MegazoneCloud acquires Snowflake's top-tier partner status

• First 'Elite Partner' among domestic partners...only 10 companies in the entire Asia-Pacific region
• Secured advanced AI utilization rights including Snowflake Cortex AI…enhanced customer technical support

Megazone Cloud (CEO Yom Dong-hun), a leading AI and cloud company, has acquired the status of 'Elite Partner,' the highest partner tier of Snowflake, a global AI data cloud company.

Megazone Cloud was promoted to Elite tier partner in recognition of its achievements in successfully leading customers' data-centric transformation through Snowflake-based data cloud solution implementation and customized consulting in the domestic market. Snowflake's Elite tier partners number only 10 in the Asia-Pacific region, and Megazone Cloud is the first in Korea.

With this selection, Megazone Cloud has secured the right to prioritize the use of Snowflake's latest technologies and resources. In particular, it has gained the authority to utilize advanced AI features of Snowflake, including Snowflake Cortex AI. Cortex AI is Snowflake's AI/ML tool that enables enterprises to build chatbots based on their own data and derive more accurate insights through them to enhance business decision-making. Megazone Cloud plans to strengthen technical support so that customers can effectively build AI-based environments and realize data analysis automation by leveraging Cortex AI.

Megazone Cloud plans to use the Elite partner tier status as a stepping stone to accelerate the creation of customer cases across various industries such as gaming, manufacturing, finance, and fintech utilizing Snowflake's AI data cloud platform.

Ash Willis, Snowflake's Partner and Channel APJ Sales Vice President, said, "We are pleased that Megazone Cloud, which has supported customer data-driven innovation with high understanding and technical capabilities of the Snowflake data cloud platform, has been selected as an Elite Partner. The two companies will go beyond a simple partnership and actively support more domestic companies to contribute to the expansion of a data-driven ecosystem through closer cooperation in the future."

Hwang In-chul, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Megazone Cloud, said, "This Elite Partner selection is a recognition that Megazone Cloud has substantively led customers' data innovation through Snowflake-based technology in the domestic market. Going forward, we will further strengthen our leadership in the AI data cloud market by leveraging Snowflake's AI capabilities, including Cortex AI."

Megazone Cloud is a leading AI and cloud-native company with 2,000 cloud and AI technology experts, serving as a digital transformation (DX) partner for approximately 7,000 customers domestically and globally. Based on strategic partnerships with major global and domestic cloud service providers (CSPs), it supports customer innovation and growth through approximately 140 ISV partners and self-developed cloud, AI, and security solutions. Under the vision of 'Transform Tomorrow, Together,' the company is creating customers' future competitiveness together through technology, data, and the passion of its employees. Megazone Cloud operates local subsidiaries in 9 countries including Korea, North America, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, and is growing together with customers as a global partner.