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Akamai
Samsung ElectronicsSamsung Electronics Extends Ion Across Network Operations
Samsung Electronics, an information technology organization in South Korea, uses Ion from Akamai to support network operations for network engineers.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because campus and branch networking has a clear owner |
| Risk and compliance | Ion is the governed place network engineers use for network operations |
| Capability | New joiners can see how network operations actually runs |
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Samsung Electronics did not need another dashboard that nobody opened. It needed network operations to move. In South Korea, network engineers already knew where campus and branch networking went wrong: too many copies, too little ownership, and a close process that waited on the loudest inbox.
Ion from Akamai is now in that path. Akamai operates a large edge platform for content delivery, application security, and microsegmentation. The company treats it as production tooling for network operations, which is why network engineers live in it rather than exporting from it once a quarter.
Samsung Electronics can show how campus and branch networking is handled today. That is the value: a repeatable way to run network operations on software the rest of the industry already recognizes.
