MegazoneCloud, an AI, cloud and security specialist, is expanding its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud business into the public sector market.

MegazoneCloud said on Nov. 12 it completed registration of “Brokerage Service for Amazon Web Services (for Amazon Web Services, IaaS)” on the Public Procurement Service’s Digital Service Mall.

As a result, public agencies will be able to shorten the AWS infrastructure contracting period from the existing 2 to 3 months to around 1 to 2 weeks.

While open competitive bidding requires multiple steps from drafting a request for proposal (RFP) to bid notice, evaluation, negotiation and contract signing, registration on the Digital Service Mall allows agencies to sign a private contract or a catalogue contract without a bidding process.

The company said the registered service is a cloud infrastructure brokerage service in which MegazoneCloud supplies 151 AWS services in line with the public procurement system, including basic infrastructure such as servers, storage and networks, as well as security, database, container and AI-related services.

MegazoneCloud said it supports the full process from deployment to operations, including pre-technical review and design, implementation, operations and monitoring, and resource and cost optimisation, along with AWS infrastructure supply. It provides architecture consulting reflecting public-sector security guidelines, technical support for linking to public networks, and 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Korean-language technical support to help public agencies with limited dedicated cloud staff run AWS environments stably.

MegazoneCloud plans to strengthen its capabilities to support public agencies from cloud adoption through implementation and operations, and to expand the use of AWS cloud infrastructure in public research and development and digital transformation projects.

Vice President Min-taek Seo (서민택) said, “So far, for public agencies to adopt global cloud services, a major task has been not only selecting the required technologies but also addressing complex procurement procedures and the operational burden after adoption.” He said, “Through Brokerage Service for AWS, we will improve convenience in procuring AWS infrastructure and combine it with MegazoneCloud’s expertise in design, implementation and operations to help public agencies reduce administrative and technical burdens from cloud adoption and focus on their core work.”