CINAMON (Shinamon) is an innovative startup developing CINEV, an animation production solution that integrates AI and 3D technology in a hybrid approach. With CINEV, anyone can directly create, direct and produce their stories as animated videos.

Megazone is a leading partner in South Korea's IT cloud MSP market. As one of the largest MSP company in Korea, it has strong competitiveness across the entire IT infrastructure spectrum, including consulting, system implementation, and IT operations.

The significant partner of Alibaba Cloud in Korea started its business in 2016. After joining partnership, Alibaba Cloud and Megazone Soft established a successful collaboration with Naver Zepeto, a digital native company, and have since been expanding their business in South Korea's digital native, gaming, and e-commerce sectors.

Developing a real-time, AI-driven 3D animation solution demands a highly flexible and scalable computing infrastructure. CINAMON needed a cloud service provider capable of handling fluctuating computing workloads dynamically to meet varying demand while maintaining cost efficiency.

Compared to other global providers, Alibaba Cloud's adaptive cloud services, flexible pricing and assured computing availability, combined with Alibaba Cloud's proactive technical support, enabled CINAMON to ensure faster resolution of undocumented issues and complex technical challenges.

● Flexibility in Resource Management: CINAMON’s computing requirements vary significantly depending on project loads. Alibaba Cloud’s elastic scaling allowed the team to instantly adjust computing intelligence capacity based on real-time demand. This agility enabled CINAMON to maintain production efficiency while avoiding unnecessary expenditure, a critical advantage for an AI-intensive workload.

● Shorter User Wait Times: Alibaba Cloud’s guaranteed minimum computing intelligence availability helped to minimize user waiting times during high-demand periods. This ensured smoother production workflows and a better user experience.

● Cost Optimization: Alibaba Cloud’s flexible discounting model and monthly subscription structure gave CINAMON the freedom to adjust resources dynamically. This approach resulted in substantial cost savings without sacrificing compute performance or availability.

● Quick and Effective Technical Support: The collaboration with Alibaba Cloud's technical support engineers has led to much quicker resolutions to technical issues. Faster ticket resolution significantly decreases wait times for technical issues and system failures. For complex or undocumented cases, Alibaba Cloud’s proactive support remains consistently available. This reliability minimizes downtime and enhances smooth operational efficiency.

Looking ahead, CINAMON plans to actively integrate Alibaba Cloud's Qwen LLM and Qwen Image Edit models into CINEV to enhance its 'Story to Movie (S2M)' technology for enabling smoother narrative-to-video transformation and a richer creative experience.

The diverse portfolio of Qwen, spanning lightweight to large models, will enable CINAMON to select the optimal model for each task, ranging from short prompts to complex scenario generation, maximizing both cost efficiency and performance.

Through this close partnership with Alibaba Cloud, CINAMON continues to deliver advanced, AI-driven video creation tools to its users, ultimately positioning itself as a leader in the intelligent AI-based video production market.