MindTree Ties Up with Skytap for On-Demand Testing

21.04.2009
MindTree has announced that it has entered into a global strategic alliance with Skytap. The partnership would enable MindTree's customers to scale test labs on-demand through Skytap's Virtual Lab solution, resulting in reduced IT costs, accelerated lab provisioning, and effective collaboration among global teams.

"This partnership brings together the best of testing and virtual lab solutions to provide cost-effective, on-demand testing services to our customers," said Subodh Parulekar, Co-head -- Independent Testing, MindTree.

Skytap provides testing teams with a complete virtual lab solution over the Web. Enterprises can take immediate advantage of Virtual Lab by utilizing Skytap's library of pre-built virtual machine, OS, and application images, or uploading existing virtual machines, builds, test scripts and ISOs into the Skytap environment. Enterprises can scale lab resources up and down as needed from Skytap's pool of virtualized infrastructure. Lab operations can be tightly controlled through a full-featured virtual lab management application. As a result, Skytap Virtual Lab provides enterprises with faster lab deployment, additional time for planning and execution, and improved collaboration across globally distributed teams.