Cognizant has announced a multi-year partnership to be the Official Digital Transformation Partner of the global racing championship SailGP. Cognizant will leverage its digital transformation and software engineering expertise to improve audience insights, enable data visualization and create an immersive fan experience for the 257 million SailGP viewers worldwide, a statement made by the company…
Cognizant has announced the launch of a returnship program for technology professionals looking to transition back into the workforce. The Cognizant Returnship Program is a 12-week paid experience for technology professionals with a minimum of 5 years of prior professional working experience and at least 2 years of a career break. Speaking on the programme, Rajesh…
Cognizant announced that it is acquiring Munich, Germany-based ESG Mobility, a digital automotive engineering R&D provider for connected, autonomous and electric vehicles. Financial details were not disclosed. ESG Mobility is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ESG Elektroniksystem – and Logistik – GmbH, a privately-held technology consultancy for the design, integration and operation of complex, security-related electronic…
Cognizant, a multinational IT company, plans to hire over 23,000 freshers from campuses in India in 2021, informed Chairman and Managing Director – Rajesh Nambiar. With more than 2,00,000 employees, Cognizant India has on-boarded over 17,000 people via campus placement drives previous year. Rajesh Nambiar, CMD of Cognizant India, said, “These new hirings will complement…
Cognizant has completed the previously announced acquisition of Magenic Technologies, a privately-held custom software development services company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The acquisition expands Cognizant’s software product engineering footprint, adding 475 employees in the U.S. across seven locations, and more than 350 employees in Manila, Philippines. Working across a range of industries, Magenic provides software…
Cognizant has been certified as a Top Employer in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, and the UK. For the first time, Cognizant was also certified as a Top Employer in Argentina and Mexico. For Europe, the company received regional certification for the 7th consecutive year.…
Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire Magenic Technologies, Inc., a privately-held custom software development services company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition will expand Cognizant’s software product engineering footprint, adding 475 employees in the U.S. across seven locations and more than 350 employees in Manila, Philippines, the statement said.…
Cognizant announced it has agreed to acquire Linium, a cloud transformation consultancy group specializing in the ServiceNow platform and solutions for smart digital enterprise workflows. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Linium, operating as the ServiceNow business unit of Ness Digital Engineering, a privately-held portfolio company of The Rohatyn Group, helps Fortune 100…
Aston Martin is back in Formula One and has announced a new title partner, Cognizant, an American multinational IT brand. The team will be known as Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team when it lines up on the starting grid for the new season. The announcement made by the company noted – “Cognizant will play…
IT services firm Cognizant announced that it has created a new service line, Digital Business and Technology (DBT), by merging the two service lines Digital Business and Digital Systems and Technology, ET said in its report. Malcolm Frank, who was earlier heading Cognizant’s Digital Business Unit, will head the new service line. Gregory Hyttenrauch, who…
An American IT services company, Cognizant has appointed Rob Walker as Managing Director for its UK and Ireland operations. The former EY executive took over the new role on January 1, 2021. Based in London, Walker will oversee all aspects of operations of Cognizant in the UK and Ireland, in his new role. These operations…
Cognizant has appointed Shinji Murakami, a former Microsoft executive, as Head of Japan and a member of Cognizant’s Global Growth Markets (GGM) leadership. He will be based in Tokyo. In his new role as the head of Cognizant Japan KK, Cognizant’s Japan subsidiary, Murakami will lead the strategic expansion of the company in the country.…
Ursula Morgenstern has been appointed as Cognizant’s president of Global Growth Markets (GGM) and a member of Cognizant’s Executive Committee, effective from Dec 14, 2020. Prior to this role, Morgenstern served Atos for over 16 years, where she held several roles, including CEO of Germany and UK/Ireland, as well as leading the Business and Platform…
IntegriChain has announced the appointment of Seasoned technology and managed services executive – Sachin Sadekar as Vice President and Managing Director of the company’s expanding India operations. He will lead IntegriChain’s India operations, including Engineering, Product Management, and Managed Services. A Certified Program Manager from Stanford University, Sadekar was also the Associate Vice President of…
Cognizant announced it has agreed to acquire Bright Wolf, a privately-held technology services provider specializing in custom Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. This is Cognizant’s eighth acquisition to date in 2020 to accelerate growth in the company’s key strategic focus areas of cloud, AI and analytics, software product engineering, and…