Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (Cognizant) is a publicly owned IT services and IT consulting company founded in 1994 and headquartered in the United States. As of 2024, it employed over 351,530 people and generated annual revenues exceeding $1 billion. The company's primary business is providing software engineering services to various businesses.
Cognizant Technology Solutions sold a 13.68-acre property in Okkiyam Thoraipakkam, Chennai for Rs 612 crore. This sale aligns with the company's consolidation efforts. Separately, a former Cognizant executive facing bribery charges may reconsider his decision to fire Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP as his trial counsel. This reconsideration follows President Donald Trump's rescission of an executive order that limited the firm's access to federal buildings and officials on March 21, 2025.
Cognizant's customers primarily consist of hospitals and Health Care, insurance and streaming services companies. Examples of Cognizant's customers include Fortrea, Bell Media and CNO Financial Group. Cognizant has commercial and technical partners like Telstra, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Unitywater. Examples of Cognizant's suppliers include Nvidia and Google.