Mindtree Limited, a global IT solutions company, today announced its partnership with Kryptos Networks to enhance its distribution of VMUnify solution across Asia. VMUnify is a cloud platform agnostic solution that enables the setup and delivery of Infrastructure as a service.

This partnership will leverage Kryptos's expertise, scalability and reach in reselling high-end technology solutions in the Asian markets. Mindtree and Kryptos Networks have introduced the Cloud Service Provider Program (CSPP) to onboard service providers for the VMUnify platform. This global program enables cloud service providers, small or big, to start with a minimal investment and pay for only what is consumed.

As per the exclusive study conducted by Parallels on the SMB markets, the global IaaS market size is expected to grow to $27B in 2015 from today's $14B. In Asia, the comparative numbers are $7B in 2015 and $2.8B currently. Mindtree's VMUnify will be targeting the management software segment which is ~ 5% to 10% of the IaaS market size.

The Mindtree VMUnify differentiators include:

• Pay as you go licensing
• Cloud provisioning across multiple hypervisor families, such as VMware's vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V
• Provisioning across well-known public clouds, such as Amazon and Azure
• Customized self-service portals, unified management, global data center dashboard, identity based secure multi-tenancy
• Integration with existing frameworks, such as HostBill and WHMCS

"The VMUnify solution brings tangible benefits to the customers such as reduced installation costs and go-to market time. Our association with Kryptos will help us to broaden our footprint in the region and deliver unique value to our customers," said S. Janakiraman, President & Chief Technology Officer, Mindtree.

"Kryptos believes in building business and customer relationships through strong alliances and partnerships," said Prasanna Ram, CEO of Kryptos. "By leveraging Mindtree innovations, such as VMUnify, we will be able to improve our services dramatically. Our partnership with Mindtree will enable us to scale up the new hosting and cloud services that we offer to our customers."