Crayon partners with AWS to launch ISV incubation center in Bengaluru

Digital transformation services company Crayon has announced the launch of an  Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Incubation Center in Bengaluru, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Crayon’s first such center in the country, it will support India-based ISVs and startups, over a period of six-nine months, to develop cloud-based digital solutions for public sector application areas like agriculture, healthcare, utilities, smart infrastructure, and edtech.

To be sure, ISVs and startups face challenges like comprehending the fast technology advancement pace, identifying the tools and solutions to leverage, minimising time-to-market, and governance and data security. Crayon’s ISV incubation center will help the customers in realising their business ideas using cloud and scaling it to their clients faster. Crayon will offer services like training on building a cloud business strategy, leveraging capabilities like machine learning and artificial intelligence, and go-to-market strategies.

The participants will be provided networking opportunities with public sector connections through roundtable events and executive briefings, where market-ready ISVs can pitch their solutions to public sector customers.

“By launching our first ISV Incubation Center in India, we are using Crayon’s decades of experience of engaging ISVs, to help these companies turn their ideas into reality. We are thrilled to collaborate with AWS for this milestone initiative; AWS’s broadest and deepest set of cloud services, deep public sector expertise, and global reach will be crucial in helping more up-and-coming ISVs and startups to grow and scale,” said Vikas Bhonsle, CEO at Crayon Software Experts India.

The partner ISVs will be added as members of the  AWS Partner Network (APN), a global community, which already has more than 100,000 partners across 150 countries. These partner ISVs will be supported in terms of technical validation through the AWS Well-Architected Review framework, which enables partners to evaluate architectures and implement scalable designs.

 “AWS is committed to enable local small businesses to drive economic and social impact, and we are pleased to collaborate with Crayon to empower homegrown ISVs and startups to innovate using the power of the cloud,” said Sunil PP, Lead—Education, Space, Non-profits, Channels and Alliances, AWS India Private Limited.