SEOUL, South Korea,
Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Davich Optical Chain
Store, the largest eyewear retail chain in Korea, has adopted IBM
cloud to expand its operations overseas and improve internal
information management processes.
Founded in 1986, Davich Optical currently has 170 branches
across the country. With a strong client base in Korea, the company
is now planning to expand its operations in the overseas markets,
especially in the US. As part of its plans to expand, Davich
Optical wanted to develop a robust enterprise resource planning
(ERP) system for its operations. The ERP system will help Davich
Optical improve its business operations, meet regulatory
requirements, and offer better customer service.
Davich Optical selected SoftLayer, an IBM Company, to host the
ERP system for its ability to quickly deploy enterprise grade,
highly secured cloud infrastructure. The company is planning to use
the cloud environment to store and manage enterprise and customer
data. With a cloud based ERP system, the information can be easily
shared and accessed by the end users.
"Davich Optical aspires to establish itself as a global brand
and the U.S. is a key market for us. To support our expansion, we
were looking for a partner with global cloud capability, a strong
footprint in the US, and that can provide the right services
quickly," said Byeong-Yoon Gwon,
Manager of Davich Information System. "We found SoftLayer, with its
data centers across the world and fast services, is the right fit
for our requirements."
The company will use bare metal servers from SoftLayer to run
its ERP solutions. SoftLayer is a leading
infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider offering bare metal
servers with on-demand ordering and automated deployment. SoftLayer
bare metal servers can support single-tenant environments and
provide superior performance, especially for data-intensive
workloads.
In addition to SoftLayer's powerful and secure infrastructure,
Davich Optical will also benefit from its lower networking costs,
with free data traffic service between the internal systems and
data centers. SoftLayer is the only cloud IaaS provider offering
unlimited private network traffic between all its facilities to
significantly reduce users' bandwidth costs.
"With many Korean companies expanding their operations in
overseas markets, cloud provides them with an affordable and secure
technology platform," said Seong-Min
Kim, SoftLayer business executive of IBM Korea's Global
Technology Service (GTS). "IBM, with its extensive cloud solutions,
is helping Korean companies like Davich Optical achieve their
global aspirations. We are excited to work with Davich Optical and
enable them to create a stronger presence in the global
market."
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About Davich Optical
Founded in 1986, Davich Optical
Chain Store is the largest eyewear retail chain Korea. The company
currently has 170 stores across the country with a strong client
base. Davich Optical is currently looking for expanding its
business to markets like the US, Europe, and China.
Media Contact
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Smith
IBM Media Relations
1 (212) 671-9653
nssmith@us.ibm.com
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