesman. Samsung’s information services arm is planning to sell such advanced integrated computing systems to local banks and institutes. More variants of cloud computing systems are being developed depending on different needs. The mobile solution business is another important business target for SDS as it is very lucrative and rapidly-growing, driven by soaring demand for ``smart’’ digital devices such as smartphones and tablets. In April, SDS inked a comprehensive partnership deal with top-level European information and technology (IT) service provider Tieto. It is ultimately considered a move to bolster the company’s European presence. ``Development has been under way to produce customized cloud computing-oriented services to leading European firms, though we can’t comment more due to the sensitivity of the issue,’’ said the SDS official. Early this year, SDS and SAP announced a joint development project to bring business intelligence data to Android devices. The launch, dubbed as the ``Samsung Mobile Intelligence Dashboard,’’ is built off of SAP’s BusinessObjects suite. SDS delivers IT and communications infrastructure to all Samsung affiliates and has 11,700 employees. Together with SAP they have formed a co-innovation partnership to launch mobile enterprise technologies. ``Evidently, Samsung is using tools like the `Mobile Intelligent Dashboard’ as a way to make its Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab enterprise staples. SAP and Samsung SDS have also been collaborating to bring more mobile apps to the enterprise,’’ said Choi Kyung-jin, an analyst at Shinhan Financial. SDS targets to reap 5 trillion won in revenue this year. | |
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