Jasmine Telecom Systems PCL (JTS) and KT Corporation (KT), a partner from South Korea, have signed a “Strategic Collaboration Agreement”. JTS will enter Hyperscale Data Center and Cloud Service market and attract global cloud service providers to open up total cloud solutions market in Thailand.
Mr. Somboon Patcharasopak, Director and Acting President of the company, said, “Hyperscale Data Center and Cloud Service business will be a foundation to add value to Jasmine Group's network business. This strategic partnership with KT will bring together global cloud service partners for further expansion of other services".
By signing this agreement, KT will act as a strategic partner in business development and collaboration with global cloud service providers which includes bringing technology in data center and other related solutions to develop with the company.
Mr. Somboon said JTS's experience starting from providing telecommunication services to corporate customers, including Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (Infrastructure as a Service : IaaS) allows understanding of the rapid change in customers’ need and realizing the importantance of data to today's businesses. Storing data come in a various formats, including text, images, videos, and is constantly updated requiring large storage space and needing more efficient processing. There is also a risk of data loss or data being unusable in the case of single point of storage, in which the company’s Cloud Service and data management service (Data as a Service : DaaS) will address these issues for customers. Furthermore, collaborating with global cloud service providers will require the company to arrange hyperscale-class data center to support the expansion and storage space.
Nowadays customers need not only Infrastructure as a Service but also services that cover Cloud to Hyperscalers, Hybrid Cloud migration, Cloud-managed services, IT Modernization services, Security and Backup Management services, with consideration of Performance, Scalability, Availability & Security.
KT is currently number one telecommunication operator in South Korea and has been IDC specialist in South Korea for over 10 years with number one market share, while JTS is equipped with service providing experience in data center from its affiliated companies, Infrastructure as a Services including international private leased circuit (IPLC). JTS is ready for business upgrading to Hyperscaler Data Center level and providing Cloud Service in a form of XaaS (Anything as a Service).
Rest assured that JTS will become the leader in providing Hyperscale Data Center and Cloud services with the largest market share of corporate customers in the country.