 "KPN, MindTree Ally For Cloud Services Aggregation Platform")
MindTree Limited, an IT and Product Engineering Services Company and KPN, the ICT service provider, have announced their partnership to jointly invest in a flexible cloud services aggregator platform for enterprise customers. The two service partners, KPN and MindTree with complementary core competencies extended their strategic partnership that started in 2010 with the purpose of delivering complementary best-of-breed services and solutions, state-of-the-art infrastructure and new technology solutions.
The new platform brings specific catalogue products, KPN and third party product and customer legacy applications on a single platform and delivers them ‘as a service’ to enterprises globally. This technology and business partnership is underpinned with a strategically important contract between the two, with a mutual beneficial business model for commercial & innovation. ‘Cloud Services Aggregation’ enables KPN and MindTree to logically bundle top of the bill and third party services, tapping into the main business drivers CIO’s business managers and end users focus on.
“The KPN cloud aggregation and delivery platform leverages our telecommunications and IT expertise to help us deliver on our strategy to converging information technology and telecommunications and to optimise opportunities for our customers,” said Steven van Schilfgaarde, CEO KPN Corporate Market.
“As KPN we leverage our extended partner eco-system that enables our Challenger strategy outside the Netherlands. It fits with the tradition of an eco-system strategy & focus in which partners to help us with our global reach and additional (cloud) services capabilities. MindTree is a leading example of this strategy. As KPN we will target the Dutch market, MindTree is our business partner of choice for customers not only in Europe but throughout the globe,” he added.
“KPN has shown leadership and vision in its commitment to delivering this sophisticated aggregation platform for enterprises,” said Krishnakumar Natarajan, CEO and Managing Director, MindTree Limited. “Our cloud strategy is aligned with the business objectives of our customers and through this joint innovation program, we aim to deliver business enabling applications and services to our customers along with unique benefits such as unified contract, single sign-on and centralised governance.”