Okestro is using OpenStack as the foundation for provision of
end-to-end cloud native services to help customers meet their
business goals.
SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 2,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Open Infrastructure Summit
Asia — The Open Infrastructure (OpenInfra) Foundation today
announced that Okestro, a leading cloud software company in
South Korea, has elevated its
support, becoming the foundation's newest Platinum Member. With its
multi-year Platinum Member commitment to the OpenInfra Foundation,
Okestro will partner closely with the OpenInfra community to
advance OpenStack and open source infrastructure in South Korea, the Asia Pacific region, and the global technology
community.
"Few companies in the world have
spearheaded their country's digital transformation to the extent
that Okestro has, and few companies have experienced their rate of
growth," said Thierry Carrez,
general manager of the OpenInfra Foundation.
Okestro has witnessed unparalleled growth since its founding in
2018, expanding its workforce from its two founders to more than
400 employees in just five years.
The company's initial focus was on developing and delivering
cutting-edge cloud software solutions specifically designed for
multi hybrid cloud data centers. Recently, however, the company
announced that it is expanding its portfolio of services to support
cloud native IT from end to end—including diagnosis, configuration,
development, construction and operation—to help customers achieve
their business goals based on open source software like OpenStack
and Kubernetes.
In December 2023, Okestro secured
a Series B investment of KRW 130
billion, bringing its recognized corporate valuation to
KRW 630 billion. Okestro plans to
intensify efforts to recruit and develop essential talent,
particularly in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). The company
also intends to rapidly expand the "Okestro Cloud Platform
Ecosystem" globally in the swiftly growing cloud market through
active mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
"Okestro is a strong advocate of OpenStack and the open source
ecosystem," said Young Gwang Kim,
CEO of Okestro. "As we expand our scope of cloud native services to
address customer needs from end to end, OpenStack and open source
will continue to play a vital role in our strategy of providing
customers with the optimal orchestration platforms for their needs.
We're doubling down on our support of the OpenInfra Foundation and
will continue to actively participate in OpenInfra Foundation
community activities. We will also take an active role in OpenInfra
Asia, collaborating with others to address regional issues and
together demonstrating a leadership position in the global cloud
ecosystem."
"Few companies in the world have spearheaded their country's
digital transformation to the extent that Okestro has, and few
companies have experienced their rate of growth," said Thierry Carrez, general manager of the OpenInfra
Foundation. "We are thrilled with their decision to elevate their
support to the Platinum level. The OpenInfra community is grateful
for Okestro's dedication to contributing to the OpenStack project,
their sponsorship of the OpenInfra Summit, their active
participation in OpenInfra Asia, and the resources they devote to
supporting developers and entrepreneurs in the open source
ecosystem."
***OpenInfra Foundation Partnering with Community to Pilot
Regional OpenInfra Summit in South
Korea***
After a decade of hosting international summits, the OpenInfra
Foundation is shifting its event strategy in 2024 to a
"community-powered" approach in which regional OpenInfra Summits,
meetups and other gatherings will be developed by the community for
the community.
The community-powered OpenInfra Summit is being piloted in 2024 by
the OpenInfra Korea User Group, in collaboration with fellow
organizers from various regions of Asia. The OpenInfra Summit Asia, September 3 - 4, will be co-located with the OCP
Regional Summit APAC. Okestro is participating as a Silver sponsor
and presenting a session around cost optimization strategies for
private cloud through machine learning-based workload
prediction.
See a full list of community-powered OpenInfra events.
***Okestro Among Global Leaders Supporting OpenInfra
Foundation***
Okestro joins over 560 supporting organizations who are advancing
the mission of building open source communities who write software
that runs in production. Okestro joins Platinum members Ant Group,
Ericsson, Huawei, Microsoft and Wind River to define the future of
open source powered infrastructure.
***About the Open Infrastructure Foundation***
The OpenInfra Foundation builds communities who write open source
infrastructure software that runs in production. With the support
of over 110,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OpenInfra
Foundation hosts open source projects and communities of practice,
including infrastructure for AI, container native apps, edge
computing and datacenter clouds. Join the OpenInfra movement:
http://www.openinfra.dev
Media Contact
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Foundation, 5128278633, allison@openinfra.dev, OpenInfra
Foundation
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Communications, 8653866118, robert@cathey.co, www.cathey.co
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