Franchise IP and Data Governance at Krafton - Driving Cost Efficiency and Scalability

Explore how KRAFTON revolutionized data governance for their PUBG intellectual property through strategic optimization that achieved remarkable cost efficiency and scalability improvements. Discover the comprehensive transformation of KRAFTON's massive data ecosystem, which processes tens of terabytes daily, as they addressed critical scalability challenges in their traditional batch-based processing systems. Learn about the strategic redesign of data pipelines and governance models that simultaneously improved performance while dramatically reducing operational costs. Examine the transition from batch to real-time streaming pipelines, optimization of workload management through reduced all-purpose clusters and increased Jobs usage, and the achievement of monthly cost reductions reaching up to 75% - saving tens of thousands of dollars. Understand how enhanced data storage efficiency was accomplished through lower S3 costs and Delta Tables implementation, while improved pipeline stability was achieved through Medallion Architecture adoption. Gain valuable insights into scaling data operations for high-traffic gaming environments, leveraging real-time analytics capabilities, and implementing cost optimization strategies that can be applied across similar large-scale data ecosystems. The presentation is delivered by hwaeium yeom, Head of Data Engineering at KRAFTON, providing firsthand expertise on managing enterprise-level data governance challenges in the gaming industry.