'From Cloud Native to AI Native'...MegazoneCloud Declares AI Vision

• CEO, Doug Yeum, "AI must be embedded in all business areas and organizational DNA must be redesigned around AI"
• ▲AI-Ready Workforce ▲AI-Ready Business Process ▲AI-Ready Data Foundation and other key elements of AI-native enterprise transformation introduced
• New AI talent recruitment…concentrating capabilities with over 200 existing AI experts and approximately 800 employees who have obtained AI certifications

MegazoneCloud (CEO, Doug Yeum), a leading AI and cloud company, announced its ambition to solidify its leadership in AI transformation (AX) based on the experience, know-how, and partner network accumulated while supporting companies' digital transformation (DX).

MegazoneCloud held an 'AI Vision and Strategy Announcement Media Day' at The Westin Chosun Seoul on the 8th and announced a new corporate vision and strategy titled 'From Cloud Native to AI Native'.

At the event, CEO Doug Yeum, along with James Kong, CAIO (Chief AI Officer, Vice President), and Han Ji-woon, Vice President of Security Business Division, took the stage as speakers to present MegazoneCloud's vision for leading the AI-native environment, corresponding business strategies, and security strategies, providing detailed explanations of the transformation direction and insights toward becoming an 'AI-native company' that MegazoneCloud aspires to.

"Fundamental Redesign of Corporate DNA with AI"

CEO Doug Yeum stated, "In the web and mobile era, consumer-centric technology adoption (Consumerization of IT) drove corporate technology adoption and accelerated customer experience innovation, and AI is following the same trend, but at an incomparably faster pace," and emphasized, "Just two years after ChatGPT's launch, AI is rewriting the history of technology adoption, which means companies must move faster than ever to meet customer expectations."

CEO Yeum continued, "An AI-native company is one that goes beyond using AI as a simple tool and embeds AI in all areas including business strategy formulation, business operations and decision-making, products, services, and customer experience, with the organizational DNA itself redesigned around AI," introducing ▲AI-Ready Workforce ▲AI-Ready Business Process ▲AI-Ready Data Foundation as key elements of an AI-native company.

AI-Ready Workforce refers to an organization where employees naturally utilize AI to increase work efficiency and expand new work capabilities and roles through AI. AI-Ready Business Process focuses on connecting AI across enterprise-wide business processes beyond individual departments, aiming to innovate the business operation method itself beyond simple automation. AI-Ready Data Foundation is a foundation that secures reliable data in real-time and connects it for AI utilization, serving as a key element supporting AI performance and scalability.

CEO Yeum stated, "MegazoneCloud is already implementing AI across all business operations, from MSP services and cloud migration and modernization to contract review and code automation," and announced, "In addition to the 200+ AI specialists currently employed, we plan to significantly strengthen AI-Ready Workforce by recruiting additional AI talent this year." MegazoneCloud has produced approximately 800 employees with AI certifications this year alone, establishing an AI talent pool of over 1,000 people. Last year, it was uniquely selected as a partner among domestic companies in AWS's 'Generative AI Partner Innovation Alliance'.

CEO Yeum stated, "As cloud and AI adoption expands, new security vulnerabilities are also increasing," and introduced, "To perfectly protect customers' core assets, we have set ▲utilizing AI as a security tool (Security with AI) ▲safely protecting AI itself (Security for AI) ▲providing security optimized for cloud-native environments (Security on Cloud Native) as our next-generation security service strategy."

Incorporating these strategies, MegazoneCloud unveiled 'Megazone AIR' as its AI brand, integrating AI-Ready solutions, and HALO as its security brand, integrating AI-Ready Security solutions.

"AI is the Center of Business Innovation…Systematic Strategy is Essential"

Vice President James Kong (CAIO), presenting on the topic of 'AI-Native Business Strategy', stated, "To achieve practical work efficiency through AI utilization, a systematic approach beyond simple usage is necessary," and explained, "The goal of the Megazone AIR offering is to have AI accepted as corporate identity and to be substantially utilized in ▲operational methods ▲decision-making ▲value creation."

Vice President Kong stated, "We set 'AIR', meaning 'AI-Ready', as the brand name, and under 'Megazone AIR', we have systematized AI-related services and platforms into AIR Services (▲consulting ▲build ▲operation) and AIR Platforms (▲studio ▲data hub ▲AIOps platform)," and said, "Through this, we plan to launch AIR Platforms v2 in early Q3 with enhanced security features including MCP (Model Context Protocol)-based agent management, Canvas collaboration space for document writing, multilingual support, and PII (Personally Identifiable Information) management to more efficiently support various corporate customers' AI Native transformation."

"Security in the AI Era Requires More Intelligent and Proactive Response"

Vice President Han Ji-woon, presenting on the topic of 'MegazoneCloud HALO, Opening a New Era of Security', stated, "With the spread of AI and multi-cloud, newly emerging security threats are rapidly increasing," and diagnosed, "Existing security models clearly have limitations in responding to new threats, so a more integrated and intelligent approach is necessary."

Vice President Han continued, "HALO is a proactive response system that MegazoneCloud has developed based on AI and cloud technology expertise to simplify and automate security in multi-cloud environments," and said, "Through next-generation security services consisting of integrated security consulting and services, AI-SOC (Security Operations Center), and Managed Security Service Platform, we will provide customers with sustainable evolutionary security and AI-specialized security response capabilities."

MegazoneCloud is an AI and cloud-native leading company with 2,000+ cloud and AI technology experts and a digital transformation (DX) partner for approximately 7,000 domestic and international customers. Based on strategic partnerships with major global and domestic cloud service providers (CSPs), through 140+ ISV partners and self-developed cloud, AI, and security solutions, it supports customer innovation and growth. Under the vision of 'Transform Tomorrow, Together', it is creating customers' future competitiveness through technology, data, and employees' passion. MegazoneCloud operates local subsidiaries in 9 countries including Korea, North America, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, growing together with customers as a global partner.