IBM Korea CEO Received Sung-shik speaks throughout a press occasion held in Yeongdeunpo District, western Seoul, Tuesday. [IBM KOREA]
For IBM, 2022 was “a pivoting 12 months” in its transformation towards software program enterprise, says CEO of the corporate’s Korean workplace.
“Many individuals nonetheless consider IBM as a pc system {hardware} firm,” mentioned Received Sung-shik, CEO of IBM Korea.
“IBM is now a facilitator of the digital transformation, relatively than a hardware-based firm.”
IBM Korea held a press occasion on Tuesday at its workplace constructing in Yeongdeungpo District, western Seoul, to debate its marketing strategy for the 12 months.
Received mentioned that final 12 months the corporate noticed 11 % on-year progress in its hybrid cloud gross sales to $22.4 billion worldwide, which accounts for greater than 70 % of IBM’s international income.
“I consider that the adjustments IBM went by way of over the previous two years have been probably the most dramatic in its 112 years of historical past,” mentioned Received, emphasizing that “IBM’s progress technique is to grow to be the market chief within the hybrid cloud and synthetic intelligence.”
“Many firms are dashing up and reaching transitions to cloud-based methods, and we estimate that about 30 to 40 % of the entire workload is operated on the cloud setting.”
Throughout the Tuesday occasion, Lee Ji-eun, IBM Korea’s chief expertise officer, cited information safety as one of many predominant areas of focus for this 12 months’s enterprise pattern.
Based on Lee, Korean firms suffered a median of 4.3 billion gained ($3.4 million) in harm brought on by information leakage.
“If an organization efficiently reacts in opposition to cyber safety assaults, it’s going to result in improved resiliency of the corporate, and due to this fact lead to enterprise progress,” mentioned Lee.
BY SHIN HA-NEE [[email protected]]
