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22 Leading Mid-Corporates of India 2020 Crayon Software Experts India Private Limited About Crayon Software Experts Crayon Software Experts India Pvt Ltd (Crayon) is a full-fledged IT advisory firm that provides tools and solutions to optimize client’s return on investments in complex technology. They are the global leader in Software Asset Management (SAM), Cloud and Volume licensing and associated consulting services and are trusted advisors to many leading global organizations. Crayon’s core business has always been a client-centric approach using SAM as its key go-to-market strategy to provide optimal license offerings for its clients, compared to more traditional software players. Due to growing IT complexity and the evolving digital transformation driven by Cloud Technology – SAM and Consulting Services have increasingly become the focus area for Crayon, in addition to Software Licensing. Although Crayon is a “one-stop shop” where both software and services are offered seamlessly to clients, the Group operates internally with two main business divisions – Services and Software. Both business divisions, Services and Software are equally important to Crayon’s business and complement each other to make Crayon a full-service IT advisor throughout the entire IT value chain – whether it is to software publishers and / or customers. Promising 2020 Although 2020 was a challenging year due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Crayon saw an opportunity to provide solutions that would help their customers stay operational through remote working. Accordingly, the company introduced security and customer cost optimization measures and updates to improve their online Office 365 solutions and also provided employee training services. Some of their services through which they leveraged cost optimization solutions were SAM (Cloud iQ), Software and Cloud Analytics, Cloud by Design, Office 365 Right Size and Agreement Optimization. During the year, Crayon also introduced its newly-improved Empower-iQ platform as a plug-in app within Microsoft Teams to offer online training paths for Office 365 and help companies scale up their cloud infrastructure while reducing operational costs. Differentiating Factor With over 400 technical certifications globally, Crayon provides comprehensive expertise across all their main technology partners, based on an understanding of clients’ IT estates. Besides being chosen by Microsoft as ‘Global AI and Machine Learning Partner’ of the Year for 2019, Crayon is a Microsoft Cloud Accelerator, Azure Circle & Online Services Partner and a Top3 global SPLA Reseller. Crayon provides strategic advice around purchasing, deployment and management of IT infrastructure, architect complex cloud migration solutions and drives relevant deployment projects to ensure optimum return on IT investments. They believe in providing a combination of technology and training expertise, as many of their consultants are certified instructors. Partnering with Crayon Crayon is a leader in cloud technology solutions. They have dedicated account managers to support client businesses from top to bottom and a team of experts to provide technical support and cloud expertise. Partnering with Crayon provides access to world-class advisory and support team of experts. The company’s Cloud-iQ professional management platform offers procurement, management, provisioning and cost analysis of both software licenses and cloud services. Cloud-iQ also makes it possible to transact in multiple countries and regions through a single account. Vikas Bhonsle Chief Executive Officer Year of Incorporation 2014 Line of Business IT, Cloud, Software Analytics, Advisory & Consulting Services www.crayon.com abhijeet.mukherjee@crayon.com 9940033534 902-903 , 9th Floor, Lodha Supremus, Kanjur Village road, Nehru Nagar, Kanjurmarg (E), Mumbai – 400042 Management Details Vikas Bhonsle Chief Executive Officer Rajendra Chitale Chief Financial Officer Melody Lopez Chief of Staff - People, Process and Strategy Rajesh Thadhani Executive Director - Digital Transformation & Services Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S® No 87-404-3294 All content in the advertorial are as furnished by the customer. Dun & Bradstreet