Industries
Retail
The retail industry is a matter of a stable processing structure,
not a matter of speed.
The retail industry is a matter of
a stable processing structure,
not a matter of speed.
The retail industry is
a matter of a stable processing structure,
not a matter of speed.
A retail IT environment is not merely the operation of an online store.
It must be designed on the premise of a structure
in which large-scale transactions concentrate within a short time—
promotions, live commerce, limited-quantity sales, membership events, and more.
A retail IT environment is not merely the operation
of an online store. It must be designed on the premise
of a structure in which large-scale transactions
concentrate within a short time— promotions, live commerce,
limited-quantity sales, membership events, and more.
A retail IT environment is not merely
the operation of an online store.
It must be designed on the premise
of a structure in which large-scale
transactions concentrate
within a short time— promotions,
live commerce, limited-quantity sales, membership events, and more.
SimpleKey defines the retail industry not as a "marketing-centered industry,"
but as one in which traffic control, customer-touchpoint integration,
and data protection are paramount
SimpleKey defines the retail industry not as a "marketing-
centered industry," but as one in which traffic control, customer-
touchpoint integration, and data protection are paramount
SimpleKey defines the retail industry
not as a "marketing-centered industry,"
but as one in which traffic control, customer-touchpoint integration,
and data protection are paramount
Key Operational Priorities
01
High-Volume Event Stability
Time sales and limited-quantity events
Surges in concurrent access during live commerce
Major brand-collaboration launches
Immediate revenue loss when payments are delayed or servers go down
02
Omnichannel Customer Experience
Linking the online store, mobile app, and physical stores
The need to integrate call-center, chatbot, and social-media consultations
Accelerated customer attrition when channels are disconnected
03
Peak-Time Transaction Governance
A widening gap between average and peak traffic
The limits of responses centered on adding servers
The need for concurrency control based on active users
04
Data Protection & Ransomware Risk
Holding large volumes of customer payment and personal information
Increasing ransomware attacks
The risk of operational disruption when backup and recovery systems are inadequate
05
Margin Pressure & Cost Efficiency
Rising marketing costs
Increasing logistics and operating costs
The need to optimize the IT cost structure
Key Operational
Priorities
01
High-Volume
Event StabilityTime sales and limited-quantity events
Surges in concurrent access during live commerce
Major brand-collaboration launches
Immediate revenue loss when payments are delayed or servers go down
02
Omnichannel Customer Experience
Linking the online store, mobile app, and physical stores
The need to integrate call-center, chatbot, and social-media consultations
Accelerated customer attrition when channels are disconnected
03
Peak-Time Transaction Governance
A widening gap between average and peak traffic
The limits of responses centered on adding servers
The need for concurrency control based on active users
04
Data Protection & Ransomware Risk
Holding large volumes of customer payment and personal information
Increasing ransomware attacks
The risk of operational disruption when backup and recovery systems are inadequate
05
Margin Pressure & Cost Efficiency
Rising marketing costs
Increasing logistics and operating costs
The need to optimize the IT cost structure
Industry Challenges
An Event-Driven Surge-Traffic Structure
Surges in concurrent access during time sales, coupon openings, and seasonal promotions
Bottlenecks at the payment stage translate directly
into revenue lossWithout a queue, servers go down and brand trust declines
Surges in concurrent access during time sales, coupon openings, and seasonal promotions
Bottlenecks at the payment stage translate directly into revenue loss
Without a queue, servers go down and brand trust declines
Disconnected Omnichannel Customer Experience
Separation of online-consultation and physical-store histories
Fragmented call-center, chat, and social-media response systems
Increased repeat inquiries and rising consultation costs
Revenue-Critical Infrastructure Stability
Failures at the cart or payment stage cause immediate
revenue lossMulti-country traffic control is needed for global expansion
The delivery speed of media content such as images and video directly affects conversion rates
Failures at the cart or payment stage cause immediate revenue loss
Multi-country traffic control is needed for global expansion
The delivery speed of media content such as images and video directly affects conversion rates
Customer-Data Protection and Backup Framework
Mandatory protection of payment data, membership information, and purchase history
The need for a structure to respond to ransomware and internal security incidents
A data off-site strategy is required in cloud-transition environments
Absence of Operational Standards
A disconnect between marketing-centered decision-making
and IT operationsEvents are planned, but the operational-control structure
remains reactive
A disconnect between marketing-centered decision-making and IT operations
Events are planned, but the operational-control structure remains reactive
Recommended Service and Solution Structure
Recommended Service
and Solution Structure
Because retail is a structure directly tied to revenue, a combination of operational control,
customer-touchpoint integration, and data protection is needed.
