Naver Cloud: A look inside the South Korea’s Leading Cloud Platform

In 2019, global pop sensation BTS took the stage for their largest tour to date at Wembley Stadium in London. To promote its emerging venture, Naver broadcast the performance live to over 140,000 viewers worldwide via its Naver V Live platform, which relied on Naver Cloud infrastructure to reach audiences in the United States, Japan, Korea, and beyond. This successful event laid the foundation for what has become South Korea’s most widely used cloud service provider. In this article, we’ll explore what Naver Cloud offers and how it distinguishes itself from its Western counterparts in the competitive CSP landscape.

What’s Naver Cloud?

Naver Cloud is the cloud service provider created by Naver, the South Korean conglomerate behind the country’s most popular search engine and an ecosystem of widely used apps like Naver Mail, Naver Pay, Naver Maps, Naver Workspace, and more.

To address these limitations, Naver Cloud introduced the VPC environment on September 17, 2020. The VPC setup provides users with a fully isolated network, making network management more straightforward and adaptable to specific organizational needs, effectively resolving the issues associated with the Classic environment.

Certifications

Certifications serve as a way to validate an engineer’s skills and attest to their knowledge. Many organizations, such as Azure, AWS, and CNCF offer certification programs that engineers can obtain by passing proctored exams. Naver Cloud follows this approach and currently offers the following certifications:

• NAVER CLOUD PLATFORM Certified Associate: This certification verifies a foundational understanding of cloud concepts and the ability to configure basic resources like Compute, Storage, Database, Network, and Media services on Naver Cloud Platform.


• NAVER CLOUD PLATFORM Certified Professional: This level takes the knowledge deeper, building on the previous resources and adding troubleshooting capabilities. It consists of three exams.


• NAVER CLOUD PLATFORM Certified Expert: The highest certification level, which requires comprehensive knowledge of Naver Cloud Platform resources, as well as skills in troubleshooting and customization. It consists of four exams.


• NAVER CLOUD PLATFORM Certified AI: This certification is designed for those working with AI, covering basic knowledge related to machine learning and a solid understanding of CLOVA Studio, based on the HyperCLOVA X engine.


• NAVER CLOUD PLATFORM Certified Expert AI: The most advanced AI certification, requiring expertise in AI, a thorough understanding of large language models, and skills in RAG configuration and chatbot development using the HyperCLOVA X engine.