Cognizant Technology Solutions

Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant) () is an American multinational provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. The company is a member of NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500 and Fortune 500. Cognizant has been named to the 2010 Fortune 100 Fastest-Growing Companies List for the eighth consecutive year. Cognizant has also been named to the Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000 lists. It has consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies including the 2010 Business Week 50 list of the top-performing U.S. companies, the Business Week Hottest Tech Companies 2010, and the Forbes Fast Tech 2010 list of 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies In America.

History

Cognizant was founded in 1994 as an IT development and maintenance services arm of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation with Kumar Mahadeva The company was spun off as an independent organization two years later. Kumar Mahadeva resigned in 2003 when Lakshmi Narayanan took charge as CEO. Cognizant was one of the first IT services companies to organize around key industry verticals as well as technology horizontals. It currently provides a wide range of business, technology and consulting...
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