Because retail is a structure directly tied to
revenue, a combination of operational control,
customer-touchpoint integration,
and data protection is needed.
IT Services
A pre-event-operations inspection framework
SLA-based continuous operations and monitoring
Formalization of a standard incident-response process
Integrated multi-vendor operations management
A pre-event-operations inspection framework
SLA-based continuous operations and monitoring
Formalization of a standard incident-response process
Integrated multi-vendor operations management
We transform operations into a controllable structure,
not mere staffing.
We transform operations into a controllable structure, not mere staffing.
SIMPLEXA Solution
Application Structure
A. Traffic Control
Queue operation during time sales and limited-quantity sales
Concurrency control based on active users
Cost optimization based on Smart Sizing
Queue operation during time sales and limited-quantity sales Concurrency control based on active users
Cost optimization based on Smart Sizing
B. AICC (AI Contact Center)
Automation of order, delivery, and refund inquiries
Integrated operation of chatbots and voicebots
CRM-linked customer-segment analysis
Automation of promotional outbound campaigns
C. SUSE Linux
A stable OS foundation for large-scale e-commerce platforms
Long-term operational stability based on LTS support
HA/DR architecture design
D. SANGFOR HCI
A VMware-alternative virtualization/HCI transition
All-in-one integration — virtualization + storage + networking + security + DR
Rapid node scale-out for event-traffic response
CDP-based near-zero-second-RPO protection of payment data
35–45% cumulative TCO savings over 5 years through socket-based licensing
E. Fastly
A global edge CDN for event-traffic response — 532 Tbps capacity
Image Optimizer — real-time optimization of images and media (improving conversion)
Instant Purge™ — propagating price and inventory changes worldwide in 150 ms
Next-Gen WAF + Bot Management — blocking payment fraud and credential stuffing
DDoS Protection (L3/L4/L7) — protecting revenue-critical infrastructure Origin Shield + Request Collapsing — protecting origins during live commerce and time sales
Edge Compute (50μs) — latency-free personalized recommendations Real-time Logging — securing visibility into event operations
A global edge CDN for event-traffic response — 532 Tbps capacity
Image Optimizer — real-time optimization of images and media (improving conversion)
Instant Purge™ — propagating price and inventory changes worldwide in 150 ms
Next-Gen WAF + Bot Management — blocking payment fraud and credential stuffing
DDoS Protection (L3/L4/L7) — protecting revenue-critical infrastructure Origin Shield + Request Collapsing — protecting origins during live commerce and time sales
Edge Compute (50μs) — latency-free personalized recommendations
Real-time Logging — securing visibility into event operations
A global edge CDN for event-traffic response — 532 Tbps capacity
Image Optimizer — real-time optimization of images and media (improving conversion)
Instant Purge™ — propagating price and inventory changes worldwide in 150 ms
Next-Gen WAF + Bot Management — blocking payment fraud and credential stuffing
DDoS Protection (L3/L4/L7) — protecting revenue-critical infrastructure Origin Shield + Request Collapsing — protecting origins during live commerce and time sales
Edge Compute (50μs) — latency-free personalized recommendations
Real-time Logging — securing visibility into event operations
F. MongoDB
Real-time personalization and tailored recommendations (BC Card case — single-document integrated management)
An omnichannel single view — a unified ODS layer for ERP, WMS, and store data
Concentrated-event traffic distribution (Kakao Pay settlement-system case — using sharding)
Integrated management of unstructured product data, content, and reviews
Gen AI and Vector Search integration — a single database for AI recommendation systems
Co-existence with RDBMSs — RDBMS for the ledger, MongoDB for integrated queries
Real-time personalization and tailored recommendations (BC Card case — single-document integrated management)
An omnichannel single view — a unified ODS layer for ERP, WMS, and store data
Concentrated-event traffic distribution (Kakao Pay settlement-system case — using sharding)
Integrated management of unstructured product data, content, and reviews
Gen AI and Vector Search integration — a single database for AI recommendation systems
Co-existence with RDBMSs — RDBMS for the ledger, MongoDB for integrated queries
Real-time personalization and tailored recommendations (BC Card case — single-document integrated management)
An omnichannel single view — a unified ODS layer for ERP, WMS, and store data
Concentrated-event traffic distribution (Kakao Pay settlement-system case — using sharding)
Integrated management of unstructured product data, content, and reviews
Gen AI and Vector Search integration — a single database for AI recommendation systems
Co-existence with RDBMSs — RDBMS for the ledger, MongoDB for integrated queries
G. LTZero
Long-term retention of payment, membership, and purchase history — tape-library-based
Air-gap-based ransomware response (physical isolation)
Veeam v12-integrated secure backup — the 3-2-1 backup rule plus S3 and Glacier protocols
Lower build costs than AWS Glacier and zero retrieval fees Compliant retention of transaction records (Personal Information Protection Act and E-Commerce Act)
Long-term retention of payment, membership, and purchase history — tape-library-based
Air-gap-based ransomware response (physical isolation)
Veeam v12-integrated secure backup — the 3-2-1 backup rule plus S3 and Glacier protocols
Lower build costs than AWS Glacier and zero retrieval fees
Compliant retention of transaction records (Personal Information Protection Act and E-Commerce Act)
Long-term retention of payment, membership, and purchase history —
tape-library-basedAir-gap-based ransomware response (physical isolation)
Veeam v12-integrated secure backup — the 3-2-1 backup rule plus S3 and Glacier protocols
Lower build costs than AWS Glacier and zero retrieval fees
Compliant retention of transaction records (Personal Information Protection Act and E-Commerce Act)
Application Structure
SimpleKey's approach to retail is as follows
Analyzing event-traffic patterns
Defining concurrency limits
Deploying flow-control and edge-caching levers
Consultation automation and CRM integration
Designing a personalization and omnichannel data architecture
Designing a data-protection and long-term-retention framework
Consultation automation and CRM integration
Designing a personalization and omnichannel data architecture
Designing a data-protection and long-term-retention framework
SLA-based continuous operations
It is a model that places marketing events
within an operational-control structure
Analyzing event-traffic patterns
Defining concurrency limits
Deploying flow-control and edge-caching levers
Consultation automation and CRM integration
Designing a personalization and omnichannel data architecture
Designing a data-protection and long-term-retention framework
SLA-based continuous operations
Capability Proof Based on Engagement Scope
and Technical Capability
Capability Proof Based on Engagement Scope and Technical Capability
Capability Proof Based on Engagement Scope
and Technical Capability
In retail, trust is proven not by the number of brand logos,
but by actual engagement scope and technical depth.
In retail, trust is proven not by the number of
brand logos, but by actual engagement scope
and technical depth.
Large-Scale Infrastructure Implementation and Migration Experience
Large-scale retail DB-server replacement and migration
Integrated infrastructure advancement for RMS/OF servers
High-availability UNIX/Linux-based operations design
Help-Desk and Continuous-Operations Experience
Continuous help-desk operation
Monitoring and incident-response frameworks
Application of an SLA-based operating model
Experience in High-Transaction Industries
(Based on References from Other Industries)Controlling financial-sector IPO and event traffic
Implementing and operating large-scale AICC
Designing the operating structure for thousand-seat consultation centers
→ We hold surge-traffic-control and real-time-response capabilities directly applicable to the retail environment
SimpleKey's Definition of the Retail Industry
SimpleKey's Definition
of the Retail Industry
Retail IT is not a mere sales platform
but a finance-grade transaction industry that processes revenue in real time.
Speed matters, but if it cannot be controlled, it turns into failure.
Retail IT is not a mere sales platform
but a finance-grade transaction industry that
processes revenue in real time.
Speed matters, but if it cannot be controlled,
it turns into failure.
SimpleKey views the retail environment as an "event-driven structure"
and designs an operating model that processes those events reliably.
SimpleKey views the retail environment
as an "event-driven structure"
and designs an operating model that
processes those events reliably.
SimpleKey views the retail environment as
an "event-driven structure"
and designs an operating model
that processes
those events reliably.
In retail, IT is not a cost but a revenue-protection mechanism.
In retail, IT is not a cost
but a revenue-protection mechanism.
In retail, IT is not a cost
but a revenue-protection mechanism.
SimpleKey
controls traffic,
integrates customer touchpoints,
protects data,
and structures operations
to design a continuity-centered operating model
optimized for the retail environment.
to design a continuity-centered operating
model optimized for the retail environment.
Would you like to design a retail
IT operations structure that holds steady
even through large-scale events?
Would you like to design
a retail IT operations structure
that holds steady even through
large-scale events?
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Fax: 02-784-5701
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Customer Center: 1599-9731
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Gangseo-gu, Seoul 07539, Republic of Korea
Fax: 02-784-5701
Tel : 02-784-5700
CEO: Seongcheol Park
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