Infraware Strengthens Collaboration Tool Competitiveness in Untact Era... Open Recruitment of Partners

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] Infraware, which recently surpassed 100 million subscribers for ‘Polaris Office,’ announced on the 16th that it is publicly recruiting partner companies to grow together as an ‘untact service platform’ in the post-COVID-19 era.

Infraware has started public recruitment of partner companies to provide advanced collaboration tool services through business partnerships with competitive companies. As the COVID-19 pandemic prolongs and flexible work systems such as remote work spread, the goal is to target the collaboration tool market that supports non-face-to-face work.

The public recruitment of partner companies will be conducted for one month from today, and applications can be submitted through the ‘Customer Support > Business Purchase and Partnership Inquiry’ section on the official ‘Polaris Office’ website.

Lee Haeseok, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Infraware, said, “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, remote work has expanded rapidly, and the number of ‘Polaris Office’ subscribers has surpassed 100 million at a rapid pace. The number of paid service users requiring advanced features has also doubled compared to the previous year. As demand for a ‘collaboration tool’ platform that can provide various services at once surges, we are receiving numerous partnership inquiries from various overseas collaboration solution companies.”

He added, “Utilizing the global network of 100 million subscribers, of which 83% are overseas users, we will provide various integrated services as a collaboration tool platform. We are also quickly promoting new services that can support domestic companies’ overseas expansion by leveraging global video and SNS platform YouTube, and are planning collaborations with MCN (Multi-Channel Network) companies.”

To build ‘Polaris Office’ as a collaboration tool platform, Infraware has been working as a premium partner with Atlassian, a business enterprise software development company, since 2017, conducting consulting and add-on development. In May this year, Infraware formed a business partnership with Swit, which won the ‘Growth Startup of the Year’ award at the ‘Startup Grind Global Conference 2020,’ to strengthen competitiveness in cloud-based collaboration tools.

Since COVID-19, the global collaboration tool market has shown rapid growth. According to a recent report by Samjong KPMG titled ‘Digital Work and Corporate Response Measures Accelerated by COVID-19,’ the adoption of remote and home-based work has expanded, significantly increasing the use of collaboration tools. The global collaboration tool market is expected to grow to $13.6 billion (approximately 16 trillion KRW) by 2023.

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