Samsung SDS Executive Vice President Lee Ho-joon, left, and Google Cloud Korea head Ruth Sun pose at Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas, U.S. Tuesday (local time). Courtesy of Samsung SDS
Samsung SDS and Google Cloud unveiled an expanded partnership aimed at tapping fast-growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud and security services in industries with strict data and security requirements.
The two companies announced the expansion of their partnership at Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas, where executives outlined plans to jointly target sectors including public services and finance.
The companies said they will focus on high-security and compliance-driven markets, leveraging Google Distributed Cloud to meet requirements such as data localization, low latency and system resilience.
Samsung SDS said it also plans to integrate Google’s Gemini Enterprise into its Samsung Cloud Platform to deliver agentic AI solutions to corporate clients.
The expanded partnership will extend to managed service provider offerings, combining Google Cloud Platform with Samsung SDS’ industry expertise to expand enterprise adoption.
It is also expected to deepen security collaboration, with the companies integrating Google’s Wiz platform with Samsung SDS’ managed security services to strengthen threat detection and response.
“This partnership will be a turning point in innovating regulated industries with agentic AI and sovereign cloud capabilities,” Google Cloud Korea President Ruth Sun said.
Samsung SDS Executive Vice President Lee Ho-joon, for his part, said the company “will support enterprise AI transformation by building secure and compliant cloud environments.”
This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.
Source: Korea Times News
