INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY

Cognizant is an American multinational technology company that provides business consulting,

information technology and outsourcing services. It was founded on 26 January 1994 by Kumar
Mahadeva and Francisco D’Souza. Company has its headquarter in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States.
Company serves worldwide under Brian Humphries (CEO). The net revenue of the company is US$16.65
billion with 289,500 number of employees. On 20 Jan, 1994 Cognizant registered its branch in Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India with the the name Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited. The different
centers of the company in India are in Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gurgaon, Noida, Hyderabad,
Kochi, Mangalore, Mumbai, and Pune. The company has local, regional, and global delivery centers in
the UK, Hungary, The Netherlands, Spain, China, Philippines, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico etc.

Cognizant saw a period of fast growth during the 2000s, becoming a Fortune 500 company in 2011. In
2011, the Fortune magazine named it as the world’s third most admired IT services company after
Accenture and IBM.

Cognizant provides information technology, consulting and BPO services. These include business &
technology consulting, systems integration, application development & maintenance, IT infrastructure
services, analytics, business intelligence, data warehousing, CRM, supply chain management,
engineering & manufacturing Solutions, ERP, R&D outsourcing, and testing solutions.

Like many other IT services firms, Cognizant follows a global delivery model based on offshore software
R&D and offshore outsourcing. The company has a number of offshore development centers outside the
United States and near-shore centers in the U.S., Europe and South America. The company focus on
specific industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Retail
and they also focus on specific technologies or process areas such as Analytics, mobile computing, BPO
and Testing.

In the 2012 earnings announcements, the CEO Frank D’Souza categorized the company’s service
offerings in three groups: Horizon 1 (application development and maintenance), Horizon 2 (BPO, IT
Infrastructure Services & business consulting) and Horizon 3 (“SMAC” – Social, Mobile, Analytics and
Cloud).[33] As of September 2012, the Horizon 1 services accounted for over 75% of the company’s
revenues and Horizon 2 services about 20%.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Mission Statement

Cognizant’s single-minded mission is to dedicate our business process and technology innovation know-
how, deep industry expertise and worldwide resources to working together with clients to make their
businesses stronger.

Cognizant Solutions Vision Statement

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Cognizant Technology Solutions Values

Transparency

Passion

Empowerment

Collaboration

Integrity

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