Naver Cloud teams up with Intel in Southeast Asia

Naver Cloud, a cloud service subsidiary of Naver, said Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Intel to strengthen its foothold in Southeast Asia.

Steven Long, left, corporate vice president at Intel, and Park Weon-gi, Naver Cloud CEO, pose during a signing ceremony Tuesday. [NAVER CLOUD]

Naver Cloud, a cloud service subsidiary of Naver, said Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Intel to strengthen its foothold in Southeast Asia.

The goal is to expand its global presence through the Asian market, said Naver Cloud.

Naver Cloud hopes to find a local company to manage and optimize its services through Intel's network in Southeast Asia. The company added that it will work together with local software companies that have business relations with Intel for possible joint projects.

Naver Cloud said it will also enhance its public cloud service through technological cooperation with Intel.

Naver Cloud and Intel have been working together for several years to jointly develop hardware and software technologies for data centers. "As the leading data center CPU[central processing unit] provider for public cloud services, we are happy to see Naver Cloud expanding its presence in Southeast Asia,” said Steven Long, Intel’s corporate vice president for Asia Pacific and Japan. "Leveraging our decades of innovation and experience, we are excited to collaborate with Naver Cloud and help expand their cloud services in this region and beyond."

"This collaboration has combined Naver Cloud's cloud source technology with Intel's global network and unique technology to promote service expansion in Southeast Asia," said Park Weon-gi, Naver Cloud CEO.

BY SHIN HA-NEE [shin.hanee@joongang.co.kr]