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July 24, 2008
SK Telecom and IBM Korea to Create SaaS-based Mobile Business Service
By SK Telecom (SKT) and IBM (News - Alert) Korea have joined forces to offer a customized mobile service for enterprise clients.
SK Telecom (News - Alert) and IBM Korea signed a strategic solution partnership agreement today at the COEX Intercontinental Hotel in Samseong-dong, Seoul. Attending the “IBM-SKT Strategic Partnership Signing Ceremony” were Chang-Suk Shin, director of SK Telecom; Janet Klein, IBM software group’s Asia Pacific director of ISV and developer relations; and Je Mann Park, IBM Korea software group’s executive of partners and alliances.
Under the terms of the agreement, SK Telecom and IBM Korea will develop a Software as a Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) business model by combining SK Telecom’s Biz Common Platform (BCP) solution with IBM middleware products and expand mobile service for enterprise clients.
SK Telecom’s BCP solution is an enterprise mobile business service that allows a company’s employees to receive and send information anytime, anywhere. These means workers will be able to access their company’s IT system using their smartphones or cell phones through SK Telecom’s mobile service.
SK Telecom’s BCP solution is an enterprise mobile business service that allows a company’s employees to receive and send information anytime, anywhere. These means workers will be able to access their company’s IT system using their smartphones or cell phones through SK Telecom’s mobile service.
Through the partnership, SK Telecom and IBM Korea will integrate SK Telecom’s BCP with IBM’s middleware platform to jointly develop a SaaS business model. Large and small to medium-sized businesses will be targeted with services that offer significantly lower initial set-up costs. There are already approximately 50 enterprises using the BCP-based mobile business service, but the goal is to raise the number of corporate clients to 1,000 and the number of users to 100,000.
SK Telecom and IBM Korea also plan to extend the service scope from Sales Force Automation (SFA), Field Force Automation (FFA), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and groupware to Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Warehouse Management System (WMS), and Human Resource Management (HRM) through joint development. The companies plan on furthering expansion to numerous ubiquitous application services such as u-city, u-campus, and u-healthcare.
Wide-ranging cooperation in a cutting-edge mobile business sector between global mobile telecom operator, SK Telecom, and global IT innovation leader, IBM, is predicted to significantly impact the current market. SK Telecom’s position relies on the partnerships outcome and its relationship with IBM could create a strategic partnership for IT infrastructure encompassing middleware, hardware and data center.
SK Telecom’s Shin said, “We are satisfied to cooperate with the global IT leader IBM in the enterprise mobile service sector, which is likely to lead innovation in the future corporate working environment. We expect the development of the SaaS business model with IBM to invigorate the market for enterprise mobile service.”
IBM Korea’s Park stated, “We are pleased to cooperate with SK Telecom, whose innovation is acknowledged both locally and globally, as an innovative mobile service that will lead the future corporate environment. Through close cooperation with SK Telecom, we will turn the SaaS-based mobile business service into a global success story.”
SK Telecom and IBM Korea also plan to extend the service scope from Sales Force Automation (SFA), Field Force Automation (FFA), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and groupware to Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Warehouse Management System (WMS), and Human Resource Management (HRM) through joint development. The companies plan on furthering expansion to numerous ubiquitous application services such as u-city, u-campus, and u-healthcare.
Wide-ranging cooperation in a cutting-edge mobile business sector between global mobile telecom operator, SK Telecom, and global IT innovation leader, IBM, is predicted to significantly impact the current market. SK Telecom’s position relies on the partnerships outcome and its relationship with IBM could create a strategic partnership for IT infrastructure encompassing middleware, hardware and data center.
SK Telecom’s Shin said, “We are satisfied to cooperate with the global IT leader IBM in the enterprise mobile service sector, which is likely to lead innovation in the future corporate working environment. We expect the development of the SaaS business model with IBM to invigorate the market for enterprise mobile service.”
IBM Korea’s Park stated, “We are pleased to cooperate with SK Telecom, whose innovation is acknowledged both locally and globally, as an innovative mobile service that will lead the future corporate environment. Through close cooperation with SK Telecom, we will turn the SaaS-based mobile business service into a global success story.”
Michelle Robart is a Contributing Editor at TMCnet. To read more of her articles please visit her columnist page.
