Namoo Tech, SM Entertainment's Japanese Subsidiary BLC Implements 'Cocktail Cloud'

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Namu Technology announced on the 18th that it built the container-based cloud native platform ‘Cocktail Cloud’ for Beyond Live Corporation (BLC), a Japanese subsidiary of SM Entertainment, supporting stable online concert services.

SM Entertainment planned the performance ‘SMTOWN Live 2022: SMCU Express@Gwangya’ to comfort and bring hope to fans worldwide exhausted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The event was configured on the cloud and offered performances, albums, and exhibitions in a metaverse environment.

At the live concert, a rich variety of content was presented, including the stage of Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, SHINee’s Onew, and NCT’s Taeil performing ‘Ordinary Day’ from the album ‘SMCU Express (2021 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU EXPRESS),’ as well as the special stage ‘ZOO’ by the rap unit featuring NCT’s Taeyong, Jeno, Hendery, Yangyang, and aespa’s Giselle.

Beyond Live Corporation provided the streaming service for ‘SMTOWN Live 2022’ held this month, delivering an online concert in Japan capable of handling one million concurrent users.

As the company transitioned its overall online content system to the cloud, it implemented an environment capable of elastic scaling according to demand. The entire infrastructure was managed using Cocktail Cloud, chosen for its excellence in integrated infrastructure management, automated operations, and stable service.

Due to the nature of online concert systems, they must always be prepared for significant traffic increases. Traditional physical methods require predicting maximum traffic in advance and configuring physical equipment accordingly. This leads to time consumption and excessive resource input, making it difficult to respond to sudden traffic surges during actual operation.

Namu Technology’s Japan branch and Arconsoft supported Stream Media Corporation’s cloud transition, assisting with integrated infrastructure management and stable service operation through the construction of Cocktail Cloud.

Cocktail Cloud is a platform for building, operating, and managing enterprise cloud native environments, providing functions and APIs necessary for building, deploying, monitoring, and operating cloud native applications.

Previously, Namu Technology demonstrated its capability to successfully carry out projects based on extensive practical experience with cloud systems for Samsung Electronics, LS, Hyundai Card, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, and the advancement of Shinhan Bank’s AI Core Platform (SACP).

A Namu Technology official stated, “Through thorough analysis of Beyond Live Corporation’s system and support for optimizing the cloud environment, we successfully conducted the streaming service of ‘SMTOWN Live 2022: SMCU Express@Gwangya’ in Japan recently,” adding, “We implemented a flexible infrastructure environment capable of handling one million concurrent users.”

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