COUNTRY FOCUS : SOUTH KOREA
JoongAng Group , South Korea ’ s leading media conglomerate , has transformed its enterprise networking experience with Juniper ’ s wired and wireless solutions driven by Mist AI to create a secure and productive mobile work environment .
JoongAng Group builds S first AI-driven enterprise Juniper Networks
Seoul city skyline at dusk
JoongAng Group is a comprehensive media entertainment group that operates multiple major brands such as national newspaper JoongAng Ilbo , the leading domestic TV programming channel JTBC , the Megabox movie theater chain and Phoenix Hotel & Resorts .
The company has a wide range of businesses and is active across the newspaper , broadcasting , digital content , entertainment and leisure sectors . Since 2008 , JoongAng Group has been listed under the KOSPI stock index , which is reserved for large companies in Korea , establishing the company as a domestic powerhouse .
The company ’ s flagship , JoongAng Ilbo , published South Korea ’ s first color newspaper in 1966 , the year after its foundation . Since then , it has been a pioneer in the domestic media industry in many ways , including starting its Internet news service in 2009 and being the first Asian newspaper to publish in the ‘ Berliner ’ format in 2009 .
Bridging and unifying the network experience
Upon completion of its flagship JTBC Building in 2019 , the company started preparations to spread its workforce across two office buildings . In a time where enterprise networking environments were rapidly shifting from a mix of wired and wireless to completely wireless , JoongAng Group understood the need to introduce a next-generation network system that would provide a unified experience for
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