SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it would buy U.S. cloud services company Joyent Inc. for an undisclosed sum, underscoring its willingness to snap up outside companies as it beefs up the software and services around its core mobile-phone business. Samsung’s acquisition of San Francisco-based Joyent signals the South Korean technology giant’s burgeoning interest in “big data,” part of a broader effort to use powerful remote computers to bolster its data analysis and the computing capabilities of its devices. ...
Samsung announced its acquisition of US cloud computing company, Injong Rhee, in a bid to boost its core smartphone services with artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR). Traditionally, Samsung has relied heavily on Microsoft and Amazon applications for processing power, however, Joyent, CTO of Samsung’s mobile division, explained that services need to be moved to a cloud platform because mobile services struggle to handle the big data required for AI and VR. Samsung could also use the cloud to analyse data and create personalised feeds for its customers.