NHN Cloud said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Sangmyung University’s Biohealth Innovation Convergence College project group to expand the use of cloud services in biohealth and train specialised personnel.

At a signing ceremony held on Nov. 9 at NHN Cloud’s headquarters building in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, the two sides agreed to cooperate on building research cloud environments for biohealth, cloud migration and practical training.

NHN Cloud will explore ways to support technical consulting to build cloud environments needed for biohealth research. It will also consider support for cloud infrastructure and proof-of-concept work for research projects linked to the project group and biohealth startups.

In education, it will push for practice-focused training linked to NHN Cloud certifications (CES). It plans to continue the 'COSS & NHN Cloud' training programme it has run since last year and expand cooperation through advice on cloud and AI-related courses, expert lectures and company visits.

Sangmyung University’s Biohealth Innovation Convergence College project group is participating in the Advanced Sector Innovation Convergence University Project (COSS) overseen by the Education Ministry and the Korea Research Foundation. The project is a national talent development programme in which multiple universities jointly develop and run curricula in advanced fields.

NHN Cloud CEO Kim Dong-hoon (김동훈) said, "Through this agreement, we plan to support the use of cloud technology in research and education settings in the biohealth field and also work to foster cloud talent with practical capabilities."