Daewoo Engaged IBM for Storage Systems Over IBM and HP

IBM Corporation announced that Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
(DSME), a shipbuilding and offshore companies,
has engaged IBM to build an IT environment around
its advanced storage systems to help the company better manage its big data
challenges.

Based in the coastal city of Geoje-si on the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula,
specializes in building diverse heavy marine equipment, including vessels,
offshore platforms, submarines, and destroyers.

At 4.3 million square meters, its shipyard is one of the largest and busiest on
the planet and in constant motion with its 900-ton Goliath
crane moving vessels and equipment 24 hours a day.

DSME has experienced growth since its founding in 1973 and has
crafted a long-term roadmap for 2020 with a revamp of its IT
infrastructure as a key aspect.

"With a vision of becoming the top
general heavy industry group in the world, DSME aims to drive business
transformation and innovation for continued growth," said Seung uk So,
leader of the DSME IT planning group. "We
look at IT as a strategic imperative for our business aspirations and wanted to
work with a service provider that shares our vision and passion. Our engagement
with IBM would help create a sophisticated storage environment, a critical
infrastructure requirement in this age of data explosion."

To do it, IBM will help DSME create a storage infrastructure built around four
IBM XIV Gen3 disk storage systems and the IBM Storwize V7000
virtualized storage system. The systems will integrate with the DSME’s core
business applications, including mail service, enterprise resource management
(ERP) and database management, among others, and manage the company’s more than
255TB of data.

The computing solution will not only create an integrated
storage environment for DMSE to better analyze and use data, but ensure
readiness for DR. IBM was selected as the preferred partner over HP and EMC.
XIV Gen3 is a multifunction high-end disk storage solution with an architecture that offers performance and scalability.

It also reduces cost and complexity and enables improved
performance to the application workload, such as virtualization, analysis, and
cloud computing. Moreover, the system can optimize the storage performance of
various applications, including database, email, online transaction processing,
and ERP applications.

"IBM is working with organizations
across the world to help them build efficient IT environments and enhance
operational efficiency," said Hyungsuk Kim, IBM Korea storage business
director. "By establishing the XIV
storage system, DSME will overcome existing storage performance limitations and
enjoy the benefits of improved performance and cost reduction. We are excited
to be able to contribute to DSME’s long term vision and growth plans."

IBM services clients and partners in the region from its branch office in the
city of Busan, which was recently expanded to support increased local
demand for its solutions and services. IBM is currently engaged in a major
program of geographic expansion across Korea and other growth
markets including the opening of new branches and facilities, the recruitment of new staff
and business partners and investment in training, marketing and citizenship programs. IBM
currently has 12 branches in Korea in the cities of  Seoul, Changwon, Incheon, Wonju, Suwon, Asan,
Daejeon, Jeonju, Daegu, Busan, Gwanju and Jeju.

DSME started in 1973 at
Okpo Bay, Geoje Island, has since grown into the world’s premium shipbuilding
and offshore contractor who is specialized in building various vessels,
offshore platforms, drilling rigs, FPSO/FPUs, submarines, and destroyers.
DSME’s vessels are appreciated for their quality in the
world’s shipbuilding market where established major players in the world
economy such as Europe and America compete.