NAVER : Cloud Aims to Expand its Foothold in the Southeast Asian Market with Cloud4C, a Global MSP Powerhouse

NAVER Cloud Aims to Expand its Foothold in the Southeast Asian Market with Cloud4C

- Planning to expand its presence in the global market with a global MSP powerhouse that has expertise and experience in building successful regional partnership
- Enhancing the partnership through the co-development of GTM models, sales incentives, and a CoE, and providing cloud service education

2022-10-24

NAVER Cloud (CEO Park Won-gi · Kim Yoo-won) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cloud4C, a global cloud MSP (Managed Service Provider) to strengthen GTM (Go-To-Market) cooperation in Korea and Southeast Asia.

Cloud4C Chairman Sridhar Pinnapureddy (left) and Naver Cloud CEO Park Won-gi

Through this MOU, the two companies will establish a foundation for the co-development of a joint GTM model in Korea and the ASEAN region and jointly develop sales incentives and an expert organization (CoE, Centre of Excellence) to target local markets. NAVER Cloud will provide NAVER Cloud platform service and solution education for the sales force and engineers of Cloud4C. Meanwhile, Cloud4C will advance a business model for ASEAN countries, including Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, as a cloud MSP partner of NAVER Cloud.

NAVER Cloud will enhance its cooperation with Cloud4C utilizing its advantages, such as services with strong security driven by hyperscale AI technology as well as various industry-specific SaaS solutions. Cloud4C, which has customer experience in more than 4,000 enterprises in 26 regions of 52 countries, emphasized that NAVER Cloud's acknowledged security capability with the CSAP and Singapore Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) Level 3 certification will serve as a competitive edge for global success.

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman of Cloud4C, said, "Cloud4C already achieved various successful global cloud partnerships with China and India, for example. As a strategic MSP partner of NAVER Cloud, we will support the company to maximize its key strengths by utilizing our know-how in global partnership and Cloud4C's automated cloud management solution driven by AIOps. Also, we plan to expand potential cooperation in data centers and colocation across the globe."

Park Won-gi, CEO of NAVER Cloud, said, "NAVER Cloud aims to become one of the top 3 CSPs in the APAC region with a plan to expand our global presence. With the signing of the agreement, we expect to support our clients' successful digital transformation and boost our business in the ASEAN market based on Cloud4C's expertise in global partnership and successful experiences."