Crayon Software assists in providing effective software license management: Trivikram Vepakomma, Platifi

Tell us about your company.

PlatiFi is the leading provider of a cloud-based SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service), DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service) and AaaS (AI-as-a-Service). The solutions of PlatiFi, harness on the power, agility and scalability of Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform as well as patent-pending software solution blocks and analytics algorithm to deliver Virtual Workspace/Desktop as a Service to Education and SME Segments.

PlatiFi Platform can host enterprise-grade software applications from the third-party software vendors as well as software applications developed in-house and make these software applications accessible to the Students and Faculty in Educational Institutes as well as Users in the Small and Medium Enterprises on any browser-enabled device anytime anywhere on pay as they grow on a commercial model basis.

Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, big data and the internet of things are changing the world as a part of the fourth industrial revolution.  PlatiFi solutions enable students and employees access to the above software applications/tools in a virtual lab environment in the most innovative and elegant manner by providing experiential learning, therefore enabling them to be ready for the fourth industrial revolution.

PlatiFi has been founded by a group of experienced management professionals and technologists with deep expertise in IT hardware, AI, Telecom, IoT, Cloud, Big Data and Software Development. PlatiFi grows on the culture of customer success, continuous innovation and solutions-oriented approach backed by strong domain expertise with outstanding commitment to flawless execution and customer delight in the age of the dynamic digital customer.

Tell us about your journey with Crayon Software so far.

PlatiFi Solutions has been a partner of Crayon Software almost since its inception, and it has been a very successful journey till now.  PlatiFi Solutions with its unique solution platform on cloud for Education and SME segments, has grown very fast in consolidating top Indian university customers like BITS Pilani, ISB Hyderabad , IIT Mumbai, SVKM NMIMS as well as in enabling deployments in Malaysia and Japan for SME segment. The tools and support from Crayon Software has enabled us in providing our operational and service excellence.  PlatiFi solutions grew into a profitable company in the first year of inception, with its consistent profit growth of more than 20% YoY. The Cloud-iQ portal of Crayon Software is one of the very valuable tools for managing and monitoring cloud spending and maximizing on profits.

How does Crayon Software Solutions help you to grow your customers?

PlatiFi Solutions has a significant number of recurring customers and the number of new customers is growing at a rapid pace.  The common customer-centric views of PlatiFi Solutions and Crayon Software enables our customers achieve their institutional and business objectives and reduce infrastructure spend drastically. Crayon Software assists in providing effective software license management for our customers across the world.

How can customers leverage the different solutions offered by Crayon Software?

The managed services provided by PlatiFi Solutions along with the support of Crayon Software, delivers end to end solutions to the customers by which they achieve high availability and security for their solutions. PlatiFi solutions has been a long-time partner of Crayon and has successfully helped many clients with their business objectives. Crayon’s solutions are tailor-made keeping the customer’s return on its IT investment in mind.

What are the different training programs offered by Crayon to understand the latest technologies?

The different focused training programs offered by Crayon are very useful. Crayon works closely with us and brings in technology experts from within and partners to offer tailor-made technology discussions, workshops and deep-dive sessions as per the dynamic needs.  These programs help our team upgrade their technical skills required to meet the growing business needs.

Which are the different technology services receiving maximum traction in the market?

The key areas in which PlatiFi Solutions has been receiving the maximum traction are:

• Migration of traditional on-campus Lab Infrastructure to cloud/hybrid Lab Infrastructure
• Intelligent Cloud Hub Labs, Android Labs, SAS Labs
• Cognitive services, IoT, Big Data and Analytics
• DevOps automation, Containerization

What are your future plans?

We are growing at more than 100% YoY. Our future plans include expanding to global markets and creating our presence in mature markets like the US, Middle-East, and Asia.  In addition to our current focus areas of Education and Corporate Sector, we plan to expand our portfolio into the Government Sector as well. We plan to scale the company by enabling new customers for cloud adoption and AI/ML services with our new product line.

By Ankit Parashar