MindTree Joins Continua Health Alliance

Online, October 13, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Bangalore, INDIA, October 13, 2009: MindTree Ltd., a global IT Solutions Company and a leading provider of R&D Services, today announced that it has joined the Continua Health Alliance, a non-profit, open industry coalition of more than 200 technology, healthcare and fitness providers dedicated to establishing an ecosystem of connected personal health and fitness products and services.
With its vast experience and expertise, particularly in medical electronics and Bluetooth technology, MindTree will help the Alliance achieve its mission of establishing a system of interoperable personal telehealth solutions. As a Contributing Member, MindTree will also work with the Continua Working Groups to help create and test use cases, standardizations, technical guidelines, etc.
"We look forward to sharing our technology expertise in helping Continua Alliance achieve its vision of connected health worldwide," said MindTree President and CEO, R&D Services, Vinod Deshmukh. "Since MindTree's inception, we have been committed to providing cutting-edge R&D solutions and services, with an intellectual property (IP)-led approach. Now, as a member of the reputed Alliance, we will be able to further expand our expertise in medical electronics and influence in the personal health care devices market," he added.

MindTree's R&D Services business unit provides end-to-end product realization services to product companies with focus on segments like Automotive, Communication Systems, Consumer Appliances, Computer Peripherals, Industrial Systems, Medical Electronics, Networking, and Storage & Computing Systems. R&D Services provides IP-led Services, Semiconductor and Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Independent Testing, and Product Support to product companies around the globe. MindTree's technology building blocks, in the form of IP, ready-to-manufacture designs, and frameworks help bridge technology gaps and bring products to market faster.

MindTree brings in a unique blend of understanding the triple play of silicon, software and systems with the industry domain knowledge to deliver end-to-end product realization services to clients. The right mindset of being a product realization services company coupled with strong domain experience allows us to build products for leading companies helping them to be competitive in the market